Elena Pavlova

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Game Writer and Narrative Designer with five years of professional game-development experience, specializing in character-driven interactive storytelling, branching dialogue, quest design, lore, and worldbuilding for…

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Game Writer and Narrative Designer with five years of professional game-development experience, specializing in character-driven interactive storytelling, branching dialogue, quest design, lore, and worldbuilding for sci-fi and speculative settings. Experienced in narrative consequence, player agency, and maintaining consistent voice across large fictional universes, including close cross-team collaboration in MMO production.

  • 28 years' experience
  • Joined February 2026

Industry experience

  • Gaming
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Software & Internet
  • Education
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 9 roles

Game Writer / Narrative Designer · Beast Burst EntertainmentMay 2022 – Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Sole Game Writer and Narrative Designer for the upcoming MMORPG “Scars of Honor”. Owned core worldbuilding, story arcs, character and faction backstories, quest dialogue, lore, and all narrative in-game text and documentation. Helped establish the game world and created a lore bible to maintain setting and terminology consistency across departments. Produced narrative briefs for concept art and audio, reviewed deliverables against story intent, and collaborated across disciplines as production needs evolved. Authored player-facing and public-facing project website content.

Game Writer & Narrative Designer · Beast Burst EntertainmentMay 2022 – Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Sole Game Writer and Narrative Designer for the upcoming MMORPG Scars of Honor. Contributed to worldbuilding, including the initial creation of the world and its map (later updated by the current GD team), development of story arcs, character backstories, quest dialogues, and lore with a strong historical foundation. Created a lore bible used by multiple departments. Authored all narrative content across the project, including in-game texts and dialogues (in progress), narrative documentation, story-related website info, briefs for concept artists and audio teams, and internal creative materials.

Game Writer · Beast Burst EntertainmentMay 2022 – Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Sole Game Writer and Narrative Designer for the upcoming MMORPG Scars of Honor. Contributed to worldbuilding, story arcs, character backstories, quest dialogues, and lore; created a lore bible used by multiple departments; authored in-game texts, dialogues, narrative documentation, story-related website info, briefs for concept artists and audio teams, and internal creative materials.

Game Writer · Haemimont GamesMar 2001 – Dec 2001 · 10 mos
Freelance Writer, Translator & Fiction Editor · Independent / Publishing HousesJan 2001 – Present · 25 yrs 11 mos
Freelance Writer & Translator · Self-employed / BulgariaJan 2001 – Present · 25 yrs 11 mos
Freelance Writer & Translator · Self-employed / FreelanceJan 2001 – Present · 25 yrs 11 mos
Gamebook Writer · Pleyada & MegaSofiaApr 1995 – Apr 1998 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Education

Creative Writing Course · ARC Academy2024
Creative Storytelling · ARC Academy2024
Creative Writing · ARC Academy2024
Creative Storytelling · ARC Academy2024

Certifications and awards

Konstantin Konstantinov Award - Best Children Author2030 – 2026
Eurocon - Best Translator2030 – 2026
SLF's Diverse Worlds Grant2030 – 2026

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