BPS 073: The Screenwriter's Guide to Video Game Writing with Robert Denton Bryant

I always wondered how someone would get into the video game writing
business. Today's guest is screenwriter/game development guru
Robert Denton Bryant and he answers that question and so much
more.

Robert Denton Bryant has worked in Hollywood in marketing and
production, and in video games as a publisher and a developer. He
has been Executive Producer on dozens of games on platforms ranging
from CD-ROMs to the iPad, including the bestselling World
Championship Poker and Pinball Hall of Fame console
franchises.

He is the co-author (with Charles P. Schultz) of Game Testing: All
in One and (with Keith Giglio) Slay the Dragon: Writing Great
Video Games.

Writing for the multibillion-dollar video-game industry is unlike
writing for any other medium. Slay the Dragon will help you
understand the challenges and offer creative solutions to writing
for a medium where the audience not only demands a great story but
to be a driving force within it. Aimed at traditional writers who
want to learn interactive narrative as well as game creators who
want to tell better, more emotionally involving stories, the book
is written by two creative veterans of both Hollywood and
"Nerdyhood." Through lively discussions and self-paced-exercises,
Bryant and Giglio step you such topics as the:

"No-act" structure of video games
Writing great game characters
Making gameplay emotionally meaningful
Bringing your game world alive

I can't tell you what an amazing episode this is. Robert takes me
down the rabbit hole of writing for video games, the business, how
to break in as a writer, and a ton more. Who says you can't write
for both video games and the big screen.

Enjoy my conversation with Robert Denton Bryant.

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