Hi, I'm Michelle – a freelance writer, narrative designer & interactive storyteller. I help people across the arts, culture & charitable sectors tell meaningful stories for audiences everywhere.

Featured projects

Illustration of Keeper character in front of the National Gallery

Illustration of a group of children surrounded by colourful balloons

A young girl holding up a digital tablet playing the Time Odyssey game

A young boy surrounded by shadowy laughing monsters

A still image of a CGI turtle swimming under the sea in Museum of Imagined Futures

I do things like...

scriptwriting * story development * narrative design & direction * script editing * immersive storytelling * game writing * world building & lore * creative content & copywriting * story workshops

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Featured news & blog

Announcing Beachcomber

Beachcomber, the BFI-funded VR project I wrote on recently, has launched! The experience is an experiment in mindfulness...

Channel 4 New Writers

Exciting news! I’ve been selected for Channel 4 New Writers 2024/25. I’ll be developing an original new drama spec script...

BAFTA news

I've been selected for the fiercely competitive BAFTA Connect, in recognition of my contribution to the UK's screen industries.

I'm also an independent artist & fiction writer

My own work explores the many ways to tell a story, from ancient myth to modern lore and everything in between. I've been funded by Arts Council England, done a residency in a bookshop (twice) and communed with ghostly distant librarians... among other things!

Check out my artist website to find out more about my wider practice.

My artist website

Photograph of Michelle Collier in front of her and Vicky Clarke's interactive projection artwork prototype: To Lie Within Another