Perception

One of the difficulties that writers have faced within the industry is making developers and publishers see the value of hiring someone who specialises in the field. Last night I found it really hard work trying to explain to a group of non-gamers just what it is that a writer does in a game.

I attended a network meeting for a group of local business people, which for the main part didn't really have any relelvance to me (though one guy provided online backup solutions, which looked good value). However, while talking to some of those gathered, I had to struggle with the ideas they had in their heads of a game writer being a programmer, or of writing the blurb on the back of the box or in the manual, or of working on story-boards.

Ah well...