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- Start writing stuff you can use as sample work to show potential employers.
- Get involved with an internship (about half of IGN editorial staff is former interns).
- Start with freelance work--builds contacts.
- Learn to love every game that exists, unless it's from an unknown publisher (in which case it's okay to hate it).
- Start sucking at playing games.
Some things to start with.
Timing and luck, I say.
Sleep with Matt.
Couldn't hurt... or could it??
Don't write articles the way you write posts. I'm serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Barring the great advice already given in the thread, like get contacts, get a gig on a site that will take you, etc., is that you should try to write with as much personal style as possible. You could also go the route of many and do stuff for GameFAQs, which will allow your work to be critiqued easily, and get it exposed to a ton of people, potentially. It's hard to make yourself stand out amid the thousands of GameFAQs reviewers, so it could be a good way of making your work stand out from the pack.
If I have to lick anything of or about MVS's person, I don't think I want to do this job after all.
Specifically, do you mean I'm too long-winded?Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
People who do the hiring for game mags/sites have penises, and they need to be sucked on occasion. Think about it.
Since it goes without saying your writing needs to be able to impress someone: get a gig on a fansite, and pump out material with regularity. An awful lot of editors will be more impressed with an ability to meet a regular strict deadline than someone who churns out a gem three times a year.
Bam. That is the ticket to being a succesful writer for hire. This goes beyond writing about games. If you are excellent at keeping a deadline then their will always be a job for you out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by StriderKyo
Start writing for a fansite is a great idea, but try and hold yourself to some strict deadlines instead of randomly spewing out things. It might be hard to keep writing things if you only fund them by yourself, but it is worth it. Write things beyond reviews. Editorials, previews, try and get some interviews...basically write as much as you can with as much variety as possible.
This goes for anybody who plans to write for a living. Sadly, I'm an English major and cant keep to a deadline for shit.
:) Nice to see a fellow English major. What the hell are we going to do after school, man?