Category : Writing

 Surviving alien colonisation The Stone Papers address the science of survival after the arrival of the Sentient. Dr. Craig Stone has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry with a thesis on experimental and theoretical Nuclear Physics. He is also an accomplished concert organist and a Sentient patron. Premise  The arrival of a Sentient life form leads […]

 And why are they here? The survivors of Day One will spend most of Season One NOT knowing what has happened. They will presume: Humanity has been subject to genocide The enemy now wears us like a suit We have been colonised Our new masters intend to complete the job of wiping us out OR worse […]

 The Journal I don’t have to tell you what will happen if anyone finds this journal.   Have I made myself clear? Good, let’s begin.  Preface Forget everything you think you know about this life form. They’re nothing like we thought. There’s nothing you can do to stop what’s about to happen.  Save yourself.  Abilities […]

 The Season One page lists each advance of the script. The latest update to the pilot went up May 20th and features significant changes which are important to your understanding of the story.  The Teaser and Act One Time starved? Here’s a summary.  Within the first nine pages we; Intro the hero, Lt. Commander Michael Dowd Preview a […]

 The Sentient Pilot The Australian franchise of the Sentient story features Royal Australian Navy diver, Lieutenant Commander Michael Dowd, an Indigenous officer and our lead protagonist. Read the Sentient Pilot. Do you have an idea or enhancement that would improve the first six pages of the pilot? Log-in and add your idea to the comments section below. Your […]

 Catch-up Missed the first two Sentient posts?  View Part One  – Sentient (featuring the story model, the synopsis, the science and a scene introducing the main character,   ‘I wouldn’t do that’). View Part Two – Sentient, the why (Featuring a scene introducing the theme of colonisation, ‘First time for you’). Read a trailer script based on […]

 In this post The tribe has spoken What’s next? Why Sentient? First time for you? Graphic designer wanted for site redesign Next post – preview Your slice of the pie New poll – Crowd funding mythology – Bust this  The tribe has spoken You voted to shift to Sentient. February – March will see the publishing […]

  Your vote on the Change-up poll revealed a desire for a simpler story. We’ve heard you and acted. Presence has created a new working title. We’ve focused on the sci-fi story and employed a Walking dead model. We will create a new site dedicated to the new franchise and will bring across the development community. The leaderboard and entitled […]

 Team Rio’s Keith Melton is a former business academic, turned writer based in Brazil.  Keith created a unique character for the Day One series, former SAS commando, Phillip Monroe. Flight Phillip Monroe is on a flight to New Zealand with his Brazilian Rugby team when mayhem breaks out. The possessed of ‘Day one’ are among […]

 Team Africa’s Ebuka Okparauzoma is a Nigerian based writer and the first in Africa to be published for the Sentient project.  His work is disciplined and addresses contemporary and cultural themes within Nigeria.  Post the decision to change the story from the Journey of the seeds model to ‘Sentient’, (employing the Walking Dead model), Ebuka drafted […]