Shannon Barracato
I’ve spent my life in the space where creativity meets structure — writing stories, designing systems, and bringing order to environments that grow faster than their operations.
When the media company I worked for expanded into one of the most‑watched cable networks in the country, I learned something quickly: chaos doesn’t fix itself. Someone has to shape it.
So I did.
With nothing but Excel, Word, shared drives, and a brain wired for clarity, I built the documentation, workflows, and processes that kept everything moving.
Today, I use that same mix of creativity and structure to help teams, studios, and businesses work smarter — and tell better stories.
I’m also the creator of Chaos Slayer, a consulting practice focused on operational clarity using tools companies already have.
WHAT I DO
I work across creative and operational worlds, bringing clarity to whatever needs it.
- Systems & workflow design
- Operational clarity consulting
- Writing — fiction, nonfiction, essays
- Creative strategy & narrative structure
Alongside my operational work, I am a published author of four novels and contributor to multiple anthologies, with ongoing projects in fiction, screenwriting, comedy, and podcast development.
My writing explores the same themes I solve in operations: complexity, structure, and the human side of chaos.
Originally from Milwaukee, I’ve lived in ten states and two countries and am now based in New York City with my husband and two cats. Planning a big move? I can help you plan that, too.
I also wrote (under a former name):
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SHORT BUS HERO
“Ally Forman, a young woman with Down syndrome and a burnt-out guardian angel, wins the lottery in this unusual work from horror scribe Giglio (Revival House). Twenty-four-year-old grocery bagger Ally is obsessed with pro wrestling, so when she finds out she’s won $314 million she vows to bring her favorite wrestler, the recently booted Stryker Nash, back into the ring. Determined to use her riches to finally make her own decisions, Ally—with the help of a few whispered words from her cynical spirit guide—fights for independence from a family that’s just as determined to convince her she can’t. And as the choices Ally makes take hold, she learns that being normal isn’t exactly what she thought it would be. In less sensitive hands, Ally’s story could have devolved into something unsatisfying and distasteful. But it never veers in that direction. Instead, what Giglio has presented is a compassionately written and uplifting tale of forgiveness and redemption.” —Publishers Weekly
