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Freelance Writer

General Overall Description of Occupation:
~ can write anything
~ possibilites: articles for magazines, newspapers, newsletters, journals, online publications, technical journals, television or movie scripts, books

Duties and Responsibilities: ~ make publications on time

Salery: full time writers (in 1997) $20,300 - $52,100

Education Requirements:
~ depends on writing
~ many successful writers have no college degree
~ may have degree in variety of subjects (English, journalism, communications)
~ technical freelancers: university degree in area of specialization (computers, engineering)

Future Outlook of the Occupation: good, increase of writers in past decade

Workforce:
~ read
~ write every day
~ research publications
~ prepared to market writing
~ willing to face pain of rejection
~ essential: able to concentrate and produce under pressure

Personal characteristics, skills, values, interests required:
~ able to persevere
~ motivated
~ knowledgeable
~ curious
~ creative
~ read often
~ to like writing
~ likes to express ideas

Websites Given for Further Information:
Internet Resources for Writers- http://www.writerstoolbox.com/
Internet News Bureau- http://www.newsbureau.com/  FREELANCE WRITER BY: IVY LUI MRS. WHYTE’S CAREERS CLASS Freelance Writer General Overall Description of Occupation: ~ can write anything ~ possibilites: articles for magazines, newspapers, newsletters, journals, online publications, technical journals, television or movie scripts, books ~ aren’t on staff at publications, sell their works Duties and Responsibilities: ~ make publications on time ~ technical writers: make technical things understandabl ~ copy writers: revise, edit previous editions ~ must be clear, logical Salery: full time writers (in 1997) $20,300 - $52,100 Education Requirements: ~ depends on writing ~ many successful writers have no college degree ~ may have degree in variety of subjects (English, journalism, communications) ~ technical freelancers: university degree in area of specialization (computers, engineering) Future Outlook of the Occupation: good, increase of writers in past decade Workforce: ~ read ~ write every day ~ research publications ~ prepared to market writing ~ willing to face rejection ~ essential: able to concentrate and produce under pressure Personal characteristics, skills, values, interests required: ~ able to persevere ~ motivated ~ knowledgeable ~ curious ~ creative ~ read often ~ to like writing ~ likes to express ideas ~ have sense of logic ~ know English well Websites Given for Further Information: Internet Resources for Writers- http://www.writerstoolbox.com/ Internet News Bureau- http://www.newsbureau.com/ Canadian Authors Association- http://www.CanAuthors.org/ The Freelance Journal- http://login.eunet.no/~trondhu/ Canadian Association of Journalists–Toronto Chapters- http://www.snappingturtle.net/torontocaj/