Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing
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This book by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Game Writing Special Interest Group focuses on various aspects of working as a professional game writer, including how to break in to game writing, writing manuals, narrative design, writing in a team, working as a freelancer, working with new intellectual property, and more. It includes exercises and writing samples; additional writing samples are available from the book’s website.
1 How to Break In and Stay In Beth A. Dillon Dillon, Beth A. 12 Interactive Script Formatting Wendy Despain Despain, Wendy 133 Writing Pitch Docs and Exec Docs Erin Hoffman Hoffman, Erin 214 Game Documentation Guide John Feil Feil, John 295 Manuals, In-Game Text, and Credits John Feil Feil, John 416 Narrative Design Jay Posey Posey, Jay 557 Game Writing at a Distance Chris Klug Klug, Chris 618 Writing in a Team Sande Chen Chen, Sande Maurice Suckling Suckling, Maurice Anne Toole Toole, Anne 739 Getting the Work Done Wendy Despain Despain, Wendy 8710 Writing for All Audiences Beth A. Dillon Dillon, Beth A. 9511 Writers in the Recording Studio Haris Orkin Orkin, Haris 10312 Writing Tutorials, or Press Start... to Start Andrew S. Walsh Walsh, Andrew S. 11913 Writing Strategy Guides Alice Henderson Henderson, Alice 13714 Writing for New IP Rhianna Pratchert Pratchert, Rhianna 14715 Script Doctoring Richard Dansky Dansky, Richard 16516 Game Writing and Narrative in the Future Evan Skolnick Skolnick, Evan 179A Script Sample sfor Chapter 2 193B Script Samples for Chapter 3 199C Script Samples for Chapter 9 205D Script Samples for Chapter 11 213Author Bios 219Index 223
