: Re: What Types of Jobs can a Writer find? as you all realize the term 'Writer' is very broad and general. So my quick question is: I'm trying to help my young aspiring writer friend find a job

It makes sense to find a job that involves things you enjoy. Your friend should play up their ability to write in a specific style. While some people are good at prose, others may be good at PR, ad copy, summarizing, etc. Even if it's not the kind of writing they want to do, they should figure out what kind of writing they're good at and push that heavily in applications.

For example, the ability to translate complex and jargon-filled topics into plain, easy-to-understand English is very important in technical fields. Science writers are essentially journalists who make science available to the masses, and they have to be able to take very complex topics and boil them down into something simple. If your friend has a passion for that, then that may be an avenue worth pursuing.

Load Full (0)

: The thing is: Not all publishers wrote their contracts to revert the rights back to the author just because the book went out of print! The fact that they were doing nothing with the book

@Caterina108

Load Full 0 Comments

: What is the Priority in an Action/Adventure Novel: Dialogues or Conflict? I am currently working on a novel and I was having some trouble finding the best solution for this question. I understand

@Caterina108

Load Full 4 Comments

: Should the secret antagonist have dual goals set in the ending of Act I? Okay, There's this antagonist in my plot who is supposed to secretly frame my protagonist (due to some undecided reasons)

@Caterina108

Load Full 3 Comments

: Is it more advantageous to have an excerpt or a plot summary critiqued? I'm considering opening up my current work in progress to critique. In the past I haven't had very much luck with the

: Re: What Types of Jobs can a Writer find? as you all realize the term 'Writer' is very broad and general. So my quick question is: I'm trying to help my young aspiring writer friend find a job

More posts by @Caterina108

: The thing is: Not all publishers wrote their contracts to revert the rights back to the author just because the book went out of print! The fact that they were doing nothing with the book

: What is the Priority in an Action/Adventure Novel: Dialogues or Conflict? I am currently working on a novel and I was having some trouble finding the best solution for this question. I understand

: Should the secret antagonist have dual goals set in the ending of Act I? Okay, There's this antagonist in my plot who is supposed to secretly frame my protagonist (due to some undecided reasons)

: Is it more advantageous to have an excerpt or a plot summary critiqued? I'm considering opening up my current work in progress to critique. In the past I haven't had very much luck with the

Login to post a comment!

0 Comments

Back to top