Professional Fiction Writers

Duties and Responsibilities:

They come up with new ideas to use for a story, script, lyrics, poems, etc. They write regularly in journals to help them come up with ideas. Fiction Writers alter real life experiences to get inspiration about what they want to write. Before they can write a story they need to think very deeply about the characters and the way they want to portray them. They need to be very precise about where and when the story takes place. The story in general has to be very detailed, so the reader can get a view of what is going on. Writing stories, scripts, lyrics, etc., is very difficult because they can get writer's block. This is when they can’t think of anything and they don’t know how to continue the stories.

Salary: $60,250 (more or less depending on how good the selling is)

Education:

Typically have a bachelor’s degree in language or writing. They need to know all the rules there is in the language they are writing the book in. They need to be creative, understanding writing mechanics, and possess knowledge. It is best to have a degree in English, journalism, and communication. You need to be good with your grammar.

Demand:

According to BLS, this career is slowly growing by 2%. Which is very slow compare to other careers.

Reflection:

I enjoy reading and find amazing how good authors are at creating this whole new world. For example, The Harry Potter Series takes place in a whole different place where magic is real and anything you can imagine can happen. I like how reading certain books can help you see the world with different eyes. They help you believe that anything is possible. Books take you to new places every time you turn the page. Like I said I love reading so I have think about giving it a try, try to write my own little story. I have try multiple times, but I always end up being in a writer’s block and I can’t think straight. I doubt fiction writing will be a career I will like to focus on, but I know that I will at least like to write a book one day.