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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 3h

I will certainly pass that along!

David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen is a great writer and part of the excellent Clockwork Revolution narrative team that’s starting to taper down as we finish the bulk of the writing. Snap him up for your project!

Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 10d

A weekly (soon to be daily!) reminder that I need a new job!

My Narrative Design contract at InXile ends 10/17 and I would love to have something resembling gainful employment before then if at all possible.

www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-b...

www.linkedin.com

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Two Point Studios is looking for a Senior Designer/Writer.

No affiltiaton. Just sharing the link...

jobs.jobvite.com/sega-europe-...

Two Point Studios is looking for Senior Designer/Writer.

Two Point Studios is looking for Senior Designer/Writer. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

jobs.jobvite.com

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Creative Assembly is looking for a Principal Narrative Designer.

No affiliation. Just sharing the link...

jobs.jobvite.com/creative-ass...

Creative Assembly is looking for Principal Narrative Designer.

Creative Assembly is one of Europe's leading games development studios, founded in 1987 and located in West Sussex, UK, Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria. We craft deep and detailed games that matter...

jobs.jobvite.com

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 3d

OPPORTUNITY Lead Writer - CDProjekt - US

Not affiliated. Shares welcome

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

Lead Writer

Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...

jobs.smartrecruiters.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 5d

A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Title: One door leads to freedom, the others to certain death. You may ask one question.

Image: Three guards with shields and speard stand in front of three doors. One guard sits at a folding table working at a typewriter, his shield and spear leaning against the wall.

Caption: One guard always tells the truth, one always tells lies, and the third always tells an entrancing story that blends reportage with imagination in an attempt to reach a deeper authenticity by moving beyond the narrow categories of fact and fiction.

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Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social · 14d

Heidi is one of my closest friends. She's been an ally, a confidant and a co-conspirator for well over a decade. Life has been so fucking unfair to her and I'm hoping that we as an industry can rally to help ease her suffering ❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/ease-the-t...

Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald

I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story

www.gofundme.com

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Nathan Long @nathanrlong.bsky.social · 15d

A man does not start adding a ballroom that will take five years to build to a house he expects to leave in four.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Very glad to see Microsoft withdrawing their tech from the mass surveillance of Palestinian citizens. It took a while, but... better late than never. kotaku.com/microsoft-is...

Microsoft Blocks Israel From Using Tech To Survey Palestine

The Xbox company has disabled the Israeli government’s use of its cloud storage and AI services

kotaku.com

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 19d

Meanwhile, in escapism... this seems like an excellent use of two minutes now (cast your vote) and many hours in future (build Shakepeare's Globe out of LEGO): beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Shakespeare's Globe | LEGO® Ideas

Shakespeare's Globe is a world famous theatre in London. This set recreates it's iconic shape and style, whilst celebrating the many plays of William Shakespear…

beta.ideas.lego.com

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 19d

Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19d

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

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Rebecca McCarthy - Writing & Narrative Design @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social · 22d

Games Workshop are looking for an Assistant Game Designer ( for the physical game). Feels like a rare assistant-level job in the field! jobs.games-workshop.com/search-and-a...

( I'm not affiliated with GW, just sharing a rare entry-level job)

Assistant Games Developer - Warhammer 40,000 - Games Workshop Jobs

About the Job Games Workshop has an exciting opportunity for you to join our renowned design team as an Assistant Games Developer where you will be key to

jobs.games-workshop.com

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 22d

Today’s mood, courtesy of Leake Street Arches:

A hybrid of Judge Death and the xenomorph from Alien.

Graffiti that says ‘Drinking like Hemingway’.

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RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 22d

Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Breakthrough Scholarship for Fantasy Writers with Low Income

This scholarship will award one talented speculative writer with limited financial means a place on our new nine-week online Writing Fantasy course.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Patrick K Mills @pkernaghan.bsky.social · 24d

Posted this today. Please apply.
www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2027...

CD PROJEKT RED — Award-Winning Creator of Story-Driven RPGs

As the team behind The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we create revolutionary RPGs with memorable stories that inspire gamers.

www.cdprojektred.com

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats on the new gig!

David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 25d

This video was down for most of the past week because YouTube took down the Writers' Guild channel(!), but now it's back online. Enjoy!

David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · Aug 26

For anyone looking to get into games writing as a career, @writersguildgb.bsky.social has uploaded a panel session I did with @coreybrotherson.bsky.social, @marygoodden.bsky.social and James Chew of @failbettergames.com, talking about that very subject: youtu.be/fcOXhmTk1tM?...

Navigating a career in videogames writing

YouTube video by Writers' Guild of Great Britain

youtu.be

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 25d

Looks like the video is back online now! Thanks for flagging the problem. :)

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 26d

Yami says it's fine to share her work, so here are a few choice layouts from this never-before-published 48-page opus.

"There once was a boy who lived in a tower. It wasn't a fairytale tower, like the kind you read about in books. There was no princess in this tower and no dragons surrounding it. This was a great concrete tower, tall and square, in the middle of the city. To be honest, it was pretty ugly and boring. There were mice, but that was about as exciting as it got."

"The boy lived with his mum in their little flat, high in the sky. Their flat was so high, it took the boy an hour to climb the stairs after school. Their flat was so high, even the pigeons got out of breath. Their flat was so high, he never went anywhere."

"So Wesley bounced the unicycle down, down, down all the stairs until he was outside on the grass."

"In his defence, none of the grown-up clowns were very funny either. They just threw custard pies at each other and sat in a car that fell apart. Wesley didn't find rust an inspiring subject for comedy."

David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 26d

This morning I rediscovered a children's story I wrote nearly 20 years ago. Totally forgot it existed. Designer Yami Prajapati made an illustrated version. I'll nudge her and see if I can share some of it.

Back-of-book blurb for 'The Boy with Half a Bike' written by David Varela, illustrated by Yami Prajapati.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 28d

There are coach-loads of them round our place. I was happy to get away to the peace and quiet of Piccadilly Circus.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 29d

At Criterion, we called these 'prosotypes'.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks for flagging it. I contacted the WGGB and they didn't realise YouTube had taken their channel down. They're investigating.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hmm... Unavailable because the Writers' Guild of Great Britain has closed its whole YouTube account? I will enquire.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · Sep 11

Had great fun yesterday sitting in on a voiceover session of our sweariest character. Hats off to my colleague Luciana for some wonderfully creative filth. An expletive for every occasion. Hoping some of these will go full meme.

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