In recent years, the rapidly growing video game industry has drawn creative people from across the media landscape, including writers of all stripes. The path to becoming a game writer is not always clear: Is it better to be a master coder or an expert story breaker? Game writers Tom Casiello (WWE, Gravity Well Games), Heather Woodward (Upright Citizens Brigade, Respawn Entertainment), Manny Hagopian (Off Broadway, Respawn Entertainment), Jordan Morris (Marvel Comics, Iron Galaxy Studios), and Ashley Reed (Fuse Literary, Respawn Entertainment) discuss where their writing careers started, the paths they took to game writing, and pitfalls to avoid along the way.
