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I WANT TO BE A WRITER
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CloseSo, after toying around with RPG Maker for the last few months, something has dawned on me... I don't enjoy it. I don't enjoy the technical aspects of game development, I don't enjoy developing custom art; I simply get zero satisfaction from it. My aspirations lay elsewhere.
I want to write. That's not to say I want to develop an idea for a game and then have someone else create it for me; I don't want that. I want to work together with a team, crafting a world together and help them put their ideas into words. I realise that the point of RPG Maker is to not necessarily need a team - but I don't enjoy working solo.
I'd be happy to write a script for somebody else's idea (just stressing the point that my intentions aren't to have someone make my game for me), I just don't know how to get started as a writer. Especially within this community, where it seems that people look down upon those who don't want to do the more technical stuff. Like somehow they're lazy for not building an entire game by their self?
I guess I'm just asking for advice/thoughts on how/where to get started crafting and honing my talents as a writer in the game developing world.
I want to write. That's not to say I want to develop an idea for a game and then have someone else create it for me; I don't want that. I want to work together with a team, crafting a world together and help them put their ideas into words. I realise that the point of RPG Maker is to not necessarily need a team - but I don't enjoy working solo.
I'd be happy to write a script for somebody else's idea (just stressing the point that my intentions aren't to have someone make my game for me), I just don't know how to get started as a writer. Especially within this community, where it seems that people look down upon those who don't want to do the more technical stuff. Like somehow they're lazy for not building an entire game by their self?
I guess I'm just asking for advice/thoughts on how/where to get started crafting and honing my talents as a writer in the game developing world.
Thing is this: Everyone wants to be the ideas guy. You'll be hard-pitched to find someone who will want to make a game based on someone else's story. Every person has ideas they want to see brought to life (as it were).
That said, you could probably offer your services to those who aren't great at English. There are a lot of people who need translating and editing done for their game scripts and it's a viable way to help out and actually get to writing.
I'd recommend starting with the Descriptions thread - people need help with their game descriptions pretty often and it can provide an in since some of them are looking to translate their games to English from some other language.
That said, you could probably offer your services to those who aren't great at English. There are a lot of people who need translating and editing done for their game scripts and it's a viable way to help out and actually get to writing.
I'd recommend starting with the Descriptions thread - people need help with their game descriptions pretty often and it can provide an in since some of them are looking to translate their games to English from some other language.
Writing can fall in an odd place as a gamemaking skillset. A lot of people making games fancy themselves writers on some level, so many aren't looking for writers. However, writers can really bring life to a game in a unique and desperately needed way.
I'm not sure how much I fancy myself a writer. I think my own biggest weakness is in dialog. I want to write dialog that sounds natural and conversational, but it's really hard to do. In the future, I'd like to partner with a writer, but I'd have to know that they're writing chops exceeds mine by a little bit when it comes to bringing characters to life through dialog XD
I'm not sure how much I fancy myself a writer. I think my own biggest weakness is in dialog. I want to write dialog that sounds natural and conversational, but it's really hard to do. In the future, I'd like to partner with a writer, but I'd have to know that they're writing chops exceeds mine by a little bit when it comes to bringing characters to life through dialog XD
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