Writing Jobs in the industry? How and where?

[magnusmalkus]

If I want to make money with my story setting, how's the best way to do that?

Is there a job in this industry where you get paid for 'Creative Development'?

 

[Pinotage]

You could check the Open Calls forum on these boards, or otherwise post there that you're looking for a publisher to look over your material. Somebody might pick up if you provide a preview.

Pinotage

 

[philreed]

If I want to make money with my story setting, how's the best way to do that?

Is there a job in this industry where you get paid for 'Creative Development'?

Long, hard work in the writing mines. There is no fast way.

 

[BLACKDIRGE]

Long, hard work in the writing mines. There is no fast way.

True that. Expect to work nights, weekends, and long, long hours if you want to make a living as a freelance RPG writer.

Like Pinotage said, check out the Open Calls forum. A great publisher, Goodman Games, is currently looking for ideas and writers. That would be a very good place to start.

BD

 

[magnusmalkus]

Long, hard work in the writing mines. There is no fast way.

Your right, but I did not mean 'best way' as in quicker way althought it certainly does sound that way. I meant more appropriately, what was the most productive first step. Kind of, what to avoid so as to not waste any time (well, there's your speed aspect) and what to expect... so in the end your answer probably still applies.

Thank you.

Why work weekends and weeknights? So you need to be a constantly wrung story sponge?

 

[Man-thing]

I think the weekends and nights comment comes from the fact that a lot of people try to break in while doing other jobs. The writing doesn't pay for itself for quite a while so you do job X during the day so you can live and then write in all your spare time to make your place in the business.

- Mark

 

[philreed]

Your right, but I did not mean 'best way' as in quicker way althought it certainly does sound that way. I meant more appropriately, what was the most productive first step.

Watch the open calls on various sites.

Write short bits and either sell them as PDFs (which, while not difficult, is a completely different type of work) or just post for free. Practice, obviously, is very important and there's no better way to learn than to post material and read feedback from others.

There are no longer as many magazines as there once were, but writing articles is another good approach to game writing.

 

[Eytan Bernstein]

I think the weekends and nights comment comes from the fact that a lot of people try to break in while doing other jobs. The writing doesn't pay for itself for quite a while so you do job X during the day so you can live and then write in all your spare time to make your place in the business.

- Mark

The writing serves as a sole source of income for very few people. Most of those few that I know that pull this off also have a spouse or partner who contributes financially (or may even be the primary earner). For example, I've worked on a numerous projects of different magnitudes this year for WotC and several other leading game companies, but it doesn't even come close to covering my bills. For that reason, I work by day as an editor in educational publishing.