TY - BOOK AU - Despain,Wendy TI - Professional techniques for video game writing SN - 9781439875384 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2008/// CY - Wellesley, Mass. PB - A.K. Peters KW - Video games KW - Authorship KW - Vocational guidance KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes index; 1. How to break in and stay in / Beth A. Dillon -- 2. Interactive script formatting / Wendy Despain -- 3. Writing pitch docs and exec docs / Erin Hoffman -- 4. Game documentation guide / John Feil -- 5. Manuals, in-game text, and credits / John Feil -- 6. Narrative design / Jay Posey -- 7. Game writing at a distance / Chris Klug -- 8. Writing in a team / Sande Chen, Maurice Suckling, and Anne Toole -- 9. Getting the work done / Wendy Despain -- 10. Writing for all audiences / Beth A. Dillon -- 11. Writers in the recording studio / Haris Orkin -- 12. Writing tutorials, or press start ... to start / Andrew S. Walsh -- 13. Writing strategy guides / Alice Henderson -- 14. Writing for new IP / Rhianna Pratchett -- 15. Script doctoring / Richard Dansky -- 16. Game writing and narrative in the future / Evan Skolnick; Also available in print edition UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439875384 ER -