While starting out as a thesis project, "Swampland" quickly evolved into a personal and passion piece.

 

The story is a love letter to Florida; pulling an embarrassing amount of inspiration from Ansel's childhood in Land O’ Lakes. It's a story about weird little girls, finding yourself, misunderstood monsters, found family, thinly veiled LGBTQ metaphors, and second chances.

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"Swampland" is a series of eight, twenty-page scripts, written on Final Draft and peer-edited and critiqued through the Class of 2024 Creative Writing Major at Ringling College of Art and Design. It received three "Best of Ringling" awards that year.

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Although Ansel is keeping the remaining seven episodes close to his chest, the pilot is available to read.