Alan Wake 2
88 Achievements
1360 XP
Epic
The Trail of the Writer
Watch all the Writer's Journey videos Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
10 XP
5.0%
How to unlock the The Trail of the Writer achievement in Alan Wake 2 - Definitive Guide
MattyMoore08
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Some are highly missable. (I missed "Drowning" / Video 6 in Chapter 7). Used powerpyx's guide on a 2nd playthrough. Slightly good news is achievement popped for me when I got Drowning so didn't need to collect the last 2 again. The count is wrong in the writer's room also. There are only 8 but it says 9.
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7 Comments
Please list the missable ones in the solution.
By Moe GZ on 11 Nov 2023 21:17
Can these be collected before the end of the game?
By Mike Langlois on 16 Nov 2023 21:58
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How to unlock The Trail of the Writer
**Highly Missable**
There are 8 Writer’s Journey videos to collect in Alan Wake 2. While Saga and the “Return” chapters have the highly missable Koskelas Ads (for The Koskela Brothers (15G) achievement), Alan and his “Initiation” chapters have “Writer’s Journey” videos. They’re basically short videos that give an insight into Alan’s state of mind.
Collect all 8, which are highly missable - in case you missed the red text at the beginning - and will only be available during certain chapters, so pay attention to when they crop up. Some you can get a short time after, but don’t risk it and grab them when you should below.
Initiation 2 - Casey - Writer’s Journey Videos
Writer’s Journey - The Dark Place - Story-related. You’ll get this when you reach the end of the Talk Show Studio.
Writer’s Journey - Writing - On Ocean Avenue, near the Alley where you got the gun (just slightly north) is a TV shop. Walk up to it and you’ll collect this Alan Wake video clip called Writing.
Writer’s Journey - The Murder Sites - In the Break Room, around the corner, in the Subway - about midway through the Subway level. This one is pretty hard to miss, to be honest.
Initiation 4: We Sing - Writer’s Journey Video
Writer’s Journey - The Dark Presence - Same place as the ‘Writing’ episode, just at a different time. Head to the TV store near the alleyway (slightly north of it) after you’ve exited the TV from the previous chapter. The next chapter hasn’t started officially yet, so technically, despite getting the chapter 4 achievement, you’ll still be in chapter 4.
Initiation 5: Room 665 - Writer’s Journey Video
Writer’s Room - Visions - Head into Room 101 in the Oceanview Hotel, when you have the Room 101 Key, and there’ll be one of Alan’s Writer episodes in there. You can get the Room 101 Key from the Ballroom Break Room.
Initiation 7: Masks - Writer’s Journey Video
Writer’s Room - Drowning - Grab the photographs from Alice’s shoebox in the Workshop of the Talk Show Studio in the Masks mission (Ahti will tell you to go down there and grab them, but it’s actually possible to not grab them). Once you’ve grabbed them, this episode will play at the beginning of the next chapter.
Initiation 8: Zane’s Film - Writer’s Journey Videos
Writer’s Room - Stop Writing - In the Break Room in the Poet’s Cinema lobby is another of Alan’s Writer’s Journey videos.
Writer’s Journey - Initiation - Follow the film reel maze in the Poet’s Cinema until you get into the third loop, where you see Casey in a chair. In the back left corner, down the stairs, is this TV clip, through an exit door.
**Highly Missable**
There are 8 Writer’s Journey videos to collect in Alan Wake 2. While Saga and the “Return” chapters have the highly missable Koskelas Ads (for The Koskela Brothers (15G) achievement), Alan and his “Initiation” chapters have “Writer’s Journey” videos. They’re basically short videos that give an insight into Alan’s state of mind.
Collect all 8, which are highly missable - in case you missed the red text at the beginning - and will only be available during certain chapters, so pay attention to when they crop up. Some you can get a short time after, but don’t risk it and grab them when you should below.
Initiation 2 - Casey - Writer’s Journey Videos
Writer’s Journey - The Dark Place - Story-related. You’ll get this when you reach the end of the Talk Show Studio.
Writer’s Journey - Writing - On Ocean Avenue, near the Alley where you got the gun (just slightly north) is a TV shop. Walk up to it and you’ll collect this Alan Wake video clip called Writing.
Writer’s Journey - The Murder Sites - In the Break Room, around the corner, in the Subway - about midway through the Subway level. This one is pretty hard to miss, to be honest.
Initiation 4: We Sing - Writer’s Journey Video
Writer’s Journey - The Dark Presence - Same place as the ‘Writing’ episode, just at a different time. Head to the TV store near the alleyway (slightly north of it) after you’ve exited the TV from the previous chapter. The next chapter hasn’t started officially yet, so technically, despite getting the chapter 4 achievement, you’ll still be in chapter 4.
Initiation 5: Room 665 - Writer’s Journey Video
Writer’s Room - Visions - Head into Room 101 in the Oceanview Hotel, when you have the Room 101 Key, and there’ll be one of Alan’s Writer episodes in there. You can get the Room 101 Key from the Ballroom Break Room.
Initiation 7: Masks - Writer’s Journey Video
Writer’s Room - Drowning - Grab the photographs from Alice’s shoebox in the Workshop of the Talk Show Studio in the Masks mission (Ahti will tell you to go down there and grab them, but it’s actually possible to not grab them). Once you’ve grabbed them, this episode will play at the beginning of the next chapter.
Initiation 8: Zane’s Film - Writer’s Journey Videos
Writer’s Room - Stop Writing - In the Break Room in the Poet’s Cinema lobby is another of Alan’s Writer’s Journey videos.
Writer’s Journey - Initiation - Follow the film reel maze in the Poet’s Cinema until you get into the third loop, where you see Casey in a chair. In the back left corner, down the stairs, is this TV clip, through an exit door.
