Writer Career
The Sims 4 Writer Career is one of ten careers available in the game. The early levels in the writer track are fantastic. There is good base pay rate and the Milton Word Processor that you get at level 2 is extremely useful. It saves you from having to purchase a computer with your starting funds. The daily task of reading books might sound like a pain, but can actually be quite useful since reading Skill Books count towards this requirement. It is beneficial to start reading up on Charisma if you plan on following the Journalist path. Logic is useful for the Author track as increasing the logic skill becomes a requirement later on. The Handiness skill is also useful for either branch as it makes dealing with those inevitable computer repairs easier.
It is important to know that both career tracks emphasize the Inspired mood. Browsing art and/or viewing a piece of inspiring art right before work will help your Sim get an Inspired moodlet to take to work. Thoughtful showers work too. The still life painting unlocked at level 3 of the writer career is especially handy. With it, you’ll have enough inspiration to make a room give off an inspiring mood which is extremely useful for writers. Inspiration not only improves your writing skill gain and the quality of your books, it also prevents writers block.
The Author Branch is for Sims who want to focus on more on writing books. As you progress up this branch, you’ll find your hours and days worked start to dwindle, leaving you with a ton of free time to write your books and work on your logic skill, which is a requirement for advancement. This branch has one of the lowest weekly incomes for the top career level, but that is misleading. The income earned from book royalties will actually make most authors very wealthy. Unfortunately, the career rewards for Authors are not quite as powerful for inspiration as that of Journalists. You can always overcome this by purchasing several copies of your reward objects to stack and amplify their mood effects.
The Journalist Branch is a good choice if you want to interact more with other Sims. Charisma is introduced into the mix as well as Article Writing. The Article Writing interaction takes some getting used to. Before you are given the option to write an article, you must first find something to write about. There are different ways to do this. One method is to successfully perform the “Interview About Life” interaction with somebody. You can also rummage through the trash of a neighbor you know. Once you have your story, you will have the option on your computer to write a positive or negative article about it. You will need to write articles AND improve your Charisma skill to advance through the higher levels of the Journalist career, which can be time consuming. Luckily, talking to people will naturally build your charisma skill. The main benefit of this branch is the reward objects, which generate powerful inspired moodlets.
Suggested Aspirations
Author Branch: Best Selling Author, Fabulously Wealthy, Nerd Brain
Journalist Branch: Best Selling Author, Serial Romantic, Party Animal
Suggested Traits
Author Branch: Creative, Cheerful, Loner, Bookworm, Art Lover, Perfectionist
Journalist Branch: Creative, Cheerful, Bookworm, Art Lover, Loves Outdoors, Outgoing
Writer Career
(11am-7pm) | Read Books | None | |||||
(11am-7pm) | Read Books Level 2 Writing | §407 Bonus, Milton Word Processor | |||||
(9am-5pm) | Read Books Level 3 Writing | §509 Bonus, Still Life Painting, Pitch Story Idea | |||||
(9am-5pm) | Write Books Level 4 Writing | §611 Bonus, The Thinker | |||||
(8am-4pm) | Write Books Level 5 Writing | §703 Bonus, An Open Book, Framed, Writer's Cap CAS Parts |
Author Branch
(1pm-9pm) | Write Books Level 7 Writing Level 2 Logic | §956 Bonus, Antique Tomes, Talk about Bestsellers | |||||
(1pm-8pm) | Write Books Level 8 Writing Level 3 Logic | §1,243 Bonus | |||||
(12pm-5pm) | Write Books Level 9 Writing Level 4 Logic | §1,808 Bonus, Nom de Plume Quill Pen | |||||
(12pm-5pm) | Write Books Level 10 Writing Level 5 Logic | §2,421 Bonus, The Muse | |||||
(12pm-6pm) | N/A | §2,885 Bonus, Door of Perception |
Journalist Branch
(8am-4pm) | Write Articles Level 7 Writing Level 2 Charisma | §956 Bonus, Interview about Life, Write Article | |||||
(8am-3pm) | Write Articles Level 8 Writing Level 3 Charisma | §1,562 Bonus, Antique Writer's Desk | |||||
(9am-4pm) | Write Articles Level 9 Writing Level 4 Charisma | §2,031 Bonus, The Where Should I Go? Ball | |||||
(9am-4pm) | Write Articles Level 10 Writing Level 5 Charisma | §2,844 Bonus, Antique Typewriter | |||||
(10am-4pm) | N/A | §3,697 Bonus, Deep Thoughts Bookcase |
