Writing For Pay

Writing For Pay Ep. 002 Show Notes

August 9th, 2007

Caught up in Pottermania, WFP geeks out with writer, editor, and game designer Wolfgang Baur.

• 0:25 - At Third Place Books, buying Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.
• 2:07 - Wolfgang Baur takes a break from training his hordes of clockwork ghouls to have a word with us.
• 2:39 - From gamer to writer to editor at TSR.
• 5:50 - The subject of fiction comes up, and Wolfgang is apprised of the “not getting laid” rule.
• 6:26 - The day job: technical and benefits writing.
• 8:35 - Breaking into the tech writing field with relatively little tech experience.
• 12:20 - Nuts and bolts: juggling multiple internal clients and budgets.
• 16:08 - Freelancing in the games industry.
• 16:29 - Wolfgang plugs his new books Expedition to the Demonweb Pits and The Forge of War.
• 16:55 - Nuts and bolts: how a role-playing game book gets made.
• 19:24 - We discuss the difference between game design and game writing.
• 22:06 - The sad realities of work for hire.
• 22:42 - Finding freelance work.
• 24:54 - I can’t for the life of me pronounce “Wingardium Leviosa” correctly.

Wolfgang Baur’s Web site: www.wolfgangbaur.com

Publications by Wolfgang Baur:

• Kobold Quarterly
• Open Design
• The Forge of War (Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron Setting)
• Expedition to the Demonweb Pits (Dungeons & Dragons)

Music by Morgansorange

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