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Originally Posted by SoulOfTheFlame
I was a game writer on a couple of projects myself. I think telecommuting is a pretty common thing for game writers, but it'll be difficult getting your foot in the door. When it comes to remote work, big studios like to go with experienced people in the business.
You could probably find work on smaller projects, but beware there's a lot of crooks out there on the internet that like to prey on creative people and take their work without paying them. Such people are usually based in other countries which makes if very hard to sue them for what you're owed.
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Good advice. So it sounds like two options would be: to bite the bullet, relocate to another city for a while if I'm successful in getting a job, then hopefully move back to Calgary later; or try to find smaller projects, work on my portfolio, until I'm at a point where I have enough experience to work remotely for a larger company.
So what genres are most in need of writers? I've mainly looked at the RPG industry, and I plan on writing some NWN2 levels which are very dialogue and story heavy, while developing UT3 levels wouldn't really add to my portfolio.