Be Clever But not too clever. Your real job as a game writer is to make the game's dialogue interesting within the confines of character limits, ESRB restrictions, and your world's story. It's not always easy, but it's loving that challenge that makes you a writer at heart. The best way you can inject cleverness (drama/humor/tragedy) is on a meta…

Be Clear We've all seen game writing that was cumbersome to read. Every sentence began with a subordinate clause or had a stream-of-consciousness feel that lost you halfway through it. I can only imagine that these writers thought they were being artsy. Unfortunately, artsy does you no good if your audience doesn't know what the Hell you're saying. Keep your…