Sylvia Feketekuty has written for Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age: Inquisition, two of the most successful video games in history. Craig DiLouie is an author of popular thriller, apocalyptic/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy fiction, and the acclaimed novelist of numerous zombie novels. Each spoke at Authorpalooza in Edmonton.

Feketekuty discussed:

• The craft of writing for VGs including plotting, dialogue, and world-building
• Game design
• Ergodic writing vs linear writing
• The enormous costs of triple-A games that writers must understand to to avoid “blowing up a level”
• Writing in a team
• How to break into a major studio as a writer
• The tools available for indie game writers
• Toxic vs. progressive VG workplaces for women

Free video game writing tool: https://twinery.org

 

DiLouie discussed:

• How horrific is too horrific
• How horror holds up a fractured mirror to the human soul

For the rest of DiLouie’s conversation, download the extended edition from the MF GALAXY Patreon page, where DiLouie discusses:

• Getting started as a tech writer + specialising young
• The joys of a home office
• Learned a work ethic from nonfiction writing
• Attempting the Great American Novel
• The dangers of swallowing advice from an agent
• The art and science of book trailers
• Why to evoke feelings instead of facts

Craig DiLouie book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdYgy8vYayU

craigdilouie.com

 

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