Gamazon: How Did You Get Started?
I decided to write an article this week for a couple of reasons. Number one: I have gotten a lot of emails and private messages over the years from people who would like to become computer game developers. Specifically, from people who want MY job: Lead Writer.
These are people who want to tell stories using games as a medium. They want to write manuals that people keep on the shelf alongside their favourite books. They want to write scripts that voice actors have to perform. They want to create a strange new world and populate it with wonders. They want to create Characters that players care about, Quests that make them feel heroic, Villains that make them feel good about violence as a solution to life’s problems.
The problem is, what the Noob of Great Ambition generally doesn’t want to hear is “I worked hard on my craft for many years before I started to reap the rewards”. Or “I’ve had to fight for everything I have, and so will you”. Those are probably the truest things I can say to them, but this is summer time, and in summer time I can also tell them something that might be more encouraging:
How did I get started? I went to the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop. And if you have that spark of talent that can be fanned into the Eternal Flame—you can go there too.
Of course, most gamers have never heard of Clarion West or any of the other Clarion workshops, so you might have a few questions. So here’s the FAQ:
1. What is the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop?
A six-week bootcamp for writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. A group of 20-30 unpublished writers spend six weeks solid in the company of their peers. You write a story a week, and every day the group “workshops” the stories that were turned in the previous day. Every week the workshop is led by a professional in the field of science fiction, fantasy or horror. Typically five of the instructors are published authors, and the sixth is a working editor in the field.
2. Is Clarion West hard work?
Hell yes. Like any boot camp, the purpose of Clarion West is to take a raw recruit and turn them into a professional. The majority of people who go to Clarion will find it hard for the same reason that a lot of recruits find Basic Training hard; they aren’t in shape to do the job yet.
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