Employment Percentage
14.47516743
SOC ID
27-3043
SOC Title
Writers and Authors
ONET ID
27-3043.05
ONET Concat ID
27304305
Median Salary
64538.96
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
34.610001
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
7.69
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
50
Ed Level Masters
3.85
Ed Level Doctors
3.85
Typical Ed Level
a Bachelor's degree
Career Description
Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.
Core Tasks
- Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.
- Develop factors such as themes, plots, characterizations, psychological analyses, historical environments, action, and dialogue to create material.
- Prepare works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers.
- Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
- Choose subject matter and suitable form to express personal feelings and experiences or ideas, or to narrate stories or events.
- Confer with clients, editors, publishers, or producers to discuss changes or revisions to written material.
- Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews.
- Plan project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.
- Follow appropriate procedures to get copyrights for completed work.
- Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
- Collaborate with other writers on specific projects.
Start Annual Earnings
20172.44
Top Annual Earnings
203725.09
EMSI Career Title Slug
poet-lyricist-or-creative-writer