The Sims 4 Writer Career
Rewards for Journalists and Authors
The Writer Career features the Author and Journalist Branches
The Sims 4's Writer Career allows you to make extra money from your Writing Skill while you're waiting on the Royalties to come in. It will somewhat hinder your ability to make more books and profit that way. However, with the Career come enough rewards that produce Inspired Moodlets that you can benefit by producing more Bestsellers. The number of hours required of your Sim also drops dramatically by the top levels, so you'll get to spend more time writing and less time at Work.
Naturally, the best choice of Trait is Creative. Neither Career Branch has an Aspiration associated with it. I suggest you start with the Writing Aspiration - Bestselling Author - so you can make the Book of Life, but later consider Fabulously Wealthy, which requires level 8 in a Career and will be easy to complete given you can make loads of money as a Writer in The Sims 4.
The ideal mood for this Career and both Branches is Inspired. Here are the first 5 levels of the Writer Career and the requirements for your Sim to get Promoted. If you're going to be in the Journalist Branch, you might want to work on Charisma a little here and there.
Writer Career Levels 1-5
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writer's Assistant | $25/hour | Sun-Mon, Wed, Fri, 11AM-7PM | $200 | Read Books. | Nothing. |
| 2 | Blogger | $32/hour | Sun-Mon, Wed, Fri, 11AM-7PM | $256 | Read Books. Reach Level 2 Writing | $407, Milton Word Processor |
| 3 | Freelance Article Writer | $38/hour | Sun-Tue, Thu, 9AM-5PM | $304 | Write Books. Reach Level 3 Writing | $509, Still Life with Apple and Pitcher and Books and Bottles and Flowers!, Pitch Story Idea Interaction |
| 4 | Advice Columnist | $44/hour | Sun-Tue, Thu, 9AM-5PM | $352 | Write Books. Reach Level 4 Writing | $611, The Thinker |
| 5 | Regular Contributor | $50/hour | Mon-Wed, Fri, 8AM-4PM | $400 | Write Books. Reach Level 5 Writing | $703, An Open Book - Framed, New CAS Parts |
Author Branch
Author Career Rewards
This Career choice is much easier to complete than that of the Journalist, but doesn't come with any special abilities like Writing Articles, mentioned below. However, it gives plenty of Inspired items that can give off an Aura and will let your Sim focus more on writing than the other Career, which requires attendance 4 days a week and time investment in the Charisma Skill. This is the Branch I would choose.
Author Career
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Short Story Writer | $60/hour | Wed-Sun, 1PM-9PM | $480 | Write Books. Reach Level 7 Writing, Level 2 Logic | $956, Antique Tomes |
| 7 | Novelist | $115/hour | Sat-Sun, Wed-Thu, 1PM-8PM | $805 | Write Books. Reach Level 8 Writing, Level 3 Logic | $1243 |
| 8 | Fan Favorite | $202/hour | Sat-Sun, Wed-Thu, 12PM-5PM | $1010 | Write Books. Reach Level 9 Writing, Level 4 Logic | $1808, Nom de Plume Quill Pen |
| 9 | Bestselling Author | $296/hour | Tue-Wed, Sat, 12PM-5PM | $1480 | Write Books. Reach Level 10 Writing, Level 5 Logic | $2421, The Muse |
| 10 | Creator of Worlds | $465/hour | Tue, Sat, 12PM-6PM | $2790 | Write Books. Go to Work! | $2885, Unlocked Door of Perception |
Journalist Branch
Journalist Career Rewards
With the Journalist Career, you get the ability to Write Articles about Sims. Simply select a Sim, find Interview about Life under Friendly interactions, then write either a Positive or Negative article about them. Thankfully, Sims will open up to your Journalist right away and you are able to interview multiple Sims and be able to write once about each of them. It takes four articles to meet the Daily Task requirement so interview four Sims or else be stuck interviewing, writing, and interviewing again. Both Positive and Negative will earn you the same amounts of instant cash, and take about an hour to write, but positive articles boost relations with that Sim while negative drains them. Neither makes a big impact, but could be helpful to your Sim's efforts to make some Friends.
This one is a little bit harder than Author, and requires more attendance at work than the other branch. However, take it if you want the Write Article ability. It's really not that great though - you don't get any Royalties for Articles, and their payouts stay around $200. Your time would be better spent writing books. Purchase a mirror to 'Practice Speech' and get Confident in order to level the Charisma Skill.
Journalist Career
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Page Two Journalist | $56/hour | Mon-Fri, 8AM-4PM | $448 | Write Articles. Reach Level 7 Writing, Level 2 Charisma | $956 |
| 7 | Front Page Writer | $83/hour | Mon-Fri, 8AM-3PM | $581 | Write Articles. Reach Level 8 Writing, Level 3 Charisma | $1562, Antique Writer's Desk |
| 8 | Investigative Journalist | $145/hour | Mon-Thu, 9AM-4PM | $1015 | Write Articles. Reach Level 9 Writing, Level 4 Charisma | $2031, The Where Should I Go? Ball |
| 9 | Editor-in-Chief | $189/hour | Mon-Thu, 9AM-4PM | $1323 | Write Articles. Reach Level 10 Writing, Level 5 Charisma | $2844, Antique Typewriter |
| 10 | Scribe of History | $287/hour | Mon-Thu, 10AM-4PM | $1722 | Write Articles. Go to Work! | $3697, Deep Thoughts Bookcase |
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