Written Articles on Camera™

Do you all remember those magazines that had great interviews, ask columns, great advice, art, graphics, photography, and just great quality entertainment? Whether your answer was yes or no, what we plan to do is create just that and more! 

What are we doing here?

Written Articles on Camera™ started as an interview series in late 2020/early 2021; now it is so much more. We wanted to create a space for all creatives and individuals to have community and an initial start to figure out where they might be going, need to go, or just might need that push in the right direction. In 2024, we have transitioned into not just a visual aspect but an online platform to help engage and inspire our community to publish and showcase their work (essentially, we are creating a new publishing outlet). 

Our audience doesn't stop with the digital. What about those who actually want to see what they've created in the palms of their hands? That is where we welcome you to the print version of our online platform "Welcome to the World of Perspective". 

We don't want to limit you to creativity alone. We are also bringing advice, resources, and knowledge right to your fingertips. Our mission is to produce and publish exactly what you need and give it to you. Community is about obtaining the right support, and that is what we need, too! 

What we aim to do! 

As a creative, getting your foot in the door is hard. Whether you know the right people or not, sometimes it is hard to get yourself in the right crowd, in the right room, or even market yourself. But, this is not a downfall for just creatives, this is a downfall for us all in any career or life path. We all need the right help, and the right place to dip our feet in the water and that is what we want to solve. We want to be your first step, whether you just need a push, advice, or just stopping by, we want to be the tool to help you. 

What this means for YOU?

There are plenty of platforms, agencies, websites, and even books that can help you out. Yet, we are still trying to make a difference. That's what matters. We are looking for everyday individuals like yourselves, regardless of whether you have a creative bone in your body, because it starts with you, the reader. Without readers, we won't be able to create great content, share it, or even start this project. 

In five years, we want to have plenty of issues out. In ten years, we want to give those individuals who got their feet wet big opportunities, and with or without staying in our community. We know that people might not stick around and that's okay, but we still need you right now and in the moment! You are the ones who are going to stick around and read all about what's new, what's going on, what's in, and what's out. 

We live in an age where we might not know where the publishing world will end or even begin again. We want to be a part of history in all aspects: digitally and physically. 

What we offer and create under our hood: 

1. Production 

Written Articles on Camera™ is an interview series dedicated to POC (creative or not) to share their stories in the present while they are completing career goals, creating, or even just going through particular life changes. We want to create a space where we are getting information, knowledge, advice, and resources from the source while it's taking place because why wait? 

*We also give our production services to those who might need assistance with projects, need advice, or guidance, or just a team to handle the structuring of their projects. 

2. Digital Publishing 

Our online platform was created to share. We are not limited to anything here. We publish content such as articles, reviews, reflections, fiction, poetry, artwork, and photography, promote upcoming music artists, ask for columns, resources for funding, writing opportunities, career pivoting, and much more. The best way to build is through connecting through our own stories and art is the best way to do so. 

We are trying to maintain a connection with the growing digital age as it continues to increase while offering our own twists on what we have to offer to our growing audience. 

3. Print Publishing 

As an author, getting your foot in the door is hard.  This is our newest addition to our brand and we are starting with the FIRST PRINT ISSUE "Welcome to the World of Perspective, VOL. 1. Eventually, we will work our way up to books, texts, and more. But we have to start somewhere. 

*Print issues will be published yearly through online submissions. 

4. Writing Workshops (Virtual and In-Person) 

We host workshops for all. These workshops can vary from writing and editing, to layout and design, brainstorming, and reading sessions. 

5. Freelance Writing, Editing, and Production Services 

Our for-hire options are available by inquiry only on our website. 

We are seeking funding to fund this project of our first print issue but here is how we will spend what we earn: 

To keep it all alive, the help from those around us would be most beneficial. We would like to roll out production for our first print issue in June 2025. 

Earning will be utilized for the following: 

1. Production costs

2. Payouts to all contributors to the issue

3. Fees and costs to our online platform. 

4. Any leftover proceeds will go towards any future printing projects including Issue #2. 

Since our online platform is still fairly new, it is also subscription-based. This means we are still requiring funding to keep that alive but not asking for any more than we truly need.  We know that the cost of printing would be more than the cost of our online costs so funding this project will continue to help others. 

MEET THE TEAM (ALL) 

Why you should support us. 

Let me introduce myself. My name is Serena Castillo. I am an author, producer, and the Founder of Written Articles on Camera™, the wonderful brand of the many umbrellas of Castillo Publications, where we aim to do just that create publications.  I have been a writer since the beginning, and professionally writing since 2018. The goal was never to write forever, but to eventually help others to get what they need to be where they need/want to be.  With the knowledge, experience, network, and growing community, we all can help each other. We all can learn and that's the goal, to share, to learn, to become. 

I self-published my first book in 2020, my second book was published under a print-on-demand publishing company in 2022, and my next books are in the works, but why are they not published yet? Because not all the time we get what we need from the people we thought were in our community. Now we need to look in another direction and into another room. Well, I created this company and this room, to do that. To be that next room that is needed and to be what that someone is missing, regardless of that creative bone in their body because the network is about more than just that. We have to be able to speak up and ask the right questions! I sure know I have the right advice to help you get there! 

Thank you to all of those who are and will be supporters. I know that there is a place for us all regardless of what we might be thinking in our heads. Just know that you are in the right room no matter what you think. The right room is where you always are. Because you are who you need to be!