Social media, SEO, marketing and writingWriting for the Gaming Industry: How Much Money Can You Earn?
How much money can you earn as an interactive game writer? Half as much as the last gal and never as much as you need! Actually, it varies, depending on the job, the time schedule, and your level of experience.
Novice writers may have to create entire interactive scripts or design documents on a speculative basis (collecting no up-front income) in order to demonstrate to others an ability to conceptualize an approach to a subject, as well as to showcase your writing skills.Generally, it’s never a good idea to work for free unless the potential employer/buyer is a prestigious corporation or a prominent publisher–and this assignment is your big break. For any other firm, a writer must insist on some form of payment. A $3,000–$7,500 fee paid to a writer to work a few weeks on an interactive writing assignment is not uncommon.
Writer/designer Carolyn Miller claims that top interactive writers working on interactive entertainment titles are making rates comparable to that of Hollywood movie-of-the-week writers—somewhere in the $40,000–$50,000 range. That’s for delivery of a complete design document.
Noted interactive attorney Richard Thompson, says that the general range for his clients is around $30,000–$40,000. Writers with experience may get $60,000–$70,000. If you are simply copy-fitting (adding dialog or punching up previously written material), a writer may earn as little as $10,000.
