Authors and writers plan, research and write books, scripts, storyboards, plays, essays, speeches, manuals, specifications and other non-journalistic articles for publication or presentation. They are employed by advertising agencies, governments, large corporations, private consulting firms, publishing firms, multimedia/new-media companies and other establishments, or they may be self-employed.
Alternate Job Titles
- Ad Writer
- Advertising Copywriter
- Advertising Writer
- Author
- Biographer
- Copywriter
- Crossword Puzzle Maker
- Designer And Script Writer
- Dialogue Writer
- Dubbing Dialogue Writer
- Essayist
- Feature Writer
- Fiction Writer
- Game, CD-ROM Or Web Critic
- Ghost Writer
- Handbook Writer
- Help File Developer
- Humorist-author
- Interactive Media Writer
- Lexicographer
- Literary Writer
- Manual Writer
- Medical Writer
- Multimedia Author
- Multimedia Script Writer
- Multimedia Writer
- New Media Writer
- Novelist
- On-line Reference Developer
- Playwright
- Poet
- Programmed-instruction Writer
- Publicity Writer
- Radio Writer
- Rewriter
- Scientific Writer
- Screen Writer
- Script And Dialogue Writer
- Script Writer
- Self-instruction Manual Writer
- Serial Story Writer
- Serial Writer
- Short Story Writer
- Specifications Writer
- Specifications Writer (except Construction)
- Speech Writer
- Sports Writer - Novels And Books
- Standards Writer
- Storyboarder
- Support Materials Writer
- Technical Writer
- Technical Writer - Aeronautics
- Technical Writer - Chemical Processing
- Technical Writer - Electronics Equipment
- Technical Writer - Pharmaceutical Industry
- Teleplay Writer - Screenwriter
- Television Writer
- Writer
- Advertising Copywriter
- Copywriter
- Essayist
- Interactive Media Writer
- Literary Writer
- Medical Writer
- Novelist
- Playwright
- Poet
- Scientific Writer
- Script Writer
- Specifications Writer
- Speech Writer
- Technical Writer
- Writer