New episode is live! 🎙️ @ashleypoprik.bsky.social returns to talk “From Fanfiction to Franchise” and how passion writing builds real skills for game narrative: voice, iteration, feedback, & collaboration.

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One of the weird things about #WritingForGames is that I spend quite a lot of time making presentation slide shows. You can write the most amazing material, but if you can't present it the way senior staff like, in a way they can understand and absorb it easily, then you're a bit stuffed.

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Man, I just wish I could squeeze in one reference to James Gunn's Superman in the script somehow. Ah, one has to know when to stop, I guess...

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🎮 Want to write for video games? Yay! But it’s nothing like writing for film, TV, or novels. Game writing is storytelling in the wild—where the player changes everything.
Here’s what you need to know if you want to break in. 🧵👇
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