Research into Three Job Roles

Writer:

Writers are involoved in the creation and development of a story, fiction or non-fiction. This covers a wide range of jobs within writing; screen writing, radio scripts, poetry, authors, material for the theatre, magazine and newspaper writers and many more. Most writers are freelance and work for themseleves, this means they also have to support themselves through the training and education it takes to become a writer. 

Although any graduate has a chance at becoming a writer it helps if you have studied literature, media studies, creative writing, journalism and performing arts. All these subjects give you an understanding of the skills needed to become a writer. You can also have a chance at writing without a degree, creative talent is more valuable to employers over qualifications. Work experience is beneficial, if you have experience it shows you have the basic understanding of what is expected and how to handle rejection.

There are many skills needed to be a succeesful writer, here are some:

• literary skills;
• imagination;
• determination and enthusiasm.
• self-discipline and time management skills;
• IT, web, typing and editing skills;
• excellent research skills, both literary and business-related;
• the ability to work to tight deadlines, while also maintaining attention to detail;

It is important for a writer to have determination and enthusiasm for the work they do because they only have a certain amount of time to create a certain piece of work and if you are uninterested and easily distracted youtr never going to make deadlines. This is also why writers needs to make sure they have excellent time management skills because every opportunity they get counts.
Career development:

In order to progress in your writing career it is essential to be marketing your name and work as much as possible. Writers often have their agents to deal with this but it is important to look out for opportunities yourself. This could be by creating a website, blog, interviews, workshops and signings.

Around 60% of writers are part-time writers and only earn up to £5,000. Although full time writers earn much more, for example, a script writer for radio can earn up to £52.67 an hour and £104.34 an hour for a TV drama. Authors can also sell the rights to their novels for over £100,000 according to the salary data collected in May 2010. The more experiecne you have within the writing sector usualy means the higher your salary, people with up to 10-15 years experience can be earning up to £120,000.