| reads like a story and the characters are easy to visualize.) While small game publishers are more open to newcomers, they also tend to be unable to pay up-front -- which means royalties, or a lack thereof, for writers. Of course, the experience is valuable, and you'll have a game to pass on to your nieces and nephews with your name in the credits! You'll also have something to put on your resume when you apply for a writing job at a "big" game development company.
Competition is stiff, but with experience often comes success, and you can have a lot of fun along the way if you decide to give it a try!
Here are a few places that post video game writing jobs regularly:
Help Wanted at Game Developers. net
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/forum.aspforum_id=8
Game Jobs
http://www.gamejobs.com/classic/
Database of Game Development Companies (US & UK)
http://www.dperry.com/comp-dir.htm
Add yourself to the RPG Industry Directory
http://www.rpg.net/directory/index.phtmlAdd=1
Good luck and good game -writing! Many thanks to Sarah Stocker of Stormfront Studios and the PR Department at Sony of North America for their help with this article.
About The Author
Melissa Brewer is a full-time freelance writer and author of The Writer's Online Survival Guide, available at http://www.webwritingbuzz.com. She hosts a website for professional freelance writers and she publishes a free weekly newsletter, The Web Writing Buzz, featuring articles on freelancing, writing jobs and publishing news from around the web.
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