One Career I have always believed would be genuinely interesting to take on is that of an author. I quite often imagine how wonderful it would be, sitting at home, writing out fantastic adventures of my own creation and thinking, and sending them off and then getting money back for it. It is a New career I myself have genuinely thought about, but regrettably (yet, anyway!) have never managed to finish writing a book. Sure, I have lots of ideas, but I always seem to end up over-complicating things, or changing my mind, or I just seem to lose the story altogether at points. So for the moment it is a Career idea which has not quite taken off for me just yet. I have however researched some of the other choices on offer, and there is one option I would like to discuss which may make it quite a bit easier for gifted people to break into this difficult market. This information will hopefully be beneficial to people who are hunting for New careers in this area of work.
Now one of my main problems when I have been writing is that I have tried to create my own characters, and my own worlds. Now this is quite tough to do, as there is a great deal to take into consideration, at times you can get confused by your own ideas, and it can be sometimes quite a difficult obstacle to overcome. There is a way around this however, which might hopefully help people into this competitive Career, and that is for people to generate fan fiction on games that already exist, that already have a composed plot, a solid world, and a great set of characters. Good examples of games for which these kind of books are in pretty high demand are Warhammer, where the books are created about the various armies used within the game, and some of the major characters. Another popular example is Magic: The Gathering, here the books are used to give some information on the worlds which the newest expansions are set on, and give a background story for the cards themselves. Now it is still pretty difficult to get a Career in this area of work, as the competition is extremely fierce, so you will need to be an incredibly good writer, however it will help provide guidance for people like me who maybe struggle sometimes with their own ideas. It doesn’t even need to be something you consider as a New career, you might just write fan fiction to practise and develop your writing skills.
The reason fan fiction is helpful for people hunting for New careers is because you already have the tools (characters, worlds, history) offered to you, you just need to sculpt them into a plot that is exciting and interesting that is going to please fans of the game. This will help you work on your skills ready for when you are ready to create and build your own world, and your own characters. It is particularly good if you yourself have a keen interest in the game you are aiming to write for – it means you are getting the chance to be a really big part of that games development, a Career which many would love to have.