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How Game Writers Get More Creative Control

May 12, 2025 · Tips From A Pro
Why “Becoming A Better Writer” Isn’t Enough Are you watching Andor? It's SO GOOD! I'm obsessed!...

Design Literacy: The Career Skill Most Game Writers Overlook

May 7, 2025 · Behind The Scenes,Tips From A Pro
Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to hone your storytelling chops. You’ve studied dialogue,...

What No One Tells Writers About Working With Designers

April 30, 2025 · Tips From A Pro,Behind The Scenes
You won’t find it in the design docs. No one says it out loud in meetings. But behind...

The Invisible World of Design: What Most Writers Don’t See

April 24, 2025 · Behind The Scenes,Tips From A Pro
(This is Part Two of our series on how to collaborate with designers. You can read Part One here....

Why Your Designer Isn’t Buying Into Your Story Ideas (Yet)

April 17, 2025 · Tips From A Pro,Video Game Writing 101,Behind The Scenes
You’ve worked hard on your story idea. It’s smart. It’s emotional. It would make your game...

How Community Connections Helped Mario (not that Mario!) Land His Dream Job

March 13, 2025 · How To Become A Video Game Writer,Success Stories
Here's an email that landed in my inbox a few weeks ago: YES!!!!! I knew how long Mario had...

Student Success Stories: How Our Masterclass Helped Transform Ash Poprik’s Career

March 7, 2025 · How To Become A Video Game Writer,Success Stories,Tips From A Pro
Imagine being able to say, “I’m a senior narrative designer at Bungie.” 🤩 That’s Ash Poprik’s...

How to Write for Video Games: A Beginner’s Guide

February 24, 2025 · Video Game Writing 101,How To Become A Video Game Writer
Imagine The Last Of Us without the opening sequence, the giraffe scene, or the hospital finale. ...

Myth-Busting: Common Misconceptions About Game Writing

February 11, 2025 · Video Game Writing 101
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: "We don't need a writer—the gameplay tells the story."...

How To Become A Game Writer or Narrative Designer

August 20, 2024 · Video Game Writing 101,How To Become A Video Game Writer
A student in our bootcamp asked an excellent question. He wants to know: If only those studios...

Yes, studios really DO want to hire writers like you

July 29, 2024 · How To Become A Video Game Writer,Video Game Writing 101
"I would LOVE to be a game writer / narrative designer..." If you've ever dreamed of writing...

OMG HADES! (Plus how to design a writers' room for games)

February 23, 2024 · Behind The Scenes,Tips From A Pro
Should game studios use writers’ rooms, or is that a terrible idea? What’s the best way to...

A curated list of game-writing resources for you

August 17, 2023 · Video Game Writing 101,How To Become A Video Game Writer
When it comes to game writing, there is A LOT of info out there on the interwebs. It's like a...

"How does history become legend?"

August 11, 2023 · Behind The Scenes,How To Become A Video Game Writer
Want to know how to become a videogame writer? You can start by playing a lot of video games...

Worldbuilding for (game) writers

August 3, 2023 · Video Game Writing 101,Tips From A Pro
Hi! In today's video, I share a way to think about worldbuilding from the player's point of...

How TJ Mota became a narrative designer

June 19, 2023 · Behind The Scenes,How To Become A Video Game Writer
No matter what we dream of becoming in life - a game writer, an astronaut, a candlestick maker -...

GDC Showcase: Worth it or nah?

May 28, 2023 · How To Become A Video Game Writer,Behind The Scenes
In this week's blog post, I share some thoughts on GDC's online showcase, which is coming right...

If your studio needs a creative producer, here she is

March 14, 2023 · Behind The Scenes,How To Become A Video Game Writer
How do you chase big dreams? That's what narrative designer and producer Elay Ghanbari had to...

How an Emmy-winning writer pivoted to games

February 23, 2023 · How To Become A Video Game Writer,Behind The Scenes
For years, Cam Baity was a stop-motion animator, a sci-fantasy author, and a TV writer. He won...

She became a video game writer!

January 18, 2023 · Behind The Scenes,How To Become A Video Game Writer
A lot of people - a LOT of people - want to work in the video game industry. It's not easy to...
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