Hey, everybody. Since you don't seem to have (or require, for that matter) an 'introductions' section, I'll just introduce myself here. Briefly...I assure you (don't want to bore you before you get to the meat and potatoes of the post, after all...that'll be boring enough).
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Just tryin' to be polite, that's all. Anyway, I'm currently a college student majoring in English Communications (whatever that means). I guess I'm here because I've always had an interest in video games (ever since that little blue-black brick called Atari found its way to my grandfather's basement) and subsequently, game development. Yeah...I've always talked about how 'kewl' it would be to get into the biz, but never really looked at it from a serious standpoint until a few years ago. Quite frankly, I'd never make it as an animator. Yeah, I guess I can draw a bit, but not well enough to compete with some of the art gurus out there. That pushed me to consider my other primary interest (practically speaking)...writing.
I've been writing since grade school...early grade school at that. Still with me? I suppose an invisible hand just whacked me on the back of the head one day, as if saying "Hey...why don't you write for the video game industry if you're too much of a coward to try anything else!" I suppose that's why I'm here. I'm working on getting published professionally (and even came close to placing in the Writers of the Future Contest), and decided to look into careers that involve fiction writing with a more regular paycheck than freelance short story and novel work.
I understand that this forum probably deals more with the animation or programming side of game development, but thought it couldn't hurt to inquire about the screenwriting/fiction writing side of things. Just wondering what it generally takes to get a job writing for games studios (or Obsidian, in particular, if only as an example)...how the process goes in a nutshell, and any other details anyone can think of. I don't mean to be pushy with these questions (since this happens to be my first post here, after all)...just trying to get your take(s) on writing for the game industry and how one might go about getting a job doing it.
Any and all comments (including a hearty "shut the he** up") are greatly appreciated. There...I'm done.
*exaggerated sigh*
Inkwell
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"Q: What's faster than the speed of light?
A: The speed of DARK. When you turn out the light, the dark is already there."
