I just got an email announcing that Al Lowe is going to be speaking at
the Game Writers Conference in September. I'm curious to hear what he
has to say...
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The 2nd Annual, Game Writers Conference, September 6-7, 2006, in
Austin, Texas, is dedicated to the art and craft of game writing and
brings together writers, developers and publishers from around the
world.
Scheduled sessions include: Narrative Design: Writing Stories With
Gameplay In Mind, Writing for the Digital Actor, Playing the Writing
Process: Increasing Collaboration and Creativity, Writing Comedy for
Games, The Imago Effect: Avatar Psychology, and Screen/Play: Story
Do***entation.
The speaker roster features Alexis Nolent (Ubisoft), Al Lowe (Game
Designer, Writer, Director, iBase Entertainment, Inc.), Dawn Hershey
(Casting/Voice Director, Blindlight), Eric Wolpaw (Writer, Valve),
Harvey Smith (Studio Creative Director, Midway Austin), Marc Walters
(Designer/Writer, BioWare), Marianne Crawczyk, Mike Laidlaw (Lead
Writer, BioWare), Rafael Chandler (Creative Director, Media Sun****ne),
Richard Dansky (Central Clancy Writer, Ubisoft), and Shana Merlin (Lead
Trainer, Merlin-Works).
The GWC is affordably priced, with online registration for
professionals just $395 until September, a discount of 20 percent off
the onsite registration price of $495. To register, visit
www.GameWritersConference.com
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