Posts filed under 'Technical Writing'
We chat with Seattle-based freelancer Zia Munshi (and at one point, her pug Harry.)
- 0:20 - Wade is working from a noisy, noisy Starbucks. The resulting sound quality is not awesome.
- :43 - That second piece? Insanely hard to write, as it turned out.
- 1:11 - That barista in the background was hilarious.
- 1:39 - Zia Munshi joins us.
- 2:29 - Zia’s career trajectory.
- 3:38 - Getting that first ad agency gig.
- 4:19 - Young Zia’s six months in India working on a magazine for Americans.
- 5:35 - Projects: Like/Do Not Like
- 8:13 - Continually improving as a writer.
- 9:13 - Anathema words.
- 11:36 - How Zia finds freelance work.
- 12:10 - Advice for aspiring writers: the power of blogging, and putting together a portfolio.
Zia’s blog: www.ziamunshi.com
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September 21st, 2007
Wade talks to freelance writer Zia Munshi about breaking into the advertising business, writing case studies, putting a portfolio together, and blogging to help your career. Also: using “impact” as a verb. (shudder)
Show notes at http://writingforpay.org
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September 21st, 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:
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August 9th, 2007
Wade restrains himself from diving right into his new Harry Potter book and interviews writer, editor, and game designer Wolfgang Baur. Part one: technical and HR-type writing at the day job, and freelancing in the games industry.
Show notes at http://writingforpay.org
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August 9th, 2007
