Looking for experienced writers to help write an Adventure Path


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It's all in the subject line.

If you or someone you know is interested I'd very much like to hear from you. Also if you know any reasonably priced freelancers (that is with industry credentials) I'd also be interested if you'd like to post details.

I have a great and riveting story idea that I have been working on and off for a year. It is unique, vibrant and requires a ton of work but if pulled off may create an adventure that would do for Modules what the Avengers did for films (FYI its not a ripoff, nor a fan fiction, it is an original story set in Golarion). This story is simply too big for one person and I require assistance.

There is no money involved. The exception being if it gets published in which case all profits will be negotiated. However this is unlikely given the base setting will be Golarion and as such no profit can be made from copywritten materials. I am looking for a few passionate writers to help me work on this, not for money but for the ability to say you achieved an incredible feat of skill and writing prowess.

Pre-emptive warning I treat this story and intellectual property very seriously and all people involved will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement before working on the project.

Must be ok to communicate both via text and call correspondence. I look forward to hearing back.


I have little experience with Golarion, personally, but I do love pathfinder and writing :) Let me know!

Grand Lodge

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You can't "publish" something set in Golarion and still retain ownership of all the IP (because Paizo owns Golarion and all that stuff).

-Skeld


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@Cuup
Awesome to hear man and thank you for the interest. If you could email a sample of some of your work to the email address privately messaged to you we can go from there.

@Skeld

Absolutely right. However remote as it is, there is alway the chance paizo picks it up. It's more about being clear that there is no payment because there is no intent to profit from it. It will be a free series should paizo not pick it up. However I just wanted to assure anyone willing to help that "if" it were, and money were to change hands (legally) then they would be entitled to a cut.

Paizo Employee Developer

To be perfectly clear, we do not accept any unsolicited material, nor do we seek to purchase material from other publishers to print as our own products.

Grand Lodge

Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

You're better off not using Golarion for your idea, but instead creating your own setting and then shopping it around to various 3PPs.

-Skeld


Skeld wrote:

You're better off not using Golarion for your idea, but instead creating your own setting and then shopping it around to various 3PPs.

-Skeld

Alternatively, if you can swing it an excellent approach is to make it setting-neutral. Create all sorts of wonderful locations and an incredible story, but don't lay out a map or specific distances between locations.

Set it up in such a manner it can be plugged into any setting.

Sovereign Court

Suz, you have an idea you love and obvious passion. That's a great place to be. My two coppers, as someone who's had great ideas and passion and has learned to steer things better through trial and error:

Start small. Break your massive idea down into pieces. Find that one brilliant piece and make that. Make it yourself. If others like it, they'll want to help you. And you'll have proven your concept to them.

Write a Design Document. There are loads of great tutorials and blogs that explain what this is and how to use it. Write this first, and keep updating it as you go. It really, really helps to keep your aim straight and true. You'll probably find that you start steeling from this document to make your actual adventure.

Don't use Paizo's setting. Find a setting you can use, or make your own. I created Avernos for this purpose, and it has been a great ride. Kyrt-ryder certainly has a good idea too.

Get a compatibility license and self publish or find a third party publisher who likes what you've done. Sell your product (for real cash). The reason isn't the money. The money is your indicator of how much people like what you've done. Money also means you can make a more awesome product at the end of the day, market it properly and, to be honest, it's a great motivator. It also means that people will take you more seriously.

Good luck and keep us in the loop!


Or file the serial numbers off and approach Legendary Games or Adventure a Week games.

Or publish it with/in Wayfinder Magazine for free.

But they are right. Start small and write something to show us your vision.


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@Adam Fully understood and expected, which is why the intent above all else is to create a free module. No profits, no gains, just sharing a hopefully intricate story with the community. Once it's completed of course.

@Skeld + Kyrt. Golarion is the setting for various reasons, and while I firmly understand copyright law, and publishing method and protocol. This isn't in any way intended to follow those traditional lines of publication. I have/had considered a neutral setting and there will be an option for that as a variation for those DMs wishing to apply the end product to their own or another setting, but the manner in which the project is being overall constructed it needed a firm foot hold. Golarion just happens to be one that lends itself to interesting cultural changes which are easy to maintain and manage.

@Captain. Thank you for your advice and encouraging words, I have done a lot of work in the past in stage and screenplay writing. My current occupation is an Operations Manager so I know better than most, when dealing with a big project don't tackle it yourself. Find a group of like-minded, passionate and talented individuals and share the workload. The Paizo forum isn't the only place I've advertised and I've had a lot of positive responses, it is always really inspiring to see people come out of the woodworks to do something like this for nothing more than to give something back to the community.

@Thanael I hadn't considered wayfinder but the project idea is simply too big.

I am not at liberty to discuss the details of whats being worked on as labelled out by the NDA. But what I can say is that when it's done it will be something avid fans will enjoy no matter what setting they are into.

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