Jana Sloan van Geest's guest appearances

Jana Sloan van Geest

The 1099

Script Lock

The Girls on Games Podcast

Sarah Elmaleh

Meg Jayanth

Karla Zimonja

Brad Muir

Matthew Burns

Anna Kipnis

Tim Schafer

Jill Murray

Sean Vanaman

Robin Hunicke

Walt Williams

Marc Laidlaw

Mike Laidlaw

Cissy Jones

Jon Ingold

OwlTail

Charlene Putney

Spring is here, and so are Charlene (writer at Larian Studios on Divinity: Original Sin 1 &amp; 2) and Jana (game writer and narrative designer on Battlestar Galactica: Squadrons, Assassin's Creed Origins, and currently at Guerilla Games where she just finished working on Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds)! They join us to talk about what makes a good bark, writing a good tooltip, finding inspiration in others, doing different types of writing at different times of day, solving a writing problem by articulating it to someone else, working with different team sizes, best practices for breaking through creative ruts, honing your judgment, the need for simplicity and clarity in game writing, the craving for more narration through items, and never retiring a tool in the storytelling toolbox. Our Guests on the Internet Charlene's Twitter. Jana's Twitter. Stuff We Talked About Hag-Seed: A Novel by Margaret Atwood Borne: A Novel by Jeff VanderMeer The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Caves of Qud Our theme music was composed by 2Mello, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

Spring is here, and so are Charlene (writer at Larian Studios on Divinity: Original Sin 1 &amp; 2) and Jana (game writer and narrative designer on Battlestar Galactica: Squadrons, Assassin's Creed Origins, and currently at Guerilla Games where she just finished working on Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds)! They join us to talk about what makes a good bark, writing a good tooltip, finding inspiration in others, doing different types of writing at different times of day, solving a writing problem by articulating it to someone else, working with different team sizes, best practices for breaking through creative ruts, honing your judgment, the need for simplicity and clarity in game writing, the craving for more narration through items, and never retiring a tool in the storytelling toolbox. Our Guests on the Internet Charlene's <a href="https://twitter.com/AlphaCha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Jana's <a href="https://twitter.com/janamakesgames" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Stuff We Talked About <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hag-Seed-Hogarth-Shakespeare-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0804141312" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hag-Seed: A Novel</a> by Margaret Atwood <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Borne-Novel-Jeff-VanderMeer/dp/0374115249" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Borne: A Novel</a> by Jeff VanderMeer <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Undoing-Project-Friendship-Changed-Minds/dp/0393254593" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds</a> by Michael Lewis <a href="http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Artist's Way</a> by Julia Cameron <a href="http://www.cavesofqud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caves of Qud</a> Our theme music was composed by <a href="http://2mello.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2Mello</a>, and our logo was created by <a href="https://lilynishita.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Charlene Putney & Jana Sloan van Geest