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Career
Plannng: "What
Can I Do With A Major In...?"
What Can I Do With a Major In Writing?
Students
with a degree in Writing could pursue a variety of career
opportunities. Any career reflective of their skills, interests,
values, personal style, etc., could be attainable with good
self-marketing skills. Some career opportunities will require
advanced study.
| Novelist/Author
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Screenplay
Writer
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| Speech
Writer
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Critic
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| Columnist/Commentator
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Science
Writer
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| Proofreader
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Fact
Checker
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| Story
Editor
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Publishing
Assistant
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| Copy
Editor
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Continuity
Writer
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| Reporter
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Lobbyist
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| Humorist
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Researcher
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| Advertising
Copywriter
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News
Editor
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| Publications
Editor
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Magazine
Editor
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| Pollster
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Foreign
Correspondent
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| Playwright
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Poet
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| Freelance
Writer/Consultant
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Comedy
Writer
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| Abstract
Writer
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Bibliographer
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| Lexicographer
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Policy
& Procedures Analyst
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| Consumer
Affairs Investigator
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Grant
Writer
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Feature
Writer
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Reading
Consultant
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Medical
Writer
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Magazine
Writer
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Teacher
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Technical
Writer
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Staff
Writer
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Commentator
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Book
Reviewer
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Patient
Relations Specialist
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Biographer
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Manuscript
Reader
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Greeting
Card Writer
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Journalist/Photojournalist
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To learn more about these careers, visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH). The OOH can show you training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, and more...
Related writing and literature links:
American Society of Journalists and Authors
http://www.asja.org/
American Society of Authors and Writers
http://www.amsaw.org/
American Literature Association
http://www.americanliterature.org/
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
http://www.bu.edu/literary/
Folklore Society
http://www.folklore-society.com/
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"What
Can I Do With A Major In...?"
Personality
& Careers 
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Ron Vick, MA, LPC
Counselor / Academic Advisor
Int'l Student Advisor
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