Welcome to Life After Writing Arts (WA 01470)
Wondering how to best present your writing skills to future employers? Curious about the range of possibilities to work as a writer such as grant writing, copy editing, or publishing? Interested graduate school or writing fellowships? Special Topics: Professions in Writing Arts welcomes all writers from creative to technical. Careers in Writing Arts (WA 01470) will provide students the opportunity to learn about the various and wide-ranging career opportunities available to writing arts students by exploring career and graduate school options in the field of writing. Class topics may include statements of purpose and letters of application; internships, field experience, and volunteerism; and publishing opportunities. Professionalism and entrepreneurial approaches to job seeking will also be emphasized.
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— Laura Mangini (@LChelle) October 4, 2012
Inspire to BE an author... a poet... a journalist...
A WRITER.
"I get my ideas from living my life wide-eyed and awake. I sit on the edge of chairs. I pay attention to wherever I am."
Drew Lamm
Drew Lamm
"I write every day for two hours. But it's what I do for the other twenty-two hours that allows me to write."
Don Murray
Don Murray
"It's misleading to think of writers as special creatures, word sorcerers who possess some sort of magical knowledge hidden from everyone else. Writers are ordinary people who like to write. They feel the urge to write, and they scratch that itch every chance they get."
Ralph Fletcher
Ralph Fletcher