WORK WITH ME
Writer • Editor • Producer • Podcast Creator
2025 Webby Honoree • 2025 Signal Award Winner
I’m Cynthia True, a writer, editor, podcast creator and consultant based in Los Angeles and I help build standout narrative content. I love shaping stories and helping someone’s ideas come alive: finding the emotional spine of a narrative, sharpening a script, chapter, or essay, or producing a great episode.
My podcast Blow•Up — a documentary series about the resurrection of Harper’s Bazaar and its rebel editor, Liz Tilberis — recently received a Signal Award for Indie Podcast / Limited Series + Specials and was also Webby Honoree in the same category. I’m open to full-time roles, contract work, and collaborative projects across podcast production, story editing, and writing.
Podcast Production
- Narrative show development
- Episode structure and story arcs
- Scriptwriting & rewrite polish
- Research, booking, interview prep
- Hands-on producing from idea to delivery
Writing & Editing
- Narrative scripts (documentary & episodic). WildBrain
- Editorial & creative writing / essays, memoir, and biography
- Story and line editing
- Pitch decks, proposals, and treatments
- Ghostwriting and content writing
Hosting & Voice
- Hosting documentary and narrative shows
- Interviewing experts, talent, and real people
- Voiceover and narration
About My Work
I’m drawn to stories with depth, humanity, and a little bit of edge.
Before launching Blow•Up, I spent years writing and editing for TV, film, magazines, and digital platforms. I began my career at Harper’s Bazaar, was an editor at Time Out NY, a contributing editor at Glamour and a feature writer for Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, Bazaar, Interview, and Paper magazine.
I wrote the biography, American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story for HarperCollins / Macmillan UK (2002 / 2012) and I later co-created and executive produced the Emmy-nominated Nickelodeon show The Mighty B!, a show about a highly ambitious scout with Amy Poehler. I’ve story edited, consulted and developed projects for Dreamworks, Comedy Central, and Sony Pictures Television.
I’m at my happiest in a collaborative environment, fleshing out a story with others, and I bring a mix of curiosity, humor, and strong story sense to everything I work on.