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Writer Career
The Writer Career is included in The Sims 4 Base game.
To progress in the Writer Career Sims will need to skill up their Writing Skill. Their daily task is to do Read and Write Books.
At Level 6 the Writer Career branches into Author and Journalist. Both branches require Sims to improve their Writing Skill.
The Author Branch requires Sims to improve their Logic Skill and their daily task is to do Write Books.
The Journalist Branch requires Sims to improve their Charisma Skill and their daily task is to Write Articles.
Writer Career Levels
Description:
Get paid to express your ideas with beautiful turns of phrase, and words – wonderful words!
Level 1: Writer’s Assistant
Description: [Sim name] is about to learn what it means to pay his/her dues as an assistant-assistant coffee-getter, assistant fact-looker-upper, and assistant paperwork-filer. After a while he/she may even get to do some writing, although her boss will take the credit. | Pay: $27/hour | Hours: 11:00am – 7:00pm Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri |
Daily Task: Read Books | Promotion Requirements: None |
Level 2: Blogger
Description: It’s more important to write fast than to write well...does [Sim name] have what it takes? Bloggers only get paid if they get clicks, so he/she’d better study the things people like to click on. (Cat videos and numbered lists.) | Pay: $35/hour | Hours: 11:00am – 7:00pm Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri |
Daily Task: Read Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 2 Writing Skill |
Level 3: Freelance Article Writer
Description: Now [Sim name]’s working for him/herself, writing what he/she wants...or at least what paying clients want. Unfortunately, paying clients want articles about “10 Creative Ways to Eat Mushrooms” or “Hot Tips to Drive Your Dog Wild.” It’s not glamorous, but it’s a living! | Pay: $41/hour | Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sun, Mon, Tues, Thurs |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 3 Writing Skill |
Level 4: Advice Columnist
Description: He/She’s always thought of him/herself as a know-it-all, but now [Sim name] is a professional know-it-all. The life of an advice columnist is full of deranged in-laws, mailmen without personal boundaries, and secret second families. But only if he/she’s lucky. | Pay: $48/hour | Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sun, Mon, Tues, Thurs |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 4 Writing Skill |
Level 5: Regular Contributor
Description: It’s important to have a beat. [Sim name] didn’t actually have any knowledge of his/her beat before he/she started writing about it, but if you sound convincing, you are convincing. The readers will never catch on! The secret? Use lots of big words. | Pay: $55/hour | Hours: 8:00am – 4:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 5 Writing Skill |
Author Branch
Branches into Author and Journalist
Description:
If you love the freedom to embellish and invent, the Author’s life is for you. Call up a character, chase after a tale... The written word is yours.
Level 6: Short Story Writer
Description: It’s not like [Sim name] can’t write longer stories, it’s just that he/she doesn’t want to! Long stories are overrated. Who has the attention span for all that? And novels just end up getting adapted into movies anyway, and [Sim name]’s pretty busy already, so... | Pay: $66/hour | Hours: 1:00pm – 9:00pm Mon,Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 7 Writing Skill Level 2 Logic Skill |
Level 7: Novelist
Description: Most novelists don’t go crazy alone in deserted hotels in the winter. Most novelists don’t die penniless in the streets. Most novelists are happy, well-adjusted, and creatively satisfied people! [Sim name] keeps telling him/herself that... | Pay: $126/hour | Hours: 1:00pm – 8:00pm Sun,Wed, Thurs, Sat |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 8 Writing Skill Level 3 Logic Skill |
Level 8: Fan Favorite
Description: The fans love him/her. The critics hate him/her. [Sim name] might be churning out sub-literate dreck, but his/her books sell like crazy, so his/her publisher keeps paying him/her. And that’s the real measure of literary success. Right? | Pay: $222/hour | Hours: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Sun,Wed, Thurs, Sat |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 9 Writing Skill Level 4 Logic Skill |
Level 9: Bestselling Author
Description: Bestselling authors have a tough life-going from talk show to talk show, receiving honors, counting endless stacks of money- but [Sim name] has worked hard to join their ranks. Of course if the critic don’t like his/her next book his/her career will be over, but no pressure. | Pay: $325/hour | Hours: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Tues,Wed, Sat |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: Level 10 Writing Skill Level 5 Logic Skill |
Level 10: Creator of Worlds
Description: The hardest part about creating a sprawling, multi-volume fantasy epic? Thinking up all those crazy names like Cloydon DeBarboot and Frimzy Peppernoodle. Definitely the names. Oh, and also dealing with the really strange, inappropriate fanfic. | Pay: $511/hour | Hours: 12:00pm – 6:00pm Tues, Sat |
Daily Task: Write Books | Promotion Requirements: None |
Journalist Branch
Description:
Words can be powerful weapons, when used to expose the truth. As a Journalist you’ll dig up important dirt and scatter it for all to see.
Level 6: Page Two Journalist
Description: Municipal rezoning? Dog-catcher electrons? The local beat isn’t always glamorous, but at least [Sim name] can use the power of his/her job to crush his/her enemies. Now he/she gets the best restaurant tables and the cleaners never shrink his/her sweaters. | Pay: $61/hour | Hours: 8:00am – 4:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri |
Daily Task: WriteArticles | Promotion Requirements: Level 7 Writing Skill Level 2 Charisma Skill |
Level 7: Front Page Writer
Description: His/Her crack reporting skills and snappy writing have landed [Sim name] a plum assignment covering breaking news. Toppling governments! Catastrophic natural disasters! A pop star with a new haircut! [Sim name]’s on the big stories now. | Pay: $91/hour | Hours: 8:00am – 3:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri |
Daily Task: WriteArticles | Promotion Requirements: Level 8 Writing Skill Level 3 Charisma Skill |
Level 8: Investigative Journalist
Description: If he/she’s lucky, he/she’ll be the reporter who cracked the biggest scandal ever. Someone, somewhere is up to no good, an [Sim name]’s determined to find them. [Sim name] loves revealing wrongdoing and making the big money, not always in that order. | Pay: $159/hour | Hours: 9:00am – 4:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs |
Daily Task: WriteArticles | Promotion Requirements: Level 9 Writing Skill Level 4 Charisma Skill |
Level 9: Editor-in-Chief
Description: He/She decides which stories run and which get killed. He/She keeps circulation up and cost down. He/She produces amazing journalism, and if he/she could figure out how to make people actually pay for it, he/she’s really have it made! | Pay: $207/hour | Hours: 9:00am – 4:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs |
Daily Task: WriteArticles | Promotion Requirements: Level 10 Writing Skill Level 5 Charisma Skill |
Level 10: Scribe of History
Description: [Sim name] has transcended day-to-day news and now spends his/her time looking backward...studying what has been, and what it all means. Future generations will study his/her works, and many more will use them as very fancy doorstops. | Pay: $315/hour | Hours: 10:00am – 4:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs |
Daily Task: WriteArticles | Promotion Requirements: None |
