Writer
- For the self-employed Writer career in The Sims 3, see Skill career#Writer.
Writer is a career track introduced in The Sims 4. This job comes with two branches, Author or Journalist.
Game description
Get paid to express your ideas with beautiful turns of phrase, and words - wonderful words.
Position Levels
| File:Writer Thumbnail.png Writer Career Levels | ||||
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| 1) Writer's Assistant | ||||
| [Sim] is about to learn what it means to pay his dues as an assistant-assistant coffee-getter, assistant fact-looker-upper, and assistant paperwork-filer. After a while, he may even get to do some writing, although his boss will take the credit. | §25/hour | No Bonus | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Read Books | ||||
| Perks: No | ||||
| 2) Blogger | ||||
| It's more important to write fast than to write well...does [Sim] have what it takes? Bloggers only get paid if they get clicks, so he'd better study the things people click on. (Cat videos and numbered lists.) | §32/hour | Bonus
-§ 402 -Milton Word Processor | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 2 | ||||
| Read Books | ||||
| Perks: Milton Word Processor | ||||
| 3) Freelance Article Writer | ||||
| Now [Sim]'s working for himself, writing what he wants...or at least 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! | §38/hour | Bonus
-§ 502 -Still Life with Apple and Pitcher and Books and Bottles and Flowers -Pitch Story Idea Interaction | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 9:00 - 17:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 3 | ||||
| Write Books | ||||
| Perks: Still Life with Apple and Pitcher and Books and Bottles and Flowers | ||||
| 4) Advice Columnist | ||||
| He's always thought of himself as a know-it-all, but now [Sim] 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's lucky. | §44/hour | Bonus
-§ 612 -The Thinker | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 09:00 - 17:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 4 | ||||
| Write Books | ||||
| Perks: The Thinker | ||||
| 5) Regular Contributor | ||||
| It's important to have a beat. [Sim] didn't actually have any knowledge about his beat before he 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. | §50/hour | Bonus
-§703 -An Open Book, Framed -New CAS parts | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 08:00 - 16:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 5 | ||||
| Write Books | ||||
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Perks: An Open Book, Framed, New CAS Parts | ||||
After being promoted from Regular Contributor, Sims will be able to choose one of the two career paths, Author or Journalist branch.
Author Branch
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.
| Writer Career Levels - Author Branch | ||||
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| 6) Short Story Writer | ||||
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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. 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 your Sim’s pretty busy already, so…. |
§60/hour | §956 | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 13:00 - 21:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 7 | ||||
| Earned §500 publishing books | ||||
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Perks: Antique Tomes | ||||
| 7) Novelist | ||||
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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 himself/herself that…. |
§115/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 13:00 - 20:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 8 | ||||
| Write 5 books | ||||
| Perks: Nom de Plume Quill Pen | ||||
| 8) Fan Favourite | ||||
| 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? | §202/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 12:00 - 17:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 9 | ||||
| Earned §2,500 publishing books | ||||
| Perks: The Muse | ||||
| 9) Bestselling Author | ||||
| 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 critics don’t like his/her next book his/her career will be over, but no pressure. | §296/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 12:00 - 17:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 10 | ||||
| Submit 5 books to literary digests | ||||
| Perks: Door of Perception | ||||
| 10) Creator of Worlds | ||||
| 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. | §465/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 12:00 - 18:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| None | ||||
| Perks: None | ||||
Journalist Branch
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.
| Writer Career Levels - Journalist Branch | ||||
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| 6) Page Two Journalist | ||||
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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. Municipal rezoning? Dog-catcher elections? 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 sweaters. |
§56/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 8:00 - 16:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 7 | ||||
| Charisma: 2 | ||||
| Write 3 articles | ||||
| Perks: Antique Writer's Desk | ||||
| 7) Front Page Writer | ||||
| 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. | §83/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 8:00 - 15:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 8 | ||||
| Charisma: 3 | ||||
| Write 5 articles | ||||
| Perks: The Where Should I Go? Ball | ||||
| 8) Investigative Journalist | ||||
| If he’s/she’s lucky, he’ll/she’ll be the reporter who cracked the biggest scandal ever. Someone, somewhere is up to no good, and <sim name>’s determined to find them. <sim name> loves revealing wrongdoing and making the big money, not always in that order. | §145/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 9:00 - 16:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 9 | ||||
| Charisma: 4 | ||||
| Earned §500 from articles | ||||
| Perks: Antique Typewriter | ||||
| 9) Editor-In-Chief | ||||
| He/she decides which stories run and which get killed. He/she keeps circulation up and costs down. He/she produces amazing journalism, and if he/she could figure out how to make people actually pay for it, he’d/she’d really have it made! | §189/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 9:00 - 16:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| Writing: 10 | ||||
| Charisma: 5 | ||||
| Earned §2,500 from articles | ||||
| Perks: Deep Thoughts Bookcase | ||||
| 10) Scribe of History | ||||
| <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. | §287/hour | Bonus Unknown | ||
| S M T W T F S | Pension unknown | |||
| Hours: 10:00 - 16:00
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| Performance Factors | ||||
| None | ||||
| Perks: None | ||||
Pre-made Writers
- Mortimer Goth, Freelance Article Writer
- Gavin Richards, Blogger