Hello, I'm Johnny. I'm an aspiring game writer, and I have a few general questions about pursuing a career in this field. I'm asking here as writing is my forte and this seemed the best place; if it isn't, let me know where I should post this. First of all, I know almost nothing on this subject, or how to pursue a career of this sort. My expertise is in writing, and everything that would surround that in game design (including map design and related matters, but nothing actually artistic - having to draw anything of quality is my weakness), but I often have trouble getting started with things because I don't know where to begin, or even where to look for information. Random internet searches are about all I'm capable of, and since I found this site, I decided to try it and ask. Secondly, as may be inferred from my previous paragraph, I'm poor at networking and knowing when and where to do it. I haven't had a chance to go to any game exops, meetings, and related events yet, but even if I was able (or when I do go in the future), I wouldn't know how to advertise myself, so to speak. As am addendum to this, what are the chances of actually making it into the industry in this particular field? The vast majority of anything I hear about the game development industry is in regards to artists (from the design side), or coders (from a technical standpoint), almost never anything in between, no doubt contributing to my difficulty in finding this information. Finally, I'm currently working on a small game project, a cell phone RPG very loosely based on some old gameboy RPGs' storylines. My position on the project is (as it stands) the only person working with scenario development entirely (story, dialogue, maps, everything like that). How would I assemble all of my work on this project into a portfolio to present to any potential employers? I'm probably overthinking this, but I always like being sure of things. Thanks in advance for any replies, and if this in the wrong place here, let me know. ~Johnny

This double post was answered in the Beginners forum.

sent you a PM. there an email address I can get in touch with you at?