On Being Published.

A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to write for the online games Resolution Magazine, I pitch my Transformers: War for Cybertron review to old friend and fellow podcasting partner @greggiddens. The review was well received and during a low ebb in their features submissions Greg also commented that my previous article “Stifling Creativity” was something which could be posted up but would need a bit of editing and then on Tuesday the 13^th it went live on Resolution.

With Greg being the Features Editor it allows me to input a few ideas and pitches without sounding like a tosser. Having to sell an idea to people is something I’m not fantastic at but because he’s also a friend he understands the point I’m trying to get across without much rambling from me. It also allows him to easily edit my work as in the case of the “Stifling Creativity” article, both pieces are very different from each other but maintain the same focus and points but unlike the original the Resolution version has been edited to make my arguments or points valid to my article and the point I was trying to get across. I also don’t see this being the end of my writing spree for Resolution, with Greg being their features editor and the site undergoing personnel changes their door is somewhat open to new people pitching new ideas and content for the site, as a result I decided to write an article around competitive gaming before being asked to write a feature for them.

It gives me an outlet for a different kind of writing style and also how an external editor would attack my work and make it digestible for the masses which is always in interesting learning experience.