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Zero to Funded: Promoting Your Kickstarter Project on GameSkinny
The key to a successful Kickstarter campaign is getting enough backers to meet your goal. Unless you already have an audience, reaching potential backers can be hard work. If you've got a great game or...
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A Complete Introduction Guide to GameSkinny - Come Write With Us!
These days, publishing great content online is not hard.. being heard is! There is so much content online now that personal blogs, YouTube videos, in-depth forum posts.. they're getting lost,...
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How to Avoid Writer's Block
With the combination of all the possible hiccups and productivity potholes of writing from home, ‘perfect’ work conditions are hard to come by in the best of times. There are a lot, and I mean a LOT,...
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The One Golden Rule of Creating Shareable Online Content
Fun fact: your reader didn't make that, you did. But your reader is the one looking at it and sharing it... hopefully. When you write, and when you decide what to write, ask yourself this one very...
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Evergreen Basics: GameSkinny's Crash Course in Creating Killer Content
In the plant world, an evergreen is a tree that has leaves or pines throughout the year, and so is always green. Evergreen content, in its most basic sense, is content that stays relevant for an...
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GS Grammar Guide: Common Grammar Mistakes and Conundrums
There are some errors that our editors see over and over again. From newbies to veterans, lots of writers make these mistakes. And frankly, it's exhausting for us to continuously correct them. Because...
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How to Conduct Interviews at Game Conventions
The ultimate goal of many freelance gaming writers is to earn a position in the world of video game journalism. Games journalism has many different tracts, from writing guides for games to conducting...
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How to Use Game Titles in Your Content Effectively
Good writing can go far in creating content people will be looking for, and the use of search engine optimization (SEO) techniques can help them find it. SEO is a complicated subject, so we won't be...
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GameSkinny's Recommended Reading List for Writers
Writing isn't easy. Stacks upon stacks of books and essays have been penned on how to write well. This is great in one sense, because it means that there are lots of resources for writers to fall back...
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GS Writing Guide: How to Write Long-Form Articles
Long-form writing is tough. Even if you have a lot of ideas, it can be daunting to try and put all of them down into one cohesive product. And it can be difficult to sustain a longer article without...
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3 Tips On Creating Awesome Lists/Slideshows
It’s been said that the internet primarily consists of two things: porn and lists. While the former may only appeal to certain demographics, it seems everyone loves lists. Why? Because in the simplest...
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How to Get More Views on Your Content: A Comprehensive Guide to Better Traffic
You're a writer, a creator, and you write some pretty excellent content! Your work looks great on your blog, or even here on GameSkinny... Just, not enough people are actually reading or linking to...
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GameSkinny's Journalist Training Program Testimonials
Here is a collection of some of our successful Journalist Training Program veterans and what that have to say about the program and their time with GameSkinny! Want to learn more about the program?...
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GameSkinny Writing Guide: How to Write Reviews That People Want to Read
Reviews matter. While it's easy to brush off a review as being "just someone's opinion," a well-written review can be a lot more than that. Critical opinions, both positive and negative, have some...
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Digital Journalism 101: 4-minute crash course in writing the news
Writing the news isn’t particularly difficult, but it does take practice and discipline. While the label of ‘journalist’ can seem like a lofty title, you can write effective news without much fuss if...
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10 Reasons video game websites use 'top 10' lists and slideshows
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11 things you should know about interviewing developers
Gamescom in Cologne and PAX Prime in Seattle are coming up quickly. Gamescom starts next week, and PAX Prime hits at the end of the month. Although I’ve never traveled to Germany to attend Gamescom, I...
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GameSkinny Update 9/10: Introducing our new navigation!
Say hello to GameSkinny's brand new navigation bar! Since our last update, the dev team at GameSkinny has been hard at work thinking up new ways to improve the site. One of the things we've determined...
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JTP Guide: Who to follow on Twitter for the best news leads
During my original session here in the Journalist Training Program (JTP) I found that grabbing news articles was extremely easy. Within ten minutes of waking up and flicking through Twitter, I could...
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8 Key Elements that Make a Game Successful
Whether you’re a passionate gamer or even a developer, you’ve probably wondered what exactly makes your favorite video games so good. While there are plenty of indefinable aspects that make individual...
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