How to Run (and Survive) a Writers' Room

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In this 2022 Game Narrative Summit talk, writer Antony Johnston shares how the writers' room model can be adapted and used to benefit game writing; how to recruit the staff for such a room; and how to run it in a way that delivers the most creativity combined with best results for developers

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