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| Writer | The duties of writers or authors are to create original works of fiction and nonfiction for publication in the form of books, magazines, trade journals, online publications, company newsletters, radio and television broadcasts, motion pictures, and advertisements. Writers apply such electronic communications equipment known as personal computers, desktop or electronic publishing systems, scanners. Some writers prepare material for the Internet, for electronic newspapers and magazines.
Writing differs according to the various fields of specializations. Those, who specialize in nonfiction, use sound research, appropriate sources and citations. Poets, novelists, playwrights, lyricists and screenwriters are the authors of their own original pieces of work such as prose, poems, plays and song lyrics that can be written for some magazine or newspaper. The duties of newsletter writers are to prepare informational publications for association members, corporate employees, organizational clients or the public. Frequently, writers are engaged on a freelance basis, offering their services and work to those, who have need in them.
The features obligatory for writers are being creative, self-motivated, and curious and being aware in various aspects of science, business and culture. They should like to write and to express themselves clearly, concisely, and creatively. One more important feature is having a good sense of ethics and judgment, because there is an urgent need to decide what material can be published.
If you are eager to become a writer, you should have a college degree in communications, journalism or English. It is good, when the applicants have a profound liberal arts background. Besides, they should specialize in fashion, business and legal writing. You can easily gain necessary writing experience at high school and college newspapers, literary magazines, community newspapers, radio and television stations. It is beneficial, if there is a possibility to have internships at magazines, newspapers, and broadcast stations. If you are an intern, you should prepare short pieces, research and interviews and acquire what the business is.
Writers, who work in small firms, have restricted opportunities for advancement and career, because of their lack of resources to provide the writers with a job for full-time, that is why many writers work for various organizations on a project-by-project basis. Workers at larger firms are usually responsible for researching, fact checking and copy-editing.
More than half of writers is engaged in the different sectors of the information industry.
Up to 2012, it is expected that the amount of writers will increase because of their demand for newspapers, periodicals, book publishers and nonprofit organizations. Besides, the best possibilities to find a good job have those writers, who specialize in certain fields.
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