What kind of jobs can a writer get besides writing fiction, pays decent and has job security?
Question by PeguinBackPacker: What kind of jobs can a writer get besides writing fiction, pays decent and has job security?
and is not freelance?
Besides newspaper articles.
I am also under the impression breaking into this field is difficult. Am I wrong?
Best answer:
Answer by scottinla1
Duh?
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
12 Comments
Sami S
04.30.2012
write a play
ikilledthecamera
04.30.2012
Well, I’m a published author & have a contract with a publishing company.
1. You could get an agent & publish a book.
2. Write newspaper/mag articles.
Persiphone_Hellecat
04.30.2012
Working for a publisher. Tech writing for a corporation. Journalism.
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dillon b
04.30.2012
music poetry my favorite
Stephanie M
04.30.2012
get a solid job as a journalist at a newspaper or a magazine, possibly an editor for a publishing company or possibly a screenwriter for television or the movies
moodymomma
04.30.2012
Lots of big companies hire technical writers to write documentation for their products, software, etc. or to write employee manuals. You could also be a staff writer for a newspaper or other publication.
gortamor
04.30.2012
Technical writing, medical writing – but that seems dull.
pilgrim travler
04.30.2012
Substitute “writer” for “hooker” and “writing fiction” for “having sex” and I think you’ll have my answer. Don’t quit though, if it’s you passion. peace
Robert S
04.30.2012
You could work for a publisher (books, magazines, news).
If not writing your own material, you might edit or re-write.
There are many writing tasks in media, advertising, film, etc.
mugenhunt
04.30.2012
Work for an Advertising agency.
It’s hard to be a writer. It’s a terrible profession, as you’re likely to spend years toiling, living from paycheck to paycheck and never being a major success. If you can be something else, I recommend it. But if you BURN with the desire to write, then there’s no other career that works for you, even if it is hard to make a living at it.
Dinah
04.30.2012
Make a website or portfolio choosing products and writing captions or descriptions. It’s called Ad Copy. Send with a cover letter to ad copy sites, or hit the sidewalk with that portfolio, taking it to managers of stores that carry such products. You’d be signed, under contract, and responsible for blurbs or descriptions. I don’t know how hard it is to break into this field.
sweetness
04.30.2012
all secure writing jobs are hard to break into. the only choice for someone who wants to make a living writing is freelance.
i’d recommend you look for a secure job with benefits that is a little bit boring: admin, receptionist, etc. a job that doesn’t suck your energy dry and where there’s less work than time.
maybe you can get some writing done at your desk, but you’ll mostly have to write on the side.
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