Video Game Careers

In 2018, the gaming industry made over 100 billion dollars worldwide. Professional gamers, designers, programmers, and writers all received some of that money. Learn about the different jobs in video games, and maybe someday you'll get paid to game.

When the Atari came out with the first video game, the world was shocked at how someone could allow people to control what was happening right on their screens. Who knew that two paddles bouncing a ball off each other would the spark the beginning of a magnificent industry?

In this sequel to Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books, Stephan and Justin continue to bring you industry advice as well as interviews with screenwriters, video game writers, and authors of books and comics. These writers' credits include such amazing titles as: Big Fish; Batman; Game of Thrones; The Crow; Divergent; Brave; Yesterday's Gone; Sandman Slim; Jurassic World; and many more!

Everyone wants to be a writer, and they want to know what they can do to make that dream come true. However, most aspiring writers do not understand how to position themselves so they are ready when presented with an opportunity. They identify themselves as writers but have no writing samples, or their websites and social media talk all about their paintings or music but say nothing of who they are as writers.

“I want to start blogging/making YouTube videos, but I don’t know where to start. I don’t know what I would even talk about. I think I’ll sound stupid.” I’ve heard this too many times over the years from people who have something of value to share with the public but never put it out. This audiobook solves that problem completely and definitively.