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Five Career Moves That Will Help Game Writers Like You Stand Out in 2025

16 juillet 2025 · How To Become A Video Game Writer
The game industry is going nuts. Maybe you've noticed? đŸ«  Studios are leaner. AI tools are...

From Portfolio to Paycheck: Why Great Samples Alone Aren’t Enough

7 juillet 2025 · How To Become A Video Game Writer,Behind The Scenes
You’ve done the work. You’ve written some strong samples. Maybe a branching dialogue scene, a...

What No One Tells You About Breaking Into Game Writing

29 juin 2025 · How To Become A Video Game Writer
You love storytelling. You love games. Maybe you've dreamed about writing for one someday —...

How Game Writers Get More Creative Control

12 mai 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

7 mai 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

30 avril 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

24 avril 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)

17 avril 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

13 mars 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

7 mars 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.” đŸ€© That’s Ash Poprik’s...

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

24 février 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

11 février 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

20 août 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

29 juillet 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)

23 février 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

17 août 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?"

11 août 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

3 août 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

19 juin 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?

28 mai 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...
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