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/