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Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers

District Of Columbia

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Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.

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Currently Employed: 3,978

Yearly Projected Openings: 100

Typical Hourly Wage: $31.59 - $51.37

Typical Annual Salary: $65,700 - $106,800

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Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: None

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Long-term on-the-job training

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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.
Plan project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.
Prepare works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers.
Write words to fit musical compositions, including lyrics for operas, musical plays, and choral works.
Follow appropriate procedures to get copyrights for completed work.
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.
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.