I've always considered myself a creative mind, but I also have plentiful experience writing papers on various (though usually pop-culture or queer) subjects, as well as script coverage and style guides for copyediting. Academic writing has an important place in conveying information in a timeless manner, so that we can read the same text decades if not centuries from now and still understand the core themes in its words.
This paper was a comparative study identifying the central theme of homosexuality across multiple types of cannibalism media, specifically between the show Hannibal (2013) and video game Dead Plate (2023).
Cannibalistic imagery has always interested me, especially seeing how prominent it is in the queer community. After silently asking why for so long, I decided to do a little research and found some common reasons as to why people are often drawn to this niche.
A deductive style guide is a guide created by a copyeditor, who has analyzed aspects of a publication's "style" (often following styles like Chicago Manual of Style or Associated Press) in order to establish a manual of standards and rules that governs how text is written, formatted, and structured. It ensures consistency in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and design choices across a single document, a website, or an entire publishing organization.
The deductive style guide I assembled here was for the game publication IGN, and is limited but in-depth nonetheless.