The Video Game Writer's Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You

1. Chapter One: The Dreaded Introduction, 2. Chapter Two: Why People Think Game Writing Sucks And Why They Are Almost Always Wrong, 3. Chapter Three: What Is A Game Writer? Brutal Realities of the Job, 4. Chapter Four: The Unique Things That Go Into Game Writing and Nothing Else - The Player-Shaped Hole, Barks, and Letting Go, 5. Chapter Five: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - Things That Will Make You a Better Game Writer, 6. Chapter Six: Dansky's Three Laws of Game Writing, 7. Chapter Seven: The Game Writer On the Team - What You Actually Do versus What They Think You Do, 8. Chapter Eight: Breaking In and Finding the Next Gig, 9. Chapter Nine: Working With Other Disciplines, 10. Chapter Ten: What Is It Good For - Teaching Others the Value of Game Writing, 11. Chapter Eleven: The Value of Internal PR and Techniques For Doing It, 12. Chapter Twelve: Idea Generation and Narrative Integrity, 13. Chapter Thirteen: Feedback - Giving It, Taking It, Training Others to Do It Right, 14. Chapter Fourteen: Loops and Boundaries, 15. Chapter Fifteen: Leveraging Production, 16. Chapter Sixteen: Dealing With the Negatives, 17. Chapter Seventeen: How They Will Try to Screw You, 18. Chapter Eighteen: Raising Up the Next Generation and Keeping the Old One From Fossilizing, 19. Chapter Nineteen: Building Your Name, Keeping Your Credits, 20. Chapter Twenty: It Ain't Easy, But It Just Might Be Worth It