Are you interested in a long video game career as a writer? Then the get the word “writer” out of your title.
You’d probably be better off exploring promising canary opportunities in the coal mining industry than being a writer in the game industry. Make no mistake, there are fantastic writers in video game development. Men and women who wield words with the same precision Inigo handled his rapier. People who can make you laugh or cry, who can genuinely touch something inside you and take to you an unexpected emotional place.
And the game developers who weren’t looking for work every six months didn’t have the word “writer” in their title. Because being a “writer” in the game industry is about as prudent as going for a swim off the Great Barrier Reef wearing your favorite raw steak suit.
