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So, you've come up with the perfect freelance writing business idea, but in order to launch, you need a good business name.

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The name of your business will forever play a role in:

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Guide: How To Name Your Business

Why is your business name important.

Your business name is one of the single most important pieces to starting a business.

Because your business name has power.

It reflects your reputation, your mission, values, and represents what people (and customers) are searching for.

It impacts the way in which people remember, refer you, and perceive your business

When choosing your business name, there's a lot to think about in order to get it right - so it's important not to rush this process.

Let's take a look at everything you need to consider before deciding on a business name:

Tips To Consider When Naming Your Freelance Writing Business:

Simple is always better

This means a few different things. Your freelance writing business name should always be:

• Easy to spell
• Easy to pronounce
• Easy to remember

Consider avoiding long names as much as possible, as this will only lead your customers forgetting your name and feeling frustrated.

To test this point, try to think of any well-known reputable brand off the top of your head.

The first that come to mind for me are Alexa, Google, Nike, Apple - each unique in their own way (hence, easy to remember) , less than six characters and easy to spell.

Your Business Name Should Define What You Do

The name of your business should reflect a defining characteristic of what you do.

Before your customer goes to your website or speaks to you, the name of your business should spark some initial thoughts in their brain as to what you're all about.

For example, marketingexamples.com describes exactly what their company is about: providing great examples of marketing tactics.

Consider SEO When Naming Your Business

Bottom line: If you don't show up in google, you're going to make it that much more challenging for customers to find you.

There are several different aspects to think about when it comes to SEO & naming your freelance writing business:

• Try not to pick a business name that's crowded with other businesses
• Consider naming your business based on highly searched keywords
• Make sure the name of your business matches search intent and what people are looking for

Think about the emotions you want to evoke

Your business name has the power to evoke certain emotions and thoughts from your customer.

It has the ability to evoke a positive or a negative feeling. An inclusive or an exclusive feeling. A fearful or a loving feeling.

It's not to say that any of these feelings are wrong, but it's important to ensure that they are in line with your values and mission.

For example, the brand Death's Door makes me feel a bit risky and uncertain - but that's the point. They're selling Gin.

Try Not To Pick Something Too Limiting

Your business name should be fitting for the future and growth of your business , that way you don't have to confront a re-brand down the road.

If you choose something too narrow, it may be challenging to diversify your product and revenue streams down the road.

Here are some tips to avoid making this mistake:

• Try not to name the business after a particular geographical area (this makes it hard to grow in other areas)
• Try not to name the business after only one product you sell
• Try not to name something based on a current trend

Brainstorming Names For Your Business

If you're in the brainstorming phase and trying to come up with a business name, there are a few key things to think about in order to get the juices flowing:

• Write out a list of words that reflect your brand, personality, team etc. These should be the first things that come to your mind and you shouldn't have to think too hard about it.
• Look at competition in the space and see if there's a common theme. Write down some key words or phrases that resonate with you and add them to the list.
• Think about the emotion you want to evoke with your business name
• Ask yourself: If I had to describe my business in one word, what would it be?

From there, you can create a shortlist based on the words that resonate best with you and follow the naming guidelines above.

Tips on naming your business

In addition to the requirements from the State, there are some general naming guidelines that may help you down the road as well.

We've put together a full guide here for naming your business here but will also cover the most critical pieces below:

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As soon as you resonate with a name (or names), secure the domain and social media handles as soon as possible to ensure they don't get taken.

Other general naming tips

• Consider SEO when naming your business
• Consider naming your business something that reflects what you do and/or who you are
• Keep it simple! Easy to spell, easy to pronounce and easy to remember
• Try not to pick something too limiting that could impact your businesses growth in the future!

Check out our full naming guide here .

Here is a video covering all factors to consider when naming your LLC :

Examples of Great Business Names

When choosing a business name, it's critical that you look at other examples of businesses not only in your space, but business names in other industries that have done particularly well.

Here are a few examples of great business names (+ how some of these businesses came up with their name):

Competitor Analysis Example

One great way to name your business is by looking at the competition and getting inspiration.

Gia Paddock, founder of Boutique Rye analyzed other businesses in the space and added her own personal spin to her business name:

A popular national brick & mortar women’s boutique that many may have heard of is called Francesca’s… How original, right? So we came up with Boutique Rye named after our son, Riley. We put "boutique" in front to be a little different.

The name "Boutique Rye" checks the boxes for naming a business:

• Short and simple
• Easy to spell and easy to remember
• Clearly defines what the company does
• Optimized for SEO (people searching for boutiques)
• Unique and personal touch - tells a story.

Ask Other People

Sometimes, coming up with a name is as easy as asking other people, whether that be friends, family, people at a coffee shop, or in Spyq Sklar case, his own customer!

How we came up with the name Cat Sushi :

So, we put together a quick business plan and set aside some money that we were willing to risk. One of our loyal customers actually came up with the name. We still give them free cat food.

Read the full story ➡️ here

The name "Cat Sushi" checks all the boxes for naming a business:

• Memorable and funny
• Obvious that they sell treats for cats
• Fun & unique story - their customer literally came up with the name of their business!

The Amazon Example

Formerly called "Cadabra", Jeff Bezos decided that the name was too obscure, hard to spell, and easy to misinterpret.

The name Amazon came from a simple dictionary search .

Jeff Bezos wanted something that started with an A, looked through a dictionary and came up with the word Amazon.

When he told his team, he didn't care for anyone else's input. He was set on it.

Here's how the word "Amazon" checks all the boxes (aside from being worth a trillion dollars):

• Represents the largest river in the world, making it very memorable
• The story and meaning of the word matches the vision of the company: To be the larger and better than any other business!
• The name allows for future growth opportunity - they didn't name something specific to just "books," even though at the time, that's what it was.
• Easy to spell, pronounce and recommend!
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75+ Unique, Creative & Catchy Freelance Writer Business Names Ideas

By Nick Cotter Updated Feb 07, 2024

Freelance Writer Business Names

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Writing is a creative outlet that lets you express yourself in unique and interesting ways. For those looking to start their own freelance writing business, it is important to choose a name that is both catchy and creative. Here are 75+ unique and creative freelance writer business names to help you create the perfect name for your business.

Tips for Choosing a Freelance Writer Business Name.

Choosing the right name for your freelance writing business is a crucial step that can significantly impact your brand's identity and success in the competitive marketplace. A memorable and meaningful name can not only help you stand out but also communicate your expertise, niche, and brand values to potential clients. Below are several tips to guide you in selecting the perfect business name that reflects your writing services and helps you carve a unique presence.

• Reflect on Your Niche: Select a name that speaks directly to your area of specialization, whether it's blog writing, technical writing, or creative storytelling.
• Keep it Memorable: Choose a name that's easy to remember, pronounce, and spell to ensure it sticks in your clients' minds.
• Ensure It's Unique: Research to make sure your chosen name isn't already in use or trademarked by another business, especially within your writing niche.
• Think About Online Presence: Check the availability of the domain name and social media handles that match your business name to establish a cohesive online identity.
• Convey Your Brand's Tone: Your business name should reflect the tone and style of your writing, whether it's professional, creative, or casual.
• Avoid Geographic Limitations: Unless your services are strictly local, choosing a name that doesn’t limit your business geographically can be advantageous as you grow.
• Test It Out: Share your potential names with friends, family, or peers to see which ones resonate most and come across as clear and appealing.
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• Write Right
• Pen & Paper Pros
• The Wordsmiths
• Content Creators
• Copy Crafters
• The Creative Pen
• The Writing Studio
• Written Word
• Storytellers
• Project Writers
• The Writing Room
• The Copy Company
• StoryMakers
• Content Kings
• Wordsmiths Inc
• The Word Factory
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• The Writing Team
• Word Wizards
• Creative Writers

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Freelance Writing Business Name Ideas

Hello, fellow word nerds! Choosing the right name is crucial if you’re considering starting a freelance writing business. It’s more than just a label; it’s the foundation of your brand.

This post will provide you with inspiring names for your business and guide you in crafting your unique brand identity. So, let’s discover what name suits your vision best!

Good Freelance Writing Business Names

Good business names speak volumes about your brand’s values and vision. They resonate with your target audience and have a lasting impact. As a freelance writer, a good name for your business could reflect your expertise and communicate reliability. Choosing such a name can help establish trust with potential clients, making them more likely to choose your services.

• Bubble Blogs
• Charming Charters
• Content Craftsmen
• Copy Clever
• Crafty Chapters
• Crafty Copy
• Eco Essayists
• Ink Invaders
• Insightful Inklings
• Laughing Letters
• Lyrics Luminaries
• Mirthful Margins
• Pen Pioneers
• Phoenix Papers
• Prose Poppies
• Quill Thrill
• Research Reporters
• Saga Sails Stories
• ScriptSphere
• Social Media Savants
• Story Swirls
• Style Scribe
• Tech Text Tribe
• Verse Vine Ventures
• Wordy Wonderland
• X Factor Xerographers
• Zealous Zoology Zibblers

🖋️ Identify your unique value proposition.

The first checkpoint on your freelance writing business adventure is identifying your unique value proposition (UVP) . But what exactly is a UVP, you ask? Simply put, it’s the special sauce that sets your business apart. You bring the combination of skills, expertise, and approach to the table, distinguishing you from countless others in the field.

Your UVP guides potential clients through the sea of freelancers toward your shore. It can be your niche expertise in a certain topic, your innovative approach to storytelling, or your ability to deliver work at lightning speed. Whatever it is, understanding your UVP is key to selecting a business name that truly represents what you offer. Once you know what makes your service stand out, you’re on your way to finding a name that sings your brand’s unique melody.

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• Beauty Biz Writers
• Bio Builders
• Content Crafters
• Documentary Drafters
• Elm Editing
• Essay Eagles
• Humour Hacks
• Jazzy Journals
• Kitten Keys
• Musing Meadows
• Niche Narrators
• Page Pandas
• Pomegranate Papers
• Proposal Penmen
• Prose Petal
• Rhyme Rascals
• Saffron Scripts
• Sassy Scripts
• Script Strategists
• Text Tide Times
• Travel Tales Texts
• Wellness Wordsmith
• Witty Word Waves
• Wordsmith Wonders
• Xenozoic Xylographers

Unique Freelance Writing Business Names

Unique business names help you stand out in a crowded market. They provide a distinct identity that’s unmistakably yours, setting you apart from the competition. With a unique name, your business becomes more than just a service—it transforms into a remembered and recommended brand.

• Agile Authors
• Agri Authors
• Artisan Authors
• E-book Engineers
• Expert Epistles
• Health Heed Writers
• Innovative Inklings
• Lively Letters
• Manuscript Makers
• Military Manuscripts
• Page Packers
• Pencil Pandas
• Quill Quicksilver
• Quirky Quills
• Quiz Question Crafters
• Review Renaissance
• Rhyme Rabbits
• Syntax Surfers
• Tale Teasers
• Text Twilight
• Tutorial Typists
• Word Wardens
• Write Ranger Reviews

🖋️ Reflect your writing style in your name.

Choosing a name for your freelance writing business? Don’t forget to let your writing style shine through! The name of your business alerts potential clients to the type of writing service they can expect. If your style is crisp and concise, a straightforward and no-nonsense name can immediately signal your approach. On the other hand, if you have a flair for the poetic, a more evocative name might be the perfect fit.

Why is this important? Your business name is essentially the cover of your brand’s book. Just as the cover gives readers a taste of the story within, your business name should reflect the essence of your writing style. It helps set the right expectations and attracts clients who appreciate your approach.

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• 7StarWriting
• Culinary Quill
• Diction Dawn
• Fantasy Freelancers
• Hawk Eye Writing
• Horror Hacks
• Job Ad Jugglers
• Journey Journalists
• Keystone Keysmiths
• Op-ed Oracles
• Poetic Pens
• Political Pensters
• Prancing Prose
• Prose Professionals
• Rhyme Ripple
• Satire Sages
• Scribe Tribe
• Ten Minute Tales
• Text Temple
• Unique Underwriters
• User Guide Gurus
• Visual Verse
• Web Wordsmiths
• Wedding Word Weavers
• Wildlife Wordsmiths
• Word Wind Voyages
• Write Raccoons
• Write Rangers

Clever Freelance Writing Business Names

Clever business names are a stroke of genius. They showcase your creativity, wit, and intellect, leaving a strong impression on your potential clients. Clever names can often make potential clients smile, and who wouldn’t want to work with a business that brings joy?

• Auto Article Artisans
• Copy Carpenters
• Design Dissertation Doyens
• ExpressInk360
• Financial Freelancers
• Ghost Write Guys
• Ink Imprint Impressions
• Knowledge Kibitzers
• Parchment Pulse
• Phrase Fountains
• Playwright Pros
• Romance Writers
• Scribble Squad
• Script Sprout
• Serpent Script
• Snazzy Syntax
• Verb Voyagers
• Versatile Verse
• Whimsical Words
• Witty Waves
• Write Ravine
• Xpress Xerography
• Zestful Zoography Zibblers
• Zesty Zibelines

🖋️ Avoid too narrow or broad names.

Selecting a name that’s too narrow could limit your business growth. For instance, if you name your business “Techie Texts” because you initially focus on technology topics, you might feel boxed in when you later want to explore healthcare or finance writing. Conversely, choosing a too broad name, such as “All Topics Texts”, may lack the focus needed to attract your ideal clients.

Striking the right balance is selecting a name that’s versatile enough to grow with your business yet focused enough to define your brand. So, aim for the sweet spot that allows flexibility and specificity.

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• Brief Booksmiths
• Dazzling Dialect
• Family Fable Freelancers
• Font Fountain Flow
• Grant Getters
• Grin Galleys
• Lexeme Luster
• Lexicon Loom
• Lifestyle Letterers
• Literary Lions
• Meteor Manuscripts
• Nifty Nouns
• Page Pilots
• Parchment Pilot Publishers
• Planet Prose Pioneers
• Profitable Prose
• Reliable Reporters
• Retail Review Writers
• Roaring Reads
• Scales Script
• Script Shifters
• Space Scribes
• Text Tacticians
• Travel Text Tribe
• Verb Vistas
• Zealous Zephyrs

Catchy Freelance Writing Business Names

Catchy business names are the ones that stick. They’re memorable, engaging, and tend to reverberate in the minds of your potential clients. A catchy name can be the hook that draws clients in and keeps your brand at the forefront of their minds.

• Academic Authors
• Business Book Bards
• Creative Quill Craft
• Manuscript Munchkins
• Nature Narrative Nerds
• Nonfiction Nimbuses
• Parable Paradise
• Pen Pro Publications
• Peppy Paragraphs
• Phrase Phenom
• Prose Palette
• Quick Quillers
• Quill Quake
• Quill Quest Quorum
• Realty Writers
• Script Sculptors
• Script Sphere Studios
• Self-Help Scribes
• Snazzy Scripts
• Snicker Scripts
• Travel Tale Tailors
• Video Script Virtuosos
• Viral Content Virtuosos
• Word Whisperers
• Wordy Wizards
• Write Wombats
• Youthful Yarns

🖋️ Think about visual appeal (logo and branding).

Your freelance writing business name isn’t just about words but also vision. Visual appeal is vital in capturing attention and leaving a lasting impression. How your business name looks on a website header, business card, or social media post can significantly impact its allure.

Your business name will be the cornerstone of your branding. Is it adaptable to graphic representation? Does it lend itself to a certain color scheme or typography ? If you can imagine your business name coming alive visually, enhancing its appeal, you’re onto a winner.

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• 9AM Writers
• Bunny Books
• Business Bards
• Chuckling Chapters
• Code Copy Creators
• Coral Quill
• Dissertation Doyens
• Draft Doyens
• Game Gurus Writers
• Green Writes
• Laughing Lexicons
• Manuscript Majesty
• Memoir Makers
• Olive Branch Ink
• Opulent Oration
• Page Pulse Publications
• Parchment Paradise
• Prolific Pen
• Resumé Rangers
• Sci-Fi Scribes
• ScribeStream
• SEO Storytellers
• Speech Savants
• True Crime Typists
• Witty Word Smiths
• Word Wizards

Creative Freelance Writing Business Names

Creative business names demonstrate your ability to think outside the box. They hint at your innovative approach and artistic flair, key attributes in freelance writing. Creative names can ignite curiosity, spark interest in what you offer, and make people more likely to explore your services.

• Adventure Authors
• Case Study Craft
• Crime Copywriters
• Engaging Epistles
• Fashion Freelancers
• Firefly Freelancers
• Funny Fonts
• Game Guide Gurus
• Ghostwrite Gurus
• Happy Hyphens
• Journalism Juniors
• Kid Lit Creators
• Literati Luminaries
• Mirthful Manuscripts
• Outdoors Oration Creators
• Peacock Pen
• Puns ‘n Pens
• Quicksilver Quills
• Quill Quips
• Quill Quokkas
• Rhetoric Rays
• Text Tanglers
• Text Twirls
• Thriller Thinkers
• Verse Vista

🖋️ Do you feel comfortable using your name?

When you use your name, you intertwine your personal and professional identities . This can be empowering and even lend a personal touch to your services, which some clients appreciate. However, it also means that you, as an individual, become the face of your brand. Everything you do professionally reflects directly on you.

So, if you’re comfortable stepping into the spotlight, using your name can be an authentic and personable way to brand your freelance writing business.

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• Font Frolic
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• Life Sci Literary
• Manuscript Meadow Muses
• Motivational Manuscript Makers
• NonProfit Narrators
• Occult Opus Creators
• Parchment Pilots
• Penmanship Palace
• Prolific Pages
• Prose Pioneers
• Prose Pirates
• Prose Posse
• Quill Quenchers
• Riddle Ripple
• Screenplay Sages
• Script Shadow
• Sporty Scripts
• Syntax Sprout
• Text Tickles
• Undergraduate Essay Umpires
• Zen Zibeline Writers

Cute Freelance Writing Business Names

Cute business names have a charming appeal. They can make your business feel approachable and friendly, qualities that resonate well in freelancing. A cute name can add a personal touch to your brand, creating a comforting and inviting vibe.

• Diction Dawn Dazzle
• Eagle Eye Editors
• Giggle Grammar
• Jocund Journals
• Legal Logographers
• Paper Parade
• Personal Development Pens
• Phrase Phantoms
• Playful Parchment
• Prose Plumbers
• Purrfect Prose
• Quill Crest
• Quill Quartz
• Quill Quest
• Riddle Ripple Readings
• SciComm Scribes
• Scribble Sphere
• Story Spinners
• Sunflower Scribes
• Tech Talk Texts
• Tech Text Masters
• Text Twilight Tales
• Verse Vista Views
• Write Light
• Write Right
• Youthful Yardstick

🖋️ Look at successful examples in your field.

As you carve your path in the freelance writing world, it can be helpful to glance at those who have tread the path before you. Not to copy but to learn and be inspired. By examining successful examples in your field, you can gain insights into what business names resonate with clients and stand the test of time.

Perhaps they tend to be short and catchy, or they might use certain words or structures that evoke a sense of creativity or reliability. Studying these names is about understanding what works and why. It’s a chance to learn from the best while ensuring your business name remains yours.

• Dandy Dictionaries
• Doodle Docs
• Factual Freelancers
• Giggly Grammars
• Grammar Gurus
• Ivy League Ink
• Jolly Jottings
• Journalism Jugglers
• Keystone Scribes
• Kids Copy Creators
• Literati Lantern Labs
• News Ninjas
• Nifty Notes
• Novel Nuggets
• Phrase Phenomena
• Plot Puzzles
• Poetic Peeps
• ProsePlanet
• Rebranding Reporters
• Scribe Vibe
• Silly Sonnets
• Text Treasures
• Ticklish Text
• Universal Understudies
• Verse Voyage
• Write 24×7
• Write Whiskers
• Yoga Yarn Spinners

Funny Freelance Writing Business Names

Funny business names can make a lasting impression. They convey a sense of humor and lightheartedness, making your brand more relatable and appealing. A funny name can help show off your personality, creating an instant bond with clients who appreciate a dash of humor.

• 4EverScribes
• Chuckle Chapters
• Critic Creators
• Diction Dew
• Diction Doodles
• Fitness Freelancers
• Fizzy Fonts
• Foodie Freelancers
• Health Hemmingways
• Indie Inksters
• Instruction Inkers
• Moonstone Manuscripts
• Outsource Oxford
• Page Prowlers
• Parchment Parade
• Pen Pals Plus
• Prose Petal Prints
• Scribble Squirrels
• Script Springs
• Tale Turtles
• Tickled Text
• Upbeat Underlines
• Web Word Wizards
• Wolf Pack Writers
• Word Weavers
• Word Wizard Works
• Xcellence Xerographers
• Yogi Yarn Spinners

🖋️ Consider using a business name generator for inspiration.

Business name generators are like that eccentric friend who tosses ideas left and right. They’re here to spur your creativity, even if some suggestions seem out there. Harnessing their potential can add a pinch of unexpected inspiration to your naming process.

Our business name generator , available freely online, can kick-start your namestorming. Click the Generate Business Names button, and voila! You have a list of names that revolve around your core offering. And who knows, among the array of options, you might stumble upon a gem or find a base to craft your unique name.

• Adventure Article Artists
• Aesthetic Authors
• Bouncy Books
• Diction Diggers
• Diction Domain
• Education Essayists
• Fable Fiesta
• Finance Phrases
• Fluent Freelancers
• Guffaw Glyphs
• IT Inksters
• Kickstarter Copy Kings
• Lotus Leaf Literary
• Manuscript Meadow
• Music Manuscript Makers
• Nature Narrators
• Page Pioneers
• Pegasus Pen
• Plot Penguins
• Query Quill
• Quicksilver Quill Quality
• Scribble Sorbet
• Scribe Stream Studios
• Script Sparks
• ScriptSprout
• Sustainability Scribes
• Text Tempest
• Witty Weavers
• Youthful Yarn Crafters

The Write Name Makes All the Difference!

In freelance writing, a compelling business name can be your game-changer. It’s your first impression, the instant hook that captures attention, and the lasting memory you imprint in your clients’ minds. So, invest time crafting a name that resonates with your brand, tickles curiosity, and builds a meaningful connection with your potential clients.

If you found value in this guide, I encourage you to share it with others on the same journey. And remember, your thoughts matter to us, so please feel free to leave a comment. Here’s to your success in the freelance writing business!

Andi Khaerul Nasruddin teaches accounting and business at Ujung Pandang Polytechnic in Indonesia. When he's not screaming at his TV during NBA matches. During his free time, he enjoys writing for business sites.

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Freelance writers use their skills to assist different kinds of businesses with their content needs. Whether you specialize in B2B writing or have a penchant for storytelling, you'll need a name that will bring your best characteristics to the fore. See our list below for some name ideas, or use our freelance writer business name generator .

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• Masters of Writing.
• A Writer's Soul.
• The Academic Genius.
• Empire of Letters.
• Great Minds.

Funny Freelance Writer Business Names:

• My Friendly Pen.
• The Pencil Guy.
• Freelancer's Table.
• Creative Code.
• The Funny Word.

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1. fyodor dostoevsky.

Writer | The Double

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. He was the second of seven children of Mikhail Andreevich and Maria Dostoevsky. His father, a doctor, was a member of the Russian nobility, owned serfs and had a considerable estate near Moscow where he lived with his ...

2. Dante Alighieri

Writer | Junkie Hell

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 into the lower nobility of Florence, to Alighiero di Bellincione d'Alighiero, a moneylender. A precocious student, Dante's education focused on rhetoric and grammar. He also became enamored with a young girl, Beatrice Portinari, whose death in 1290 threw a grieving ...

3. Lev Tolstoy

Writer | Anna Karenina

Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in his ancestral estate Yasnaya Polyana, South of Moscow, Russia. He was the fourth of five children in a wealthy family of Russian landed Gentry. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought up by his elder brothers and ...

4. Victor Hugo

Writer | Les Misérables

Although Hugo was fascinated by poems from childhood on, he spent some time at the polytechnic university of Paris until he dedicated all his work to literature. He was one of the few authors who were allowed to reach popularity during his own lifetime and one of the leaders of French romance. After...

5. William Shakespeare

Writer | The Tragedy of Macbeth

William Shakespeare's birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. His father John was the son of a farmer who became a successful tradesman; his mother Mary Arden was gentry. He studied Latin works at Stratford Grammar School, leaving at about age 15. About this time his father suffered an ...

6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Soundtrack | Valkyrie

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany as son of a lawyer. After growing up in a privileged upper middle class family, he studied law in Leipzig from 1765 to 1768, although he was more interested in literature. As he was seriously ill, he had to interrupt ...

7. Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra

Writer | Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes' baptism occurred on October 9, 1547, at Alcala de Henares, Spain, so it is reasonable to assume he was born around that time, and Alcala de Henares has long claimed itself as his birthplace. The son of Rodrigo de Cervantes, an itinerant and not-too-successful surgeon, Miguel ...

8. Italo Calvino

Writer | Boccaccio '70

Italo Calvino was born on October 15, 1923 in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba. He was a writer, known for Boccaccio '70 (1962), Tiko and the Shark (1962) and Sex Can Be Difficult (1962). He was married to Esther Judith Singer. He died on September 19, 1985 in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

9. Stendhal

Writer | The Red and the Black

A foremost French writer of the Romantic era, Stendhal was born Marie-Henri Beyle in Grenoble, France in 1783. A loyal Bonapartist he followed Napoleon closely during his military campaigns Stendhal's novels reflect his intense love of Italy, his political convictions and the moral and ...

10. Charles Baudelaire

Soundtrack | A Single Man

Charles Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary/art critic. At his birth, Baudelaire's mother, Caroline Archimbaut-Dufays, was 28; his father Francois Baudelaire was 61. Charles' father instilled in him an appreciation for art, taking his young son to museums and ...

11. Marcel Proust

Writer | La captive

Marcel Proust was a French intellectual, author and critic, best known for his seven-volume fiction 'In search of Lost Time'. He coined the term "involuntary memory", which became also known as "Proust effect" in modern psychology. He was born Valentin Louis Georges Eugéne Marcel Proust, on July 10, ...

12. Giovanni Boccaccio

Writer | The Little Hours

Giovanni Boccaccio was born in June 1313 in Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Little Hours (2017), Decameron's Jolly Kittens (1972) and Decameron Nights (1953). He died on December 21, 1375 in Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

13. Alexander Pushkin

Soundtrack | Florence Foster Jenkins

Born to noble parents (his father Sergei was a retired major, and his mother, Nadezhda, was the granddaughter of an ennobled Ethiopian general) on the 26th of May, 1799 in Moscow, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin became involved with a liberal underground revolutionary group that saw him exiled to the ...

14. Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi

Writer | Rumi: Poet of the Heart

Jalaluddin Rumi, Scholar in Religious Sciences and famed Sufi Mystic Poet, was born on September 29th 1207 A.D. in Balkh (modern day Afghanistan). Escaping Mongol invasions he travelled extensively to Muslim lands, Bagdad, Mecca, Damascus, Malatia (Turkey). Married Gevher Khatun of Samarquand and ...

15. Franz Kafka

Writer | Le procès

Franz Kafka was born into a German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Austrian Empire, in 1883. His father, Hermann Kafka, was a business owner and a domestic tyrant, frequently abusing his son. Kafka later admitted to his father, "My writing was all about you...". He believed that his father broke ...

16. Anton Chekhov

Writer | Kis Uykusu

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in 1860, the third of six children to a family of a grocer, in Taganrog, Russia, a southern seaport and resort on the Azov Sea. His father, a 3rd-rank Member of the Merchant's Guild, was a religious fanatic and a tyrant who used his children as slaves. Young Chekhov...

17. Gabriel García Márquez

Writer | El año de la peste

Major Latin-American author of novels and short stories, a central figure in the so-called magical realism movement in Latin American literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982. Studied law and journalism in Bogotá and Cartagena. He began his career as a journalist in 1948, ...

18. Umberto Eco

Writer | Der Name der Rose

He is a professor of semiotics, the study of communication through signs and symbols, at the University of Bologna. Also a philiosopher, a historian, literary critic, and an aesthetician. He is an avid book collector and owns more than 30,000 volumes. The subjects of his scholarly investigations ...

19. J.R.R. Tolkien

Writer | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands ...

20. William Faulkner

Writer | To Have and Have Not

William Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote for the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his novels and short stories to support his growing number of dependants. The author of such acclaimed novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom...

Writer | Abel Classics

Greek slave. Many of the 200+ fables attributed to him may not have been his own, but since his name is synonymous with fables they were credited to him anyway. Sentenced to death for heresy. Was thrown from the edge of a cliff, c. 560 BC. The excepted dates of his birth and death would mean that ...

22. Arthur Rimbaud

Writer | Ein großer graublauer Vogel

Arthur Rimbaud was born on October 20, 1854 in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France. He was a writer, known for A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1970), Ardiente paciencia (1983) and Criminal Lovers (1999). He died on November 10, 1891 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

23. Aristophanes

Writer | Chi-Raq

Ancient Greek poet and comic dramatist Aristophanes was the son of Philippus of Athens. A leading exponent of the Athenian "Old Comedy," Aristophanes lived most of his life during the Peloponnesian War against Sparta (431-404). Some of his works include "Acharnians" (425), "Knights" (424), "In the ...

24. Ivan Turgenev

Writer | Theatre Macabre

Ivan Turgenev was born into a wealthy landowning family with many serfs, in the city of Oryol in Southern Russia. His father, a cavalry colonel, died when he was 15, and he was raised by his abusive mother, who ruled her 5000 serfs ruthlessly with a whip. He never married, but fathered a daughter ...

25. Sophocles

Writer | Atlantis

Versatile Greek poet and tragic dramatist. He was the son of Sophilus, a wealthy arms manufacturer. Sophocles studied tragedy under Aeschylus, whom he subsequently defeated in the dramatic festival of 468 BC, thus gaining his first victory at these competitions. He became a general under Nicias and...

26. Molière

Writer | Le bourgeois gentilhomme

Born between January 13 and January 15 of the year 1622, from a 25yo tapestry-maker, Jean Poguelin (who worked for the King of France from 1631), and a 20yo woman, Marie Cresé, in Paris, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin lost his mother when he was 10. From 1638 to 1640, he studied in the Jesuit college of ...

27. Charles Dickens

Writer | Great Expectations

Charles Dickens' father was a clerk at the Naval Pay Office, and because of this the family had to move from place to place: Plymouth, London, Chatham. It was a large family and despite hard work, his father couldn't earn enough money. In 1823 he was arrested for debt and Charles had to start ...

28. Maxim Gorky

Writer | Famine

Maksim Gorky is a pseudonym of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, who was born into a poor Russian family in Nizhnii Novgorod on Volga river. Gorky lost his father at an early age, he was beaten by his stepfather and became an orphan at age 9, when his mother died. He was brought up by his grandmother, ...

29. George Orwell

Writer | Nineteen Eighty-Four

Born the son of an Opium Agent in Bengal, Eric Blair was educated in England (Eton 1921). The joined the British Imperial Police in Burma, serving until 1927. He then travelled around England and Europe, doing various odd jobs to support his writing. By 1935 he had adopted the 'pen-name' of 'George...

30. Edgar Allan Poe

Writer | Stonehearst Asylum

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, named David Poe Jr., and his mother, named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were touring actors. Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old. He was adopted by John Allan, a tobacco ...

31. Publius Vergilius Maro

Writer | Troy: The Resurrection of Aeneas

Publius Vergilius Maro was born on October 15, 70 in Andes, Italy. Publius Vergilius was a writer, known for Troy: The Resurrection of Aeneas (2018), Great Performances (1971) and Dido & Aeneas (1995). Publius Vergilius died on September 21, 19 in Brundisium [now Brindisi, Italy].

32. Julio Cortázar

Writer | Blow-Up

One of the most important Argentinian writers of all time, Julio Cortazar was born in Belgium. When he was a child he went with his parents to Argentina. She stayed in Buenos Aires until 1951, when he went to Paris and he stayed in France until his death. His first book of short stories was "...

33. Nazim Hikmet

Soundtrack | Der Himmel über Berlin

Nazim Hikmet was born on January 15, 1902 in Salonica, Ottoman Empire [now Thessaloniki, Greece]. He was a writer and director, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Günese dogru (1937) and Dügün gecesi (1933). He was married to Wera Tuljakowa, Münevver and Piraye. He died on June 3, ...

34. Oscar Wilde

Writer | The Picture of Dorian Gray

A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in 19th-century England. He was illustrious for preaching the importance of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin before ...

35. Jean de La Fontaine

Writer | La cicala e la formica

Born in July 8, 1621, in Château-Thierry (Champagne, France), where his father was in charge of Water, Forests and Hunting, Jean de la Fontaine spent his whole childhood and adolescence in the countryside, where he mainly studied Latin language. In 1641, he moved to Paris to continue his study at ...

36. Rainer Maria Rilke

Writer | René

Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague on the 4th of December 1878 as the son of a military man working with railroads. After he visited a military Upper School he tried to avoid the army and did the preparations for the final exams and the final exams in private. He went to university to study ...

37. Lord Byron

Writer | Don Juan DeMarco

Lord Byron seemed destined from birth to tragedy. His father was the handsome but feckless Captain John "Mad Jack" Byron and his mother the Scottish heiress Catherine Gordon, the only child of the Laird of Gight. Captain Byron abandoned his wife and child leaving Catherine to bring up young Byron on...

38. Hans Christian Andersen

Writer | Frozen

Andersen experienced an unhappy childhood marked by deep poverty. When he was 14 years old, he left his parents' home and fled alone to Copenhagen. Here the director of the Royal Theater, Jonas Collin, took care of the child and gave him shelter and work. With his help, the young Hans Christian ...

39. Thomas Mann

Writer | Morte a Venezia

Thomas Mann was probably Germany's most influential author of the 20th century, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. Born on 6 June 1875 in Lübeck, his family moved to Munich in 1893, where he lived until 1933 and wrote some of his most successful novels like "Buddenbrocks" (1901), "...

40. Alexandre Dumas

Writer | The Count of Monte Cristo

His paternal grandparents were Marie Cessete Dumas (a Haitian slave) and Marquis Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie. Antoine disapproved of their son, Thomas-Alexandre, joining the French army under the "Davy de la Pailleterie" name, so Thomas-Alexandre used his mother's surname instead. He became a ...

41. James Joyce

Triangle of Sadness

Joyce was born at 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin, on 2 February 1882. His father invested unwisely, and the family's fortunes declined steadily. Joyce graduated from University College Dublin (UCD), in 1902. He briefly studied medicine in Paris but his mother's impending death from cancer ...

42. Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Writer | Die Nacht

Louis-Ferdinand Céline was born on May 27, 1894 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He was a writer and actor, known for Die Nacht (1985), Par coeur (1998) and Contes modernes (1979). He was married to Lucette Almanzor and Edith Follet. He died on July 1, 1961 in Meudon, ...

43. Boris Pasternak

Writer | Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak was born in Moscow on February 10, 1890 into an artistic family of Russian-Jewish heritage. His father was an acclaimed artist named Leonid Pasternak, who converted to Christianity, and his mother was a renown concert pianist named Rosa Kaufman. Their home was open to family friends...

44. Federico García Lorca

Soundtrack | Take This Waltz

Federíco Garcia Lorca was born in the south of Spain (Andalusia) in 1898 and soon became the region's most famous artist. A poet, playwright, artist, musician and lecturer, he wrote groundbreaking plays such as 'Blood Wedding' and 'Yerma'. His support of the Spanish Republic in the 1930s led to his...

45. Pablo Neruda

Writer | American Roulette

Pablo Neruda was the pseudonym of Chilean poet Ricardo Neftali Reyes Basualto. He was born in Parral, a little town in central Chile, but his family moved to Temuco City when he was just a few months old. It was there he showed interest in poetry and made his early works, and where he picked "Pablo...

Actor | Mil Adultérios

Borges is known for Mil Adultérios (1910).

47. Beaumarchais

Writer | La règle du jeu

Beaumarchais was born on January 24, 1732 in Paris, France. Beaumarchais was a writer, known for The Rules of the Game (1939), The Barber of Seville (1938) and The Marriage of Figaro (1949). Beaumarchais was married to Marie-Thérèse Willermawlaz, Geneviève Wattebled Lévêque and Madeleine Aubertin. ...

48. Naguib Mahfouz

Writer | El Fetewa

Naguib Mahfouz was born on December 11, 1911 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a writer, known for The Tough (1957), The Monster (1954) and Between Heaven and Earth (1959). He was married to Atiyyatallah Ibrahim. He died on August 30, 2006 in Cairo, Egypt.

49. Ursula K. Le Guin

Writer | Gedo senki

Ursula K. Le Guin was born on October 21, 1929 in Berkeley, California, USA. She was a writer, known for Tales from Earthsea (2006), The Lathe of Heaven (1980) and The Telling . She was married to Charles A. Le Guin. She died on January 22, 2018 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

50. Nikolay Gogol

Writer | Burnt Hickory

Nikolai (Mykola) Gogol was a Russian humorist, dramatist, and novelist of Ukrainian origin. His ancestors were bearing the name of Gogol-Janovsky and claimed belonging to the upper class Polish Szlachta. Gogol's father, a Ukrainian writer living on his old family estate, had five other children. He...

51. Honoré de Balzac

Writer | Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa

Honoré de Balzac was a French writer whose works have been made into films, such as, Cousin Bette (1998) starring Jessica Lange , and television serials, such as Cousin Bette (1971), starring Margaret Tyzack and Helen Mirren . He was born on March 20, 1799, in Tours, France. His father, Bernard ...

52. Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was an American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize (1953) and the Nobel Prize in Literature (1954) for his novel The Old Man and the Sea, which was made into a 1958 film The Old Man and the Sea (1958). He was born into the hands of his physician father. He was the second of six ...

53. Neil Gaiman

Writer | Good Omens

Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. ...

54. Jean Racine

Writer | Phèdre

Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 - 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, ...

55. Albert Camus

Writer | Bajo la metralla

Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913, in Mondovi, Algeria. His parents were Spanish-French-Algerian (pied noir) colonists. His father, Lucien, died in the Battle of Marne (1914) during WWI. His mother, named Catherine Helene Sintes was of Spanish origin, she was a deaf mute due to a stroke, ...

56. Jean-Paul Sartre

Writer | Les orgueilleux

Jean-Paul Charles-Aymard Sartre was born on June 21, 1905, in Paris, France. His father, Jean-Baptiste Sartre, was an officer in the French Navy. His mother, Anne-Marie Schweitzer, was the cousin of Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer . Sartre was one year old when his father died. He was ...

57. Chingiz Aitmatov

Writer | Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim

Chingiz Aitmatov was a Russian-Kyrgyz writer and statesman known for such films as The First Teacher (1965), The Girl with the Red Scarf (1977) and Джамиля (1995). He was born Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov on December 12, 1928, in Kirgizia, Soviet Union. His...

58. John Steinbeck

Writer | Lifeboat

John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 ...

59. Milan Kundera

Writer | The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera was born on April 1st 1929 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He wrote his first poems during his high school years. After World War II he worked as a jazz musician before going to college. He studied music, film and literature at university in Prague. He moved on to become a professor at the ...

60. Jules Verne

Writer | Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was one of the most famous French novelists of all time. His major work is the "Extraordinary Journeys", a series of more than sixty adventure novels including "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in 80 Days", "20.000 Leagues under the Seas" and "...

61. Mark Twain

Writer | Big River

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri in 1835, grew up in Hannibal. He was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Throughout his career, Twain served as a writer, lecturer, reporter, editor, printer, and prospector. Twain took his pen name from an alert cry used on his...

62. Francois Rabelais

Writer | Kraft Television Theatre

François Rabelais was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He is primarily known as a writer of satire, of the grotesque, and of bawdy jokes and songs. Ecclesiastical and anticlerical, Christian and considered by some as a free thinker, a doctor and ...

63. Yasar Kemal

Writer | Ala Geyik

Yasar Kemal was born on October 6, 1923 in Osmaniye, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Лань (1959), Tus (1955) and Murad'in Türküsü (1965). He was married to Ayse Semiha Baban and Thilda Serrero. He died on February 28, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.

64. George Bernard Shaw

Writer | My Fair Lady

The Anglo-Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, acquired a reputation as the greatest dramatist in the English language during the first half of the 20th Century for the plays he had written at the height of his creativity from "Mrs. ...

65. Arthur Conan Doyle

Writer | Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer of Irish descent, considered a major figure in crime fiction. His most famous series of works consisted of the "Sherlock Holmes" stories (1887-1927), consisting of four novels and 56 short stories. His other notable series were the "Professor Challenger" ...

66. Jane Austen

Writer | Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775, to the local rector, Rev. George Austen (1731-1805), and Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827). She was the seventh of eight children. She had one older sister, Cassandra. In 1783 she went to Southampton to be taught by a relative, Mrs. Cawley, but was brought ...

67. Geoffrey Chaucer

Writer | The Ribald Tales of Canterbury

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1343 in London, Kingdom of England [now UK]. He was a writer. He was married to Philippa Roet. He died on October 25, 1400 in London, Kingdom of England [now UK].

68. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Writer | Le Petit Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born into a family of old provincial nobility. Failing his final exams at a preparatory school, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study architecture. In 1921, he began military service in the 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs, and sent to Strasbourg for pilot training. The...

69. Erich Maria Remarque

Writer | A Time to Love and a Time to Die

The German novelist Erich Maria Remarque was born in Osnabrück in 1898. His first novel, the famous anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), was written based on his experiences as a soldier in WWI, and published in 1929. He moved to Switzerland until 1939 and later emigrated to the US....

70. J.D. Salinger

Writer | My Foolish Heart

U.S. writer whose novel "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-World War II generation of college students. His entire corpus of published works consists of that one novel and 13 short stories, all originally written in the period 1948-...

71. Virginia Woolf

Writer | Orlando

London-born Virginia Woolf came from a wealthy family and, unlike her brothers, received her education at home, an unusual step for the times. Her parents had both had children from previous marriages, so she grew up with a variety of siblings, stepbrothers and stepsisters. Her father was a ...

72. Louis Aragon

Soundtrack | 8 femmes

Louis Aragon was born on October 3, 1897, in Paris, France. He graduated from Lycée Carnot, then studied medicine in Sorbonne and befriended a fellow medical student André Breton . In 1917 he was drafted in the First World War and served in a military hospital. There he met Guillaume Apollinaire and...

73. Herman Melville

Writer | The Enigma of Benito Cereno

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his ...

74. Alphonse Daudet

Writer | Sapho

Alphonse Daudet was born on May 13, 1840 in Nîmes, France. He was a writer, known for Sapho (1934), Sapho (1917) and Sapho (1913). He was married to Julia Allard. He died on December 16, 1897 in Paris, France.

75. Mikhail Sholokhov

Writer | Podnyataya tselina

Mikhail Sholokhov was a Russian writer who received a Nobel prize for his epic novel 'Tikhiy Don'. He was born in 1905 into a Cossack family of farmers in Kruzhilin, Veshenskaya, Rostov province in Southern Russia. His high school studies were interrupted by the Russian revolution and the Civil War, ...

76. Stefan Zweig

Writer | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Here he grew up in the educated Jewish middle class, together with his brother Alfred. The Zweig family was not religious. He passed his high school diploma at the Wasagymnasium in Vienna. Zweig wrote his first poems here. At that time he was influenced by writers such as Hugo von Hofmannstahl and ...

77. José Saramago

Writer | Enemy

José Saramago was born on November 16, 1922 in Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal. He was a writer, known for Enemy (2013), Blindness (2008) and O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo . He was married to Pilar del Río and Ilda Reis. He died on June 18, 2010 in Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

78. Bertolt Brecht

Writer | Die Dreigroschenoper

Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Germany and one of the country's most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. His most famous work was the musical "The Threepenny Opera" (with Kurt Weill ), but his dramas such as "Mother Courage and Her Children" or "The Good ...

79. Mario Vargas Llosa

Writer | Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He is a writer and director, known for Pantaleon (1976), Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999) and Tune in Tomorrow... (1990). He has been married to Patricia Llosa since 1965. He was previously married to Julia Urquidi.

80. T.S. Eliot

Writer | Cats

T.S. Eliot ranks with William Butler Yeats as the greatest English language poet of the 20th Century and was certainly the most influential. He was born Thomas Stearns Eliot into the bosom of a respectable middle class family on September 26, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri. The family had roots in New...

81. Guy de Maupassant

Writer | La criada de la granja

Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850 in Château de Miromesnil, France. He was a writer, known for La criada de la granja (1953), Pierre & Jeanne and Black Sabbath (1963). He died on July 6, 1893 in Paris, France.

82. John Keats

Writer | Camera Three

John Keats (31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, although his poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently ...

83. Sabahattin Ali

Sabahattin Ali was born in Komotini, Greece, 1917; and assassinated in Kirklareli, Turkey, 1948. He worked as a teacher in Yozgat, Aydin, Konya and Ankara for couple of years. In 1945, Ali started to publish humorous and opposing magazine Marko Pasa. He arrested in 1948 for an article and sentenced...

84. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

Soundtrack | Neredesin Firuze

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar was born on June 23, 1901 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was a writer, known for Где ты, Фируза? (2004), A Passing Summer's Rain (1994) and Geçmis Zaman Elbiseleri (1975). He ...

85. John Fante

Writer | Full of Life

John Fante was born on April 8, 1909 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for Full of Life (1956), The Golden Fleecing (1940) and My Man and I (1952). He was married to Joyce H. Smart. He died on May 8, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

86. Henri-Frédéric Blanc

Writer | Combat de fauves

Henri-Frédéric Blanc is known for Wild Games (1997), Le Dernier Survivant (2001) and Jeu de massacre ou le blues des fadas (1996).

87. Isaac Asimov

Writer | I, Robot

Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Judah Ozimov, on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi shtetl, near Smolensk, Russia. He was the oldest of three children. His father, named Judah Ozimov, and his mother, named Anna Rachel Ozimov (nee Berman), were Orthodox Jews. Ozimov family were millers (the name Ozimov ...

88. Fitzgerald Scott

Writer | Young Cesar

Fitzgerald Scott is known for Young Cesar (2007) and Charlotte Church: Crazy Chick (2005).

89. J.M. Coetzee

Writer | Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee was born on February 9, 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a writer, known for Waiting for the Barbarians (2019), Dust (1985) and Disgrace (2008).

90. Kazuo Ishiguro

Writer | Living

Kazuo Ishiguro was born on November 8, 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Living (2022), Never Let Me Go (2010) and The Remains of the Day (1993). He has been married to Lorna Anne MacDougall since 1986. They have one child.

91. Hermann Hesse

Soundtrack | The Hours

Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877 in Calw, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Hours (2002), Siddhartha (1972) and Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003). He was married to Ninon Ausländer, Ruth Wenger and Maria Bernoulli. He died on August 9, 1962 in Montagnola, ...

92. Robert Louis Stevenson

Writer | Muppet Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer from Edinburgh. His most popular works include the pirate-themed adventure novel "Treasure Island" (1883), the poetry collection "A Child's Garden of Verses" (1885), the Gothic horror novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr ...

93. Salman Rushdie

Actor | Bridget Jones's Diary

He married the actress Padma Lakshmi , the hostess of "Padma's Passport," and dedicatee of his eighth novel, "Fury" (2001), on 17th April 2004. The late Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against him for the novel "The Satanic Verses" on 14th February 1989. He is currently completing a ninth novel....

94. Mario Vargas Llosa

95. aldous huxley.

Writer | A Woman's Vengeance

Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, at Laleham in Godalming, Surrey, England. He was the third of four children. His brother Julian Huxley was a biologist known for his theories of evolution. His grandfather, named Thomas Henry Huxley, was a naturalist known as "Darwin's Bulldog." His ...

96. Paul Valéry

Writer | Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten

Paul Valéry was born on October 30, 1871 in Cette [now Sète], Herault, France. He was a writer, known for Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten (1965), L'ippogrifo (1974) and Paul Valéry (1960). He was married to Jeannie Gobillard. He died on July 20, 1945 in Paris, France.

97. Thomas Pynchon

Writer | Inherent Vice

Thomas Pynchon was born on May 8, 1937 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Inherent Vice (2014), Prüfstand VII (2002) and Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. (2002). He has been married to Melanie Jackson since 1991. They have one child.

98. H.P. Lovecraft

Writer | Color Out of Space

Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine and others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most ...

99. Haruki Murakami

Writer | Doraibu mai kâ

Haruki Murakami graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1975. Widely considered one of Japan's most important 20th-century novelists. His often solitary, withdrawn, and world-weary protagonists are generally stripped of Japanese tradition. Frequently called postmodern, his fiction, which often ...

100. Nikos Kazantzakis

Writer | The Last Temptation of Christ

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). He studied Law in Athens and in Paris, but soon he studied philosophy and literature. He travelled almost everywhere; he learnt many foreign languages and left his scientific research for Nitsche. At philosophy: "Ascetics" (Salvatores Dei, ...

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Want more freelance writing clients? Better clients? Or to network with your fellow writers and learn more about your niche? Writer’s associations and organizations are your secret weapon.

Professional writers’ associations and organizations offer several benefits to any freelance writer, whether they’re brand new to freelance writing or if they’ve been doing it for years

7 Reasons Why Professionals Organizations and Associations for Writers Can Help You

• They give you a community. Writing is solitary work, and while that can be great for some of us, even introverts benefit from being able to connect with other writers – especially other writers in their industry or specialty.
• They can be a *great* source for freelance writing gigs. Some of the best-paying clients want writers with subject expertise, and being part of professional organization is a easy way to get a credential that will impress.
• They will often give you a link to your website, or give you a full profile page. Not every organization will do this, but most will. So if you haven’t quite got your website up yet, or if you’d like to improve how your writer’s website ranks in the search engines, either a profile or an inbound like can be valuable assets.
• They sometimes offer training. Want help organizing the business side of your freelance writing? Want to connect with experts in your field you can become stellar sources or quotes or background research? Writers’ organizations can give you those things.
• Want discounts, or even health insurance? Yes – some organizations offer terrific benefits to their members.
• Want a want to boost your confidence? Being able to add “Member of The International Association of [Your Industry] Writers” makes you look like a pro. It’s a great thing to add to your email signature, your LinkedIn profile, or to your website.
• There are dozens of writers’ organizations. This list is big, but it’s not exhaustive (if you know of a writer’s org or association I haven’t included in this list or in the expanded ebook, please contact me ). My favorites include the Dog Writer’s Association, The Outdoor Writers Association of America, and GardenComm.

Want even more writers associations? Get the ebook, 107 Writers’ Organizations and Associations

ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT AUTHORS The Alliance of Independent Authors is a non-profit professional association for authors who self-publish. Our mission is ethics and excellence in self-publishing. Website: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Associate - $89 Author - $119 Authorpreneur - $149 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2012 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/members/join/ Member benefits page: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/member-benefits/ https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/membership-faq

AMERICAN GRANT WRITERS ASSOCIATION American Grant Writers' Association℠ is the national professional organization for grant researchers, grant writers, grant evaluators, grant administrators and grant managers. Website: h ttp://www.agwa.us/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Individual: One-Year Membership $119 when purchased online by credit/debit card $139 when purchased by paper check Two-Year Membership $200 when purchased online by credit/debit card $220 when purchased by paper check Business: One-Year Membership $179 when purchased online by credit/debit card $199 when purchased by paper check Two -Year Membership $358 when purchased online by credit/debit card $378 when purchased by paper check Listing included? Yes # of members: 501 Founded in 2001 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: http://www.agwa.us/membership http://www.agwa.us/grantwritertraits

AMERICAN MEDICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION Promotes excellence in medical communication. Website: https://www.amwa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $199 Professional and Freelance - $275 Student - $80 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1940 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.amwa.org/page/Join Member benefits page: https://info.amwa.org/american-medical-writers-association-membership

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INDEXING National association promoting excellence in indexing. Website: https://www.asindexing.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $199 Listing included? Yes # of members: 101-500 Founded in 1968 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.asindexing.org/join-renew/ Member benefits page: https://www.asindexing.org/benefits/ https://www.asindexing.org/about-indexing/frequently-asked-questions/

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BUSINESS PRESS EDITORS Professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers, art directors and designers. https://asbpe.org/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: $0 - but US only Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1964 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://asbpe.org/join-asbpe/ Member benefits page: https://asbpe.org/ https://asbpe.site-ym.com/page/Register

ASBPE (American Society of Business Publication Editors) ASBPE is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers, art directors, and designers employed in the business, trade, and specialty press. Website: https://asbpe.org/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: $0 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1964 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://asbpe.org/join-asbpe/ https://asbpe.org/about-us/asbpe-frequently-asked-questions-faq/

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS Professional Organization of Independent Nonfiction Writers. Website: https://asja.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: One time initiation fee - $50 Application fee - $25 Membership dues - $235 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1948 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://asja.org/Join-or-Renew/Dues-Fees Member benefits page: https://asja.org/Join-or-Renew/Member-Benefits https://asja.org/Join-or-Renew/FAQ

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL COPYWRITERS Professional association devoted exclusively to copywriters. Website: https://www.thecopypros.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $99 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2017 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.thecopypros.org/product-page/the-american-society-of-professional-copywriters-membership Member benefits page: https://www.thecopypros.org/faq

ASIAN-AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION Nonprofit educational and professional organization. Website: https://www.aaja.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Full - $65 Associate - $65 Gold Full - $100 Gold Associate - $100 Student - $25 Retired - $25 Platinum - $750 Corporate - $1,500 Financial Hardship - $35 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.aaja.org/join

THE ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS JOURNALISTS Society for advancing business editing and writing. Website: https://sabew.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Journalist - $70 Associate - $90 Student - $25 Institutional memberships available Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://sabew.org/membership/join-2/ Member benefits page: https://sabew.org/membership/member-benefits/

ASSOCIATION OF FOOD JOURNALISTS AFJ is a professional organization dedicated to preserving and perpetuating responsible food journalism across media platforms. Website: https://www.afjonline.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $100 Retired - $50 Student - $50 Media Organization – 2 or 3 applicants - $160 Media Organization – 4 or more - $245 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don’t Know Founded in 1974 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://fs3.formsite.com/afjforms/ngykxtoxfd/index.html Member benefits page: https://www.afjonline.com/membership-information

ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHCARE JOURNALISTS Improve the quality, accuracy & visibility of healthcare issue reporting, writing & editing. Website: https://healthjournalism.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $60, 2 year $108, 3 year $153 Associate - $60, 2 year $108, 3 year $153 Student/Retired - $30, 2 year $54, 3 year $76 Allied: Foundational - $90, 2 year $162, 3 year $230 Healthcare Providers - $60, 2 year $108, 3 year $153 International - $30 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1997 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://healthjournalism.org/membership-categories.php Member benefits page: https://healthjournalism.org/membership-jump.php https://healthjournalism.org/blog/category/member-news/

ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS AND WRITING PROGRAMS Writers community supporting diversity and academic excellence in creative writing. Website: https://www.awpwriter.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: US Residents: $75; 2 years $120; students $49 International Residents: $85 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1967 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.awpwriter.org/about/individual_membership

THE AUTHORS GUILD Supports working writers and their ability to earn a living through authorship. Website: https://www.authorsguild.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $135 (or $12 monthly) Emerging Writer - $100 (or $9 monthly) Student - $35 At-Large - $135 (or $12 monthly) Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1912 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.authorsguild.org/join/ Member benefits page: https://www.authorsguild.org/member-services/

AUTHORS LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY British collecting society for all writers. Website: https://www.alcs.co.uk/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Lifetime – 36 (UK) Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1977 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits: https://www.alcs.co.uk/how-to-join

BIOGRAPHERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION Promotes the art and craft of biography. Website: https://biographersinternational.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Active 1 (less than $25k in writing income) - $45 Active 2 (between $25,001 and $50k) - $75 Active 3 (between $50,001 and $100k) - $90 Active 4 (over $100k) - $150 Affiliate - $250 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2009 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://biographersinternational.org/member/signup Member benefits page: https://biographersinternational.org/join/ https://biographersinternational.org/resources/

BOXING WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA The object, goal and purpose of the Boxing Writers Association of America is to foster the highest professional and ethical standards in boxing journalism. Website: https://www.bwaa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $40 Listing included? Yes # of members: 101-500 Founded in 1926 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.bwaa.org/members

BROADLEAF WRITERS ASSOCIATION To enrich and advance the craft of writing for all writers through education, inspiration and community. Website: http://broadleafwriters.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $40 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: http://broadleafwriters.com/become-a-member/

CAT WRITERS ASSOCIATION Professional organization dedicated to persons who write about cats. Website: https://catwriters.com/wp_meow/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $30 membership plus $10 non-refundable processing fee Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1992 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://catwriters.com/wp_meow/join-us/cat-writers-association-membership/ Member benefits page: Password protected

THE CATHOLIC WRITERS GUILD Supports writers dedicated to Catholic literary and artistic culture. Website: https://catholicwritersguild.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $40.00 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2007 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://catholicwritersguild.org/user/register Member benefits page: https://catholicwritersguild.org/joining-guild

DOG WRITERS ASSOCIATION Professional writing association devoted to dogs. Website: https://dogwriters.org Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $85 - includes a $35 application fee Renewal - $50 Retired Membership - $25 Listing included? Yes # of members: 101-500 Founded in 1935 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://dogwriters.org/membership-account/membership-checkout/?level=1 Member benefits page: https://dogwriters.org/membership/

Editorial Freelancers Association Largest and oldest national professional organization of editorial freelancers. Website: https://www.the-efa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $145 plus $35 sign-up fee 2 years - $260 plus $35 sign-up fee Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1970 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.the-efa.org/signup/ Member benefits page: https://www.the-efa.org/potential-members/ https://www.the-efa.org/faq/

Education Writers Association Organization of journalists and others writers who cover education. Website: https://www.ewa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Journalist - $50 Supporting Community - $125 Community - $50 Student - free Listing included? No # of members: 501+ Founded in 1947 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.ewa.org/join-ewa

Financial Writers Society Financial Writers Society aims to improve industry standards and provide members with opportunities to network, collaborate and support each other. Website: https://www.financialwriterssociety.org/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: $0 Listing included? No # of members: Less than 100 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.financialwriterssociety.org/membership-application.html Member benefits page: https://www.financialwriterssociety.org/mentorship-program.html

Funds for Writers Online resource for writers. Emphasize finding money to make writing a realistic career. Website: https://fundsforwriters.com/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: Free subscription to Newsletter with markets paying Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2000 Job board? Yes Training? No Requirements to join: https://fundsforwriters.com/newsletters/ Member benefits page: https://fundsforwriters.com/markets/

GardenComm GardenComm provides opportunities for education, recognition, career development and a forum for wide-ranging interactions and collaborations for professionals in the field of gardening communication. Website: https://gardencomm.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $125 Student - $25 Allied (companies/organizations) - $295 - $5,000 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://gardencomm.org/join Member benefits page: https://gardencomm.org/Benfits https://gardencomm.org/Maximizing-Your-Membership

Golf Writers Association of America The only American organization dedicated to the promotion and continued improvement of golf journalism. Website: https://www.gwaa.com/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: Writers applying for membership must meet a specific set of criteria, which includes writing for GWAA recognized publications/websites. Listing included? No # of members: 501+ Founded in 1946 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.gwaa.com/membership/

Gulf Coast Writers Association The Gulf Coast Writers Association is proud to provide a forum for fellowship, education, and information for writers in our community. https://gulfwriters.org/home-new/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $40 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1995 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://gulfwriters.org/join-us-2/

Heartland Writers Guild, Inc The purpose of the Heartland Writers guild is to promote and to support the concept of professionalism in published and unpublished writers and to aid all members toward the goal of successfully marketing what they write. Website: http://heartlandwriters.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $24 Couple - $30 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1988 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: http://heartlandwriters.org/join_hwg Member benefits page: http://heartlandwriters.org/newsevents

Historical Writers of America HWA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate, support and connect ALL historical writers: fiction or non-fiction, whether they are writing books or writing for the screen (movies or tv), the stage, magazines, or online blogs. Website: https://hwa.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_id=735549 Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Member - $75 Associate - $75 Student - $25 US Veteran - $65 Affiliate Member - $10 Organizational Member - $125 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://hwa.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=9&club_id=735549

International Association of Business Communicators Promotes excellence in business communications. Website: https://www.iabc.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: https://www.iabc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IABC_Membership_Dues_Chart_June2020.pdf Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1970 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://my.iabc.com/joinapi__membershiplist?id=a27f2000004ZLxgAAG&order=1 Member benefits page: https://www.iabc.com/membership/ https://www.iabc.com/about-us/faq/

International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association Strives to be the organization of choice for food, wine & travel writers. Website: https://www.ifwtwa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Regular - $220 ($170 plus $50 initiation fee) Associate - $305 ($255 plus $50 initiation fee) Student - $155 ($105 plus $50 initiation fee) Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.ifwtwa.org/ifwtwa-membership-requirements Member benefits page: https://www.ifwtwa.org/top-eight-reasons-for-writers-to-join-ifwtwa

International Golf Travel Writers Association The International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA) was established in 2000 in order to bring together the world's leading journalists specialising in writing quality golf travel articles, Golf Photographers and Golf TV journalists. Website: http://www.igtwa.org/Igtwa/Default.aspx Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: 1st yr - 150 (UK) Renew - 100 (UK) Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2000 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: http://www.igtwa.org/Public/Media/JoinIGTWA.aspx?type=1

International Motor Press Association Open to qualified automotive journalists, photographers and public relations persons. Website: https://www.impa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $75 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1950 Job board? No Requirements to join: see attachment Member benefits page: https://www.impa.org/joining-impa/AutoMembershipRequirements.rtf ( https://dl.airtable.com/.attachments/4fa124ebbe75f87fbbc8e911543c351a/37dd1ea3/AutoMembershipRequirements.rtf )

The International Travel Writers Alliance The International Travel Writers Alliance is the world's largest association of professional travel journalists. Website: https://www.itwalliance.com/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: $0 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://www.itwalliance.com/index.php/members/member-area-main/register Member benefits page: https://www.itwalliance.com/index.php/services-main

Investigative Reporters & Editors Dedicated to improving the quality of investigative journalism. Website: https://www.ire.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $70 2 years - $130 3 years - $190 4 years - $250 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1975 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.ire.org/join-ire/register/ Member benefits page: https://www.ire.org/join-ire/member-benefits/

Islamic Writers Alliance, Inc Promotes literacy world-wide and supports its membership. Website: https://islamicwritersalliance.wordpress.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $25 Listing included? Yes # of members: 101-500 Founded in 2005 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://islamicwritersalliance.wordpress.com/members-arena/join-us/

Media and Content Marketing Association Helping members achieve success in media and content marketing. Website: https://www.the-mcma.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Digital - $45 Individual - $75 Corporate - $250 - up to 20 members Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1970 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.the-mcma.org/join-or-renew-here Member benefits page: https://www.the-mcma.org/benefits https://www.the-mcma.org/inourmemberswords

Military Writers Society of America Writing community for active duty, retirees, or military veterans. Website: http://www.mwsadispatches.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $50.00 (USD) 2-year - $90.00 (USD) 3-year - $120.00 (USD) Associate member - Free Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1998 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: http://www.mwsadispatches.com/membership-new#benefits http://www.mwsadispatches.com/membership-faqs

National Association of Black Journalists Provides quality programming and services to journalist members Website: https://nabjonline.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $100 Professional 2 year - $180 Professional 5 year - $450 Premium Professional - $150 Lifetime - $3,000 Emerging Professional - $85 Alumni - $79 Academic - $75 Media-related Professional - $75 Student - $40 Listing included? Yes Founded in 1975 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.nabj.org/general/register_member_type.asp Member benefits page: https://nabjonline.org/members/prospective-members/

National Association of Hispanic Journalists The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Website: http://nahj.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Regular - $35 Academic - $35 Associate - $35 Student - $25 Lifetime - $1,500 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1984 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://nahj.org/membership-info/ Member benefits page: https://nahj.memberclicks.net/nahj-membership-categories https://nahj.memberclicks.net/

National Association of Independent Writers and Editors Professional Association for Writers and Editors. Website: https://naiwe.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $99; Lifetime - $999 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2007 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://naiwe.com/amember/signup Member benefits page: https://naiwe.com/member-benefits/

National Association of Memoir Writers Connecting memoir writers from all over the world. Website: https://namw.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $149: Lifetime - $725 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2008 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://namw.org/become-a-member/ Member benefits page: https://namw.org/become-a-member/namw-benefits/ https://namw.org/become-a-member/frequently-asked-questions/

National Association of Real Estate Editors Helps members advance their careers as staffers and freelancers for independent digital, print, and broadcast news outlets. Website: https://www.naree.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Active - $75 Associate - $195 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1929 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.naree.org/join-or-renew-membership Member benefits page: https://www.naree.org/why-join-naree

National Association of Science Writers For those who writer about science, health, engineering & technology. Website: https://www.nasw.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: US - $55 Canada - $55 International - $60 Student - $20 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1934 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.nasw.org/join Member benefits page: https://www.nasw.org/membership-information

National Federation of Press Women To promote professionalism and ethical activities in journalism and communications by providing valuable networking, peer recognition and mentoring opportunities. Website: https://www.nfpw.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $85 plus individual state fees Student- $25 plus individual state fees Retired - $30 plus individual state fees Premium Pro - $143 plus individual state fees Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1937 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.nfpw.org/assets/docs/NFPW%20Membership%20Dues%20Chart%202021.pdf Member benefits page: https://www.nfpw.org/join-nfpw

The National Resume Writers Association Nonprofit trade association for professional resume writers. Website: https://thenrwa.com/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: $0 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1997 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://thenrwa.com/New-Member-Kit Member benefits page: https://thenrwa.com/membership https://thenrwa.com/Becoming-a-Resume-Writer

The National Society of Newspaper Columnists We heartily encourage membership from online and multimedia columnists, bloggers and similar Web reporters, commentators, analysts, humorists and essayists. Website: https://www.columnists.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $75 3 years - $200 Students - $35 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1977 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.columnists.com/join-or-renew-membership/

National Sports Media Association The National Sports Media Association & Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which seeks to develop educational opportunities for those who are interested in pursuing a career in sports media, through networking, interning, mentoring and scholarship programs. Website: https://nationalsportsmedia.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Lifetime - $750 Premier - $9.59 per month plus $50 initiation fee AIPS (International Sports Press Association) - $180 Student - $45 Friends of NSMA - $40 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1959 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://nationalsportsmedia.org/join-today Member benefits page: https://nationalsportsmedia.org/join-today/member-benefits

National Writers Association Helping writers produce great work. Website: https://www.nationalwriters.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Student - $35 Regular - $65 Professional - $85 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1937 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.nationalwriters.com/page/page/3576079.htm Member benefits page: https://www.nationalwriters.com/page/page/2734940.htm https://www.nationalwriters.com/page/page/2732829.htm

National Writers Union Promotes and protects the rights of members and seeks to improve professional working conditions. Website: https://nwu.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Based on annual writing income Under $5,000 (monthly recurring) - $ 12.50 $5,001 - 15,000 (monthly recurring) - $ 18.75 $15,001 - 30,000 (monthly recurring) - $ 25.00 $30,001 - 50,000 (monthly recurring) - $ 29.16 Over $50,000 (monthly recurring) - $ 33.33 Under $5,000 (6 mo) - $ 75.00 Under $5,000 (annual) - $ 150.00 $5,001-15,000 (6 mo) - $ 112.50 $5,001-15,000 (annual) - $ 225.00 $15,001-30,000 (6 mo) - $ 150.00 $15,001-30,000 (annual) - $ 300.00 $30,001-50,000 (6 mo) - $ 175.00 $30,001-50,000 (annual) - $ 350.00 Over $50,000 (6 mo) - $ 200.00 Over $50,000 (annual) - $ 400.00 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1981 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://nwu.org/join-now/ Member benefits page: https://nwu.org/member-benefits/

Native American Journalists Association Serving Native journalists with programs and activities to improve journalism and promote Native cultures. Website: https://najanewsroom.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: High School Student - $10 College Student - $20 Associate (non-indigenous) - $55 Professional (indigenous) - $55 Tribal Media - $250 Non-profit - $300 Corporate - $500 Lifetime - $1,000 Sustaining Institutional - $2,000 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1983 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://najanewsroom.com/join-naja/

Nonfiction Authors Association Educational community for experienced and aspiring nonfiction writers. Website: https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: Basic - Free Authority - $290 VIP - $690 Group Membership Packages Available Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 2013 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/join/ https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/authority-member-testimonials/

North American Agricultural Journalists North American Agricultural Journalists a professional, international group of agricultural editors and writers with a membership spanning the United States and Canada. Website: https://www.naaj.net/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Active - $75 Associate - $75 Student - $15 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1952 Job board? Yes Training? No Requirements to join: https://www.naaj.net/membership

North American Snow Sports Journalists Association The North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) is a professional group of over 200 press and corporate members. Website: https://nasja.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $200 Listing included? Yes # of members: 101-500 Founded in 1963 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://nasja.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CorporateMembershipApplication20_21.pdf Member benefits page: https://nasja.org/explore-nasja/member-benefits/ https://nasja.org/minimum-credentials/

North American Travel Journalists Association Founded in 1991 by a group of sixteen travel writers, the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) is one of the largest professional associations of travel writers, photographers, editors, bloggers and tourism professionals dedicated to the highest quality of journalism excellence in promoting travel and leisure activities to the general public. Website: https://natja.memberclicks.net/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $150 plus $25 application fee, renewal $150 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1991 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://natja.memberclicks.net/media-membership

Northwest Editors Guild The Northwest Editors Guild connects clients with professional editors of the written word in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Website: https://www.edsguild.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $65 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1997 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.edsguild.org/membership-application Member benefits page: https://www.edsguild.org/about-us/join-the-guild

Outdoor Writers Association of America Professional communicators dedicated to sharing the outdoor experience. Website: https://owaa.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Active - $150 Associate - $150 Senior - $150 Student - $25 Supporting Group - $375 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1927 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://owaa.org/apply-now/ Member benefits page: https://owaa.org/individual/ https://owaa.org/join/faq/

Pro Football Writer's Association Website: https://www.profootballwriters.org/ Free or Paid: Paid. Apply to find out cost of dues. Listing included? No Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://ww w.profootballwriters.org/about-the-pfwa/join-the-pfwa/

Public Relations Society of America Nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community. Website: https://www.prsa.org/home Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Member - more than 3 years experience - $260 plus $65 initiation fee Associate Member 1 - less than 1 year experience - $115 Associate Member 2 - 1-2 years experience - $155 Associate Member 3 - 2-3 years experience - $200 Associate Member, PRSSA Graduate - $60 Associate Member, Graduate Student - $60 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1950 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://apps.prsa.org/JoinUs/membershipApplication Member benefits page: https://www.prsa.org/membership/member-benefits

Public Safety Writers Association Open to members of a public safety organization or who write about crime, mystery and public safety. Website: https://policewriter.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $55 2 year - $100 3 year - $135 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1995 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://policewriter.com/join/

Scribes - The American Society of Legal Writers We seek to create an interest in writing about the law and to promote a clear, succinct, and forceful style in legal writing. Website: https://www.scribes.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Regular or Associate - $65 Sustaining Member - $100 Institutional Member - $650 Institutional Member (less than 10) - $350 Life Member - $1,000 Student - $15 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1951 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.scribes.org/join

Society of American Travel Writers Inspire ravel through responsible journalism. Website: https://satw.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Freelance/Digital Publisher - $100 application fee, $175 dues Editor - $100 application fee, $175 dues Associate - $125 application fee, $340 dues Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1955 Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://satw.org/join-us/

Society of Environmental Journalists Credible and robust journalism that informs and engages society on environmental issues. Website: https://www.sej.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Standard - $40 first yr, 1 yr renew - $70, 2 yr - $120, 3 yr - $180 Student - $25 first yr, 1 yr renew - $40, 2 yr - $65, 3 yr - $90 Retired - $40 first yr, 1 yr renew - $40, 2 yr - $55, 3 yr - $75 Low and Middle Income Countries - $15 first yr, 1 yr renew - $20, 2 yr - $35, 3 yr - $45 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1990 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join and member benefits page: https://www.sej.org/how-to-join-sej

The Society of Professional Journalists Encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. Website: https://www.spj.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $75 Retired - $37.50 Lifetime - $1,000 Household - $37.50 Post Grad - $37.50 College Student - $37.50 Associate - $20 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1909 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.spj.org/join.asp Member benefits page: https://www.spj.org/whyjoin-benefits.asp

The Society of Southwestern Authors Nonprofit association of writers and other publishing professionals. Website: http://ssa-az.org/index.htm Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Professional - $30 plus initial membership fee of $30 Associate - $30 plus initial membership fee of $30 Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 1972 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: http://ssa-az.org/membership.htm Member benefits page: http://ssa-az.org/activities.html

Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing Promotes high standards in economic journalism and press freedom Website: https://sabew.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Journalist - $70 Student - $25 Associate - $90 Institutional Memberships Available Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1964 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://sabew.org/membership/join-2/ Member benefits page: https://sabew.org/membership/member-benefits/

Society for Technical Communication Oldest and Largest professional association dedicated to the advancement of technical communication Website: https://www.stc.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Gold - $395 - Best Value! Professional & Academic - $295 New Professional - $180 Student - $75 Retired - $145 Listing included? Yes # of members: 501+ Founded in 1953 Job board? Yes Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://www.stc.org/membership/ https://www.stc.org/membership/benefits/

Textbook and Academic Authors Association Support and resources for the academic writer Website: https://taaa.memberclicks.net/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: Graduate student - $25 Emeritus - $35 Untenured faculty or textbook author with royalties under $5k yr - $50 Tenured faculty or textbook author with royalties above $5k yr - $100 Contributing member - $200 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://taaa.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mcform&view=ngforms&id=2068476#/ Member benefits page: https://www.taaonline.net/member-benefits

Western Writers of America Promotes and recognizes those who write about the American West Website: https://westernwriters.org/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $75.00 Listing included? No # of members: 501+ Founded in 1953 Job board? No Training? No Requirements to join: https://westernwriters.org/join/ Member benefits page: https://westernwriters.org/membership/benefits/ https://westernwriters.org/membership/

Writers and Publishers Network Provides information, resources and opportunities for anyone interested in publishing Website: https://writersandpublishersnetwork.com/ Free or Paid: Paid Cost per year: $75 Renewal - $65 Students - $35 Listing included? Yes # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Job board? No Training? Yes Requirements to join: https://writersandpublishersnetwork.com/about/ Member benefits page: https://writersandpublishersnetwork.com/wpn-member-benefits/

The Writers Workout The Writer's Workout formed from a love of competition and encouragement. We are writers of different backgrounds, ideas, influences, and skill levels. Website: https://www.writersworkout.net/ Free or Paid: Free Cost per year: Basic - free Achievement Tracker - $20 Better Writer Standard - $7 monthly Listing included? No # of members: Unclear / Don't Know Founded in 2014 Job board? Yes Training? No Requirements to join: https://www.writersworkout.net/subscribe Member benefits page: https://www.writersworkout.net/about

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Why do authors use pen names.

Even further back than modern literature, authors have adopted pen names. Back in the day, they were a necessity for some trying to make it in the publishing industry. Women, for instance, often had to conceal their identities by adopting a masculine “nom de plume” in order to even be considered for publication — and this trend has not entirely disappeared with times gone by. As recently as the 1990s, Joanne Rowling was urged by publishers to publish the Harry Potter series under the name JK Rowling (the “K’ was fabricated, Rowling does not actually have a middle name) out of concern that young boys — a large demographic of the books’ target market — would not be inclined to read something written by a woman.

While it’s less common for authors to publish under pseudonyms, it’s still often done for marketability purposes — and sometimes simply for the author’s own comfort in anonymity. Finally, authors will often adopt a pseudonym in order to write in various genres without confusing their fans.

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Consider your genre. For instance, readers might be more likely to pick up a crime novel by “Ali Knight” than by “Allison Potter” because the former simply fits in more with the expectations of a crime novelist.

Consider the demographic of your target readers. How old is your intended reader? Are they from a particular region? For instance, when author Judith Reumlet published the first book of her YA urban fantasy series, The Mortal Instruments , she knew her name might not resonate with young readers because it sounds a bit “dated.” So she decided to publish under the pen name Cassandra Clare.

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Consider the availability of your name for social media and website purposes. Creating an author website and social media profiles is a key part of book marketing. So before you decide on a pseudonym, you might want to check the availability of your name.

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Theodore Seuss Geisel — AKA Dr. Seuss

Reason: After being fired from a magazine for drinking during the Prohibition, Geisel decided to adopt the pseudonym “Seuss.” He added the “Dr.” as a poke at his father who’d always encouraged his son to get a PhD.

Famous works: The Cat In The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Mary Ann Evans — AKA George Eliot

Reason: So that her publications would be taken seriously.

Famous works: Middlemarch, Silas Marner, The Mill on the Floss

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson — AKA Lewis Carroll

Reason: To maintain privacy by separating his public and private lives.

Famous works: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, The Hunting of the Snark

Eric Blair — AKA George Orwell

Reason: According to the biography, Orwell: The Life, Blair chose his name “...because it's a good round English name." Others have speculated he chose a pseudonym in order to avoid embarrassing his family while he lived as a poor writer.

Famous works: Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia

Agatha Christie — AKA Mary Westmacott

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Famous works: Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, Death on the Nile

Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell — AKA Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë

Reason: In order to avoid the prejudice critics displayed towards women writers in 19th century England.

Famous works: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Stephen King — AKA Richard Bachman

Reason: King explains that “back in the early days of my career there was a feeling in the publishing business that one book a year was all the public would accept.” So he adopted Richard Bachman to be able to publish several novels a year without judgment — until, of course, “Richard Bachman” was uncovered .

Famous works: It, The Stand, The Shining

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How many types of writers are there?

Here are the 18 most common types of writers, how to recognize them, and what they do!

It’s easy for writers to fall prey to the various traps in writing. You may have a difficult time with this if you believe that everything must be perfect before you send out your work. You may experience writer’s block, fear that all your hard work won’t turn out well enough and needs more revisions, or struggle with figuring out where one idea starts and another end.

Who are these types of writers? You can recognize these types of writers by their unique techniques and styles for writing.

Here’s how to recognize them: Follow the guide to writing styles below, or if it doesn’t apply, look up the one in this list that best fits your work. If you have a hard time figuring out what type of writer you want to become, then take some online quizzes about yourself as well!

Why should you be a writer?

There are many reasons why writing is a good idea. Some may write to release their thoughts and ideas, some may use it as an effective source of grounding and stress release, and others might want to speak to an audience. All these different types of writers have one thing in common: they all enjoy the process of writing despite the difficulties that come with it.

In this article, we discuss why writing can help you experience your life more fully and what makes a good writer. It’s important to be clear with the goal of communicating with words because it will improve your chances of reaching that goal.

Authenticity is key when trying to get published or reach an audience because it allows people to relate better to your work and gives them a sense of connection.

What are the different types of writers?

Writers are not all the same. Some may be more introspective, and some may be more analytical, but they are all about words. There is a difference between nonfiction and fiction writers because of their different purposes. Nonfiction is more about facts, while fiction is more about imagination. Writers come in different colors and shapes, but they are all about words.

Here are the types of writing jobs that you can do!

All these types of writers are variations of a much bigger category as types of content writers. No matter the type of writer you are looking for, they are all considered content writers .

Technical writer

Technical writers are specialists who are skilled at writing instructions and articles that help others understand complex technical information more easily. They gather information from a variety of sources and aggregate it in useful formats that maximize understanding.

A technical writer may work with product designers, engineers, and graphic designers to craft an instruction manual for a new product, often in the software development field. They are responsible for the formation of content that will be used by other teams to create or build products.

Healthcare technical writer

Technical writers gather information from a variety of sources and aggregate it in useful formats. They work with product designers, engineers, and graphic designers to craft an instruction manual for a new medical product, an effective part of medical practice SEO strategies . Healthcare technical writers also develop procedural documentation.

The term technical writer is used to describe those who write for a variety of purposes. Healthcare technical writers can work as self-employed independent contractors and be paid by the hour or word.

Medical technical writers are often hired by large institutions, such as academic medical centers or research organizations. They work with a scientific team to develop documents, shaping how projects are conducted and what they hope to accomplish. The median salary for a healthcare technical writer in 2021 was $67,640 per year.

Ghostwriters

Ghostwriters are people who write content under the published author’s name. Ghostwriters can be anonymous or named on the cover of their work. Copywriters, technical writers, and medical writers can also be ghostwriters.

A ghostwriter is hired primarily as a professional freelance writer who fills in for an author. The “author” usually gets full credit for all the original work produced.

When you need content, you can hire an SEO copywriter to write it for your website or blog. Ghostwriters are often a source of quality content , and you can find them online on websites like Upwork or Freelancer.com.

Ghostwriters are often hired to write a book for an author, who may or may not be the one writing the outline. If they want their credit shared with the ghostwriter, then there is usually a lower fee. The two parties should agree on how their gross profits will be shared over time before any payment is made. You can make good money by ghostwriting if you know what you’re doing and have experience in handling the ins and outs.

Copywriters

Copywriters create marketing materials. They also produce general business material, such as website content, blog posts, newsletters, sponsored articles, case studies, and white papers.

In 2022, skilled copywriters can easily earn six figures. They are responsible for producing engaging text and proofreading their work to ensure accuracy and quality. In 2022, the industry is predicted to continue growing, with many job opportunities opening up.

Copywriters were the most in-demand job of 2018. Although they don’t need formal training or education, businesses are hiring copywriters left and right because they need effective marketing.

Copywriting is a broad term that includes advertising, websites, emails, blog posts, and brochures . This type of writing focuses on the immediate response, such as an ad to drive activity or website copy for search engine optimization purposes . Branding has now evolved from general marketing towards a focus on results down the road.

A user experience (UX) writer creates microcopy for apps, websites, or digital products. They can create a copy in different formats, such as microscopy or long-form . A good UX writer also has a good understanding of product design and business strategy, which allows them to be successful in their career. The salary range can vary depending on where you work within this profession, with the 25th percentile being $104,000 to the 75th percentile being $139,000.

A UX writer is someone who creates copy for products and web experiences, such as user interfaces. They are also responsible for content strategy . One job at Netflix even asked for experience with fiction or screenplays!

Types of creative writers include novelists, journalists, screenwriters, poets, and essayists. Novels are stories of fiction, but some authors may use a historical background. Some authors enjoy global fame; others might be perfectionists (or not). Ernest Hemingway rewrote the ending of A Farewell to Arms 47 times.

Many different types of writers exist. Poets are people who write poems in verse, often with shifting rhythms and patterns. Some poetry is written in sentences or incomplete sentences.

Poetry is unique, and unlike prose, it typically has a rhythm or rhyme. It can be compared with other literary forms, but it differs in its use of language and the emotions evoked by words.

Story writer

Different types of writers are identified by their skills and experience, but they all have one thing in common. They are the creative minds that create stories for themselves, media outlets, or other companies. Story writers can be social or non-social people, and the type of work depends on the contract terms.

Story writers are paid on average $49,046 per year and enjoy an artistic career. To become a story writer, one should pursue an education such as a bachelor’s or master’s degree in creative writing.

To find a job as a story writer, it may be useful to have experience in other jobs such as a producer or editor.

Lyricists are the authors who write songs. They write lyrics and sometimes the melody. Lyricists earn an average annual salary of $25,600, while songwriters earn $71,160 on average annually.

Freelance lyric writers have more flexibility in scheduling and can earn money from royalties. In general, freelancers write lyrics for a song on their own time, while staff writers can attend writing sessions during normal business hours. Collaboration is common between freelancers and staff writers, though this is not required.

Regardless of the success that can be achieved in this field, it is important to note that collaboration is key. Each person brings what they can bring, and advancement might mean working with higher-earning and better-known artists. Songwriting has the potential for a lucrative income, as well as high demand, depending on how successful you are at creating songs or lyrics.

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Screenwriter

Screenwriters write and develop screenplays for film or TV drama by adapting an existing story, joining an existing project, or being commissioned by a producer.

A screenwriter is a creative person who develops and researches ideas for original movie screenplays. They write or adapt a story into scripts and pitch films to producers, directors, and financiers. The skills needed are knowledge of the English language, excellent written communication skills, persistence, and determination, as well as verbal communication skills to be successful in this field.

A screenwriter writes scripts for movies and TV shows. Scriptwriting jobs are growing at a slow rate, with an estimated 6% growth in the number of roles between 2010 and 2020.

Screenwriting is a type of writing job that involves the development and coordination of a screenplay. The highest salary for a screenwriter in the United States is up to $207,871 per year, while at the lowest it may be only around $14,531 per year.

Types of scriptwriting:

• News writing
• Video script

Biographers compose compelling and accurate accounts of individuals’ lives. Biographers can focus on general biographies, modern figures, or historical figures.

Biographers often choose one person to write about and conduct extensive research on their subject. They may also interview people who were involved in the events of the person’s life they are writing about. A biographer is paid an average of $97,712 per year for this type of work.

A biographer collects information about a person’s life for publication in books, magazines, and academic journals. A bachelor’s degree is typically needed to be employed full-time as a biography writer.

An editor is a person in charge of ensuring that a company’s written material is accurate and quality. Editors plan, coordinate, and revise materials for publication in books, newspapers, periodicals, or websites. Editors are responsible for reviewing story ideas to decide what material will appeal most to readers.

Copy editors are the assistant editors in charge of a particular subject. They proofread text for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling and check for readability, style, and agreement with editorial policy. Executive editors oversee copy editors ensure that they publish stories that meet their standards.

A critic is a person who evaluates and analyzes creative works such as books, fine art, films, television shows, fashion, and theatre performances and then shares their opinion. Critics typically have a bachelor’s degree or higher.

A critic is a person who may write about movies, books, or other media content. They offer their opinions on these works to the general public. A writer’s salary can range widely from $10,518 to $213,261, with a median salary of $38,902, while critics typically earn between $38k and $96k.

To build up your career as a movie critic, you usually need to earn at least a bachelor’s degree. Your critiques can be positive or negative.

A researcher is someone skilled in gathering, organizing, analyzing, and presenting the information. As a research writer, you must be able to do extensive in-depth research, as well as know-how to work with databases.

A researcher is a writer that conducts research and then publishes the results of their work. Their job also includes writing technical documents, such as proposals, reports, journal articles, or books. Papers are typically written in a standard format, with headings and sections to make it easier for readers who may not be familiar with the content.

A researcher is someone who studies a topic in depth. A research paper includes the author’s knowledge of their subject, as well as how they use that information to answer questions or solve problems.

There are several different types of writers, including historians, prehistorians, and other historical writers. Historians evaluate sources for accuracy, and historical writers are concerned with the continuous narrative and research of past events. A good historian carefully evaluates their sources, links causes to effects, weighs competing explanations, and assigns significance to actors, ideas, and events.

Historians are typically found working with archives, books, and artifacts. They carefully evaluate sources to determine if they’re authentic or not before considering them and writing a report. Historians also analyze data gathered from these items to look for their significance and connections with other events that may have taken place during the same time period.

The highest salary for a history writer in the United States is $97,712 per year. The lowest salary for a history writer in the United States is $31,534 per year.

A blogger publishes posts on an online journal or website. Their primary job is to write informative blog posts that provide valuable information for people. Bloggers create a free and easy-to-read platform for their readers, with the hope of getting more followers from those who find value in what they have written.

To build trust with readers, professional bloggers should make their content easy to read and free. Bloggers can easily earn between $300 and $400 per month by monetizing their website through advertisements or affiliate marketing.

Types of blogs that writers can create:

• Fitness blog
• Travel blog
• Business blog
• Review blog

And much more!

Columnists are people who write opinion pieces for newspapers and magazines. This is one of the most popular types of writing that can be taken up as a part-time job. Academicians, senior journalists, and political activists often choose to take up writing columns as their career choice.

Being a columnist is a popular field of writing that can be taken up as a part-time job. A column generally showcases an expert in the field, who enlightens the masses by sharing their expertise to create awareness about certain topics and issues.

The word “columnist” is a broad term that can be applied to anyone who writes articles for publication, but the more specific definition would only refer to people who have expertise in a particular area of study. These experts often write columns and publish them on various news websites or blogs.

Journalists are those who write about important issues and publish these writings on media platforms. Journalism may be the most revered type of writing, as it reaches global audiences.

Journalists have a wide range of career options, from starting as an undergraduate to complete a master’s degree in journalism. The two most common degree requirements for jobs are a BA or MA in journalism or English.

How to become a writer

As there are books about every possible topic, there are also different types of authors. Some write nonfiction books, which are based on true information and facts. Other authors write fiction books or opinion articles. There is not one specific type of author that can be identified as the best to pursue as a particular career path .

It’s not easy to find a job as a writer, but the reason people write is that they have stories inside them that are burning to get out. You can look for inspiration from everywhere, including memories of your own life or incidents in your children’s lives. Keep an eye on what you’re writing about with this list of the 18 types of writers with descriptions detailing their roles and responsibilities.

Here are some tips that will help you become a writer!

Read everything.

The first step to becoming a writer is reading everything. Reading stuff that you know you like and stuff that you know you don’t like will help identify your ideal writing style, which can then be used to identify the type of writer you want to become.

For beginners to become writers, they need one thing: time. It might seem like an impossible task at first, but as long as you don’t give up and take small steps toward your goals every day or two, you’ll be fine.

Start writing

It’s not just about starting to write or writing the first 100 words of content. It takes a lot more work than that, and this is easier said than done. Writing doesn’t have to be difficult, and it can even be fun, so keep at it even when the going gets tough!

To keep that habit, you might want to start a blog as well or take up some part-time work in your free time to build up your experience.

Take a writing course!

A writing course is the best place to start to learn how to write better. One of the most important steps when becoming a writer is mastering the language, which takes time and practice. It’s not easy to construct sentences about your hero or heroine that will make your readers weep with envy, but it’s possible! The Art of Fiction by John Gardner is one of the best books out there for aspiring writers.

Most people know that there are many different types of writers. While some write for the fun of it, others do so because they need to make a living from their writing skills .

If you want to master the use of words and be more persuasive with your prose, then you could always take up a course in creative writing or other forms such as poetry and fiction.

Make a plot!

Writing a story or a large blog post is daunting, but you can start with the plot. With the proper direction, you should not have trouble completing the writing. For blogs, you can use Outranking to make your plotting and planning easy.

Also, you might want to set a goal to complete write-ups day by day and set an alarm for the same time every day.

Keep writing!

Sometimes, writing can be a difficult task. This is why it’s important to write at least 100 words every day. Writers should continue to write on the majority of days, even if you don’t feel like it or think that you’re not getting anything done. It’s also important for writers to understand that life happens; when bad things happen in life, it can offer inspiration and shouldn’t stop you from writing.

Keep a journal and set small goals!

The best way to sharpen your writing skills is by rewriting your work sentence by sentence. After a writer has rewritten a story, they should go back and edit the heck out of their novel. The scariest step in being a writer is seeking advice from friends and family or those who have been in the industry for years.

Authors should always revise their work to make it the best version possible within the given time. This is a difficult task, but with patience and determination, an author can accomplish the goal of rewriting their work into a better form that they can feel proud of.

It’s also important not to get discouraged by negative feedback because there are many different types of writers in the world who might provide a variety of constructive criticism on your writing style or grammar mistakes that you’ve made.

Rinse and repeat

Once you have taken in all the critical feedback and are done with all the changes, then keep repeating what you have done right! Writing might feel boring, tough, and mentally exhausting, but if you love writing you should not stop. Rather, you should plan, flare up your creativity, and start writing again!

What is an author’s point of view?

There are four main types of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative. Each author has their own style which can change from project to project. The author’s overall tone or mood shapes their overall writing style.

Types of writers’ personas

A persona is a voice or assumed role in a literary work. It is defined as the thoughts of a writer or a specific person.

Writers need to be able to identify and understand various types of writing because this can help them reach their audience.

There are many different types of writing, but the most prominent is fiction. People read fiction for entertainment or escapism from reality; however, it can also serve as a tool for social commentary if used correctly.

Fiction has been used by authors such as Franz Kafka and William Shakespeare to explore philosophical ideas about human nature through characters that don’t exist in real life.

The author is often considered the narrator of the story, which can be in the first-person or third-person point of view. The narrator also has a perspective on what’s happening and how they feel about it, which may not match with reality.

Types of writers’ styles – What are the types of writing?

There are four main types of writing: expository, descriptive, persuasive, and narrative. Each style has a distinct approach to telling a story or explaining an idea.

When writing, it’s important to know what type of writer you are. By knowing the types of writers and their styles, you can determine which ones will be most effective in your work.

Here is a brief introduction to those writing styles!

Expository writing is one form that includes both direct words describing something or an explanation on a topic without mentioning anything else about that particular issue. It relies heavily on facts, with little emotion or detail outside essential points for explaining how things work in general terms.

The descriptive style of writing provides more visuals rather than just relaying facts. There are many different types of descriptive writing, and they can be identified by their grammar or content choice. Writers who use this style often create vivid images in the reader’s head to show what it would look like if these events actually happened.

Narrative writing is used for fiction and can be utilized in various projects. The 18 types of writers above all have different styles, preferences, and interests. This article includes an explanation of each type, as well as how to recognize the writer’s style when reading their work.

The various types of writers are often categorized into two groups: persuasive writing and informational writing. This is an important distinction because the types of writing have different purposes.

Persuasive writers use their skills to craft captivating content that will likely be effective in getting people’s attention or can help them make a decision about purchasing something they need or want.

Why do writers use different types of sentences?

Different types of sentences are used because they have different purposes. The type of sentence is determined by the desired tone or effect that is being conveyed to the reader. The tone can be formal, informal, humorous, persuasive, or informative.

Informative writers take a systematic approach to layout the information that they have about a given topic or subject. They write in an organized way so that it is easier for the reader to grasp new concepts.

These types of writers often work to be interchangeable, so they can easily write in more than one style depending on their capability. You could easily be both a freelance copywriter and a video scriptwriter! All these types are flexible, except for some like medical writers, who might need additional qualifications.

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Top 11 Writer Certifications

Updated July 20, 2023 17 min read

Certifications are important for writers in the job market because they demonstrate a level of expertise and proficiency in the craft. They provide employers with evidence that a writer is capable of producing quality work and has a strong understanding of the topics they write about. Certifications can also open up doors to new opportunities, as employers may be more likely to hire someone who has taken the time to obtain certifications in their field. Additionally, certifications can help writers earn higher salaries, as employers often value credentials and may be willing to pay more for highly qualified professionals. Finally, certified writers are better equipped to stay on top of industry trends and developments, which can give them an edge over other candidates when looking for work.

The purpose of this article is to review the top certifications available to writers and explain how they can help enhance a writer's career.

What are Writer Certifications?

Writer certification is a process in which writers demonstrate their skills and qualifications in order to prove that they are capable of producing high-quality content. Certification can include tests, portfolios, writing samples, and other requirements that must be met before the writer can receive certification.

Writer certification can help writers gain recognition for their work and establish themselves as professionals in their field. It also allows employers to quickly identify qualified candidates for writing jobs. Certification can also provide a competitive advantage when it comes to bidding on projects or negotiating higher fees. Additionally, certified writers may be eligible for discounts from certain businesses or access to exclusive resources. Finally, certification helps ensure that the content produced by certified writers meets industry standards and is of the highest quality possible.

Pro Tip: When considering writer certification, make sure to research the organization thoroughly and read reviews from other writers who have gone through the process. This can help ensure that you are getting a quality certification that will be recognized by potential employers.

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Here’s our list of the best certifications available to Writers today.

1. Certified Professional Writer (CPW)

Certified Professional Writer (CPW) is a certification program that recognizes and validates the writing skills of professionals in the field. CPW certifies that individuals have met certain standards of excellence in their writing, including grammar, punctuation, spelling, clarity, and organization.

The CPW certification process typically takes about two months to complete. To get certified as a CPW, individuals must first take an online assessment test to assess their writing skills. After passing the assessment test, they must then submit a portfolio of their work for review by a panel of certified writers. The portfolio should include samples of professional-level writing such as articles, blog posts, web copy, press releases, and other types of content.

Once the portfolio has been reviewed and approved by the panel of certified writers, applicants will be awarded their CPW certification. The cost for this certification varies depending on the type of assessment test taken and the number of pieces included in the portfolio submission but generally ranges from $200 - $400 USD.

2. Certified Technical Writer (CTW)

A Certified Technical Writer (CTW) is a professional certification that recognizes individuals who have demonstrated expertise in the field of technical writing. This certification is offered by the Society for Technical Communication (STC). To become certified, applicants must pass an examination that tests their knowledge and skills in areas such as document design, grammar, punctuation, and style.

The CTW exam consists of 150 multiple-choice questions and takes about three hours to complete. It costs $395 for STC members and $495 for non-members. To prepare for the exam, applicants can take advantage of the many resources available from STC, including study guides, practice exams, webinars, and online courses.

In order to receive the CTW certification, applicants must pass the exam with a score of 70% or higher. The certification is valid for three years and can be renewed by taking an additional exam or completing continuing education requirements.

3. Certified Creative Writer (CCW)

Certified Creative Writer (CCW) is a certification program from the International Association of Professional Writers and Editors (IAPWE). It is designed to recognize writers who have demonstrated excellence in the field of creative writing. The certification requires applicants to submit a portfolio of their work, which is then evaluated by a panel of expert judges.

The certification process takes approximately three months from start to finish. Applicants must first register for the program and submit their portfolio for review. Once accepted, they will be required to complete an online course on creative writing techniques and principles. After successful completion of the course, they will receive their CCW certificate.

To get certified, applicants must meet certain criteria such as having a minimum of two years’ experience in professional writing or editing, having published work in at least one medium, and being able to demonstrate knowledge of grammar and syntax rules. They must also pass an exam that tests their knowledge of the craft and principles of creative writing.

The cost for the CCW program varies depending on whether you choose to take the online course or attend an in-person workshop. The online course costs $99 USD while attending an in-person workshop costs $399 USD. Both include access to IAPWE resources such as webinars, forums, and discounts on services offered by IAPWE members.

4. Certified Freelance Writer (CFW)

A Certified Freelance Writer (CFW) is a professional designation earned by writers who have demonstrated their knowledge and expertise in the field of freelance writing. The certification is awarded by the Professional Writers Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in freelance writing.

The CFW certification process includes an online application, a written exam, and an interview. Applicants must demonstrate their knowledge of the fundamentals of freelance writing, including topics such as grammar and punctuation, research methods, marketing strategies, and client relations.

The entire certification process typically takes about six months to complete. To apply for the CFW certification, applicants must submit an online application form with a $50 fee. Once accepted into the program, applicants will be required to take a written exam that covers all aspects of freelance writing. Upon successful completion of the written exam, applicants will be invited to participate in an interview with members of the Professional Writers Alliance board of directors.

The cost for obtaining the CFW certification varies depending on whether or not you are already a member of the Professional Writers Alliance. For non-members, there is an additional membership fee that must be paid in order to become certified; this fee is currently $100 per year.

5. Certified Copywriter (CCP)

Certified Copywriter (CCP) is a professional certification program offered by the Copywriters Association of America (CAA). It is designed to recognize and reward copywriters who demonstrate excellence in their craft. The CCP certification requires that applicants pass an exam that tests their knowledge and skills in writing, editing, and researching for marketing and advertising copy.

The CCP exam is administered online, and typically takes about two hours to complete. Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience as a copywriter or related field to be eligible to take the exam. The exam consists of multiple-choice questions covering topics such as grammar, punctuation, style, structure, research methods, persuasive writing techniques, and more.

To get certified as a CCP, applicants must submit an application form with proof of their professional experience and pass the exam with a score of 80% or higher. After submitting the application form and passing the exam, applicants will receive their official CCP certification within four weeks.

The cost of taking the CCP exam is $200 USD. This fee covers all costs associated with taking the exam including registration fees, study materials, and access to practice exams.

6. Certified Grant Writer (CGW)

A Certified Grant Writer (CGW) is a professional who has completed specialized training and passed an exam to become certified in the field of grant writing. The CGW credential demonstrates a mastery of the principles, techniques, and strategies of successful grant writing.

The certification process typically takes several months to complete. It includes completing an online training program that covers all aspects of grant writing, including research, proposal development, budgeting, and evaluation. After completing the training program, applicants must pass an exam to demonstrate their proficiency in grant writing.

To become a Certified Grant Writer (CGW), you must first complete an approved training program. There are many online courses available for those interested in becoming certified. Most programs require between 15-20 hours of coursework and include topics such as research methods, proposal development, budgeting, and evaluation. Once you have completed the coursework, you must then pass an exam to demonstrate your proficiency in grant writing.

The cost of becoming a Certified Grant Writer (CGW) varies depending on the training program chosen. Most programs range from $500-$1,000 USD for tuition and fees associated with the coursework and exam.

7. Certified SEO Writer (CSEO)

A Certified SEO Writer (CSEO) is a professional who has been certified by an independent organization to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise in the field of search engine optimization (SEO). The certification is designed to ensure that writers have the necessary skills and understanding to create content that meets the needs of both search engines and readers.

The certification process typically takes between two to three months, depending on the organization offering it. To become certified, applicants must pass a series of tests and assessments related to SEO topics such as keyword research, content optimization, link building, analytics, and more. Applicants must also submit a portfolio of their work for review.

The cost of obtaining a CSEO certification varies depending on the organization offering it. Some organizations offer free certifications while others charge a fee for their courses or exams. It’s important to research each organization before signing up for a certification program in order to make sure you’re getting the best value for your money.

Overall, becoming a Certified SEO Writer can be an invaluable asset for any writer looking to break into the digital marketing industry. It provides proof of your knowledge and expertise in this ever-evolving field, which can help you stand out from other candidates when applying for jobs or freelance gigs.

8. Certified Business Writing Specialist (CBWS)

Certified Business Writing Specialist (CBWS) is a professional certification designed to recognize individuals who demonstrate expertise in the field of business writing. The CBWS certification is awarded by the Professional Association of Business Writers (PABW), an international organization that sets standards for excellence in business writing.

The CBWS exam covers topics such as grammar, punctuation, style, document design, and audience analysis. Candidates must demonstrate their ability to write effective business documents and communicate effectively in a variety of formats.

It takes approximately two hours to complete the CBWS exam. To be eligible for the exam, applicants must have at least three years of experience in business writing or related fields and submit a portfolio of their work for review by PABW.

The cost of the CBWS exam is $200 USD and includes access to study materials and practice tests. Upon successful completion of the exam, candidates will receive a certificate from PABW recognizing their achievement as a Certified Business Writing Specialist.

9. Certified Journalism Professional (CJP)

Certified Journalism Professional (CJP) is a professional certification program offered by the International Association of Journalists (IAJ). It is designed to recognize and promote the highest standards of professional journalism. The CJP is awarded to journalists who demonstrate excellence in their field and have achieved a high level of professional accomplishment.

To become certified, applicants must meet certain criteria and pass an exam. The criteria include having at least five years of experience in journalism, being a member of IAJ or another international journalism organization, and submitting two samples of published work. Applicants must also submit a statement outlining their commitment to ethical practices in journalism.

The exam consists of multiple-choice questions about journalistic ethics, media law, news writing, and reporting techniques. It takes approximately three hours to complete the exam.

The cost for taking the CJP exam is $250 USD for IAJ members and $350 USD for non-members. Additionally, there is an annual fee of $50 USD for those who wish to maintain their certification status.

10. Certified Web Content Strategist (CWCS)

Certified Web Content Strategist (CWCS) is a professional certification offered by the Content Strategy Alliance. It is designed to recognize individuals who have demonstrated comprehensive knowledge and skills in web content strategy.

The CWCS program consists of two parts: an online course and a final exam. The online course covers topics such as content strategy fundamentals, writing for the web, SEO, user experience design, and analytics. The course takes approximately 10 hours to complete.

To become certified, applicants must pass the final exam with a score of 80% or higher. The exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions and requires two hours to complete.

The cost of the CWCS program is $495 USD, which includes access to the online course and the final exam.

11. Professional Resume Writer Certification (PRWC).

Professional Resume Writer Certification (PRWC) is a certification program designed to recognize professionals who have demonstrated mastery of the skills and knowledge required to write effective resumes. This certification is offered by the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches (PARW/CC).

The PRWC certification requires applicants to pass an online exam that covers topics such as resume writing techniques, job search strategies, career planning, and interviewing skills. The exam consists of multiple-choice questions and takes approximately two hours to complete.

To be eligible for the PRWC certification, applicants must have at least three years of professional experience in resume writing or related fields. They must also submit a sample resume for review by PARW/CC.

The cost of the PRWC certification varies depending on the applicant's membership status with PARW/CC. For non-members, the fee is $295 USD; for members, it is $195 USD. The fee includes access to the online exam and one year of membership in PARW/CC.

Once an applicant passes the exam, they will receive their PRWC certificate within four weeks via email or mail. The certificate is valid for five years from the date it was issued and can be renewed by taking a refresher course or retaking the exam.

Do You Really Need a Writer Certificate?

Whether or not you need a writer certificate depends on what type of writing you are planning to do. If you are writing for publication, such as books, magazines, newspapers, or websites, then it is likely that you will need some kind of certification. Many publishers and editors require writers to have some kind of professional credential in order to be considered for publication.

However, if you are an aspiring writer who just wants to write creative pieces for yourself or to share with friends and family, then a writer certificate may not be necessary. Even if you want to get published one day, there are many other ways to build your portfolio and credibility as a writer without having a formal certificate. You could take courses on writing from online schools or community colleges; join writing groups; attend workshops; volunteer for literary magazines; read books about the craft of writing; practice your skills by joining online forums and submitting work for feedback; and submit articles and stories to publications. All of these activities can help you hone your craft and build your reputation as a writer without needing a formal certificate.

Ultimately, whether or not someone needs a writer certificate depends on their individual goals as a writer and what they hope to accomplish in their career. If becoming certified is something that will help them reach their goals faster, then it might be worth pursuing. However, if they plan on taking more time-consuming but ultimately more rewarding routes towards achieving their goals as writers, then they may decide that it’s not necessary for them at this stage in their career.

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FAQs About Writer Certifications

Q1. What is a Writer Certification?

A1. A Writer Certification is an accreditation that demonstrates the writer has met certain standards of writing proficiency. It is usually awarded by an organization or educational institution after the writer has completed a course or program in writing, and it can be used to demonstrate their writing skills to employers and clients.

Q2. How do I obtain a Writer Certification?

A2. To obtain a Writer Certification, you must typically complete an approved course or program in writing from an accredited organization or institution. Different certifications may require different levels of education, experience and/or examinations in order to qualify for certification.

Q3. Are there any benefits to having a Writer Certification?

A3. Yes, having a Writer Certification can help you stand out amongst other writers in your field and show potential employers that you have the skills necessary to perform well as a professional writer. It can also open up new opportunities for employment, as some organizations prefer candidates who have been certified in their particular field of writing.

Q4. What types of Writing Certifications are available?

A4. There are many types of Writing Certifications available, such as Technical Writing Certifications, Journalism Certifications, Creative Writing Certifications and Business Writing Certifications, among others. Depending on your area of expertise and the type of job you are seeking, different certifications will be more beneficial than others for demonstrating your skill set to employers and clients.

Q5. Is there a cost associated with obtaining a Writing Certification?

A5. Yes, there are often costs associated with obtaining a Writing Certification depending on the type of certification you pursue and the organization offering it. These costs may include tuition fees for courses or programs related to the certification as well as examination fees or administrative fees associated with obtaining the certification itself

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40 Writer’s Writers Whomst Readers Should Read

(but what about all the writer's writer's writer's writer's).

Earlier this week, National Book Foundation Executive Director Lisa Lucas asked Twitter : “Who do you think is widely considered a writer’s writer?” The question inspired no little discussion online, as well as in the Literary Hub office, and so this list—in which I have collected quotes from respectable sources who have doled out the term—was born.

But first, just what  is  a “writer’s writer”? For me, the term suggests a writer who is doing something unusual or extra impressive with their chosen form—something another writer in particular would marvel at, because they would understand firsthand how hard it is. Often this means that said writer is obscure to to general public, but not always. Maybe it’s more mercenary than that, and a writer’s writer is just someone other writers mention to one another whenever they want to sound impressive. Or maybe it’s just as simple as it sounds: a writer that only (or mostly) other writers read. (Which begs the question: do non-writers still buy books at all? Whence the pure reader, sans intention?)

Cynthia Ozick described the phrase “a synonym for obscurity. Every writer understands exactly what that fearful possessive hints at: a modicum of professional admiration accompanied—or subverted—by dim public recognition and even dimmer sales. Yet the writer’s writer is said to write not in hope of fame but out of quiet passion, and is thereby accorded a purity not granted to the household name.”

Or, as Anna Fitzpatrick would have it , “To call someone a “writer’s writer” sounds obnoxious, as in, “This book isn’t for civilian eyes. You have to be one of  us to get it.” I know a better word for people who think this way: assholes.”

Now, fair warning that “writer’s writers”—at least as declared by critics on the internet in places where I could find them—tend to be white men. Shocking! This of course is due to the hegemonic praise structure that still exists in the literary world (though I dare say it’s getting slowly better) and the fact that—at least according to one known male in the Literary Hub office—educated white men often have a strange need to brag about being their high/obscure taste levels. Why they couldn’t brag about reading obscure books by women of color, who knows.

So now, for whatever it’s worth, and for whatever it means, I present 40 “writer’s writers” for your consideration—and a few more as a bonus from us to you at the end.

Jim Shepard

According to Boris Kachka in Vulture :

Jim Shepard is one of the best writers you’ve never heard of. . . . Yet Shepard describes himself as “semi-obscure,” a “writer’s writer,” which he takes as a sort of consolation prize: “It used to mean, ‘ writers like him, anyway.’” He is not happy with his place in literary culture; nor should he be, since his commercial timing has always been a little off.

Richard Stern

According to Christopher Borrelli in the Chicago Tribune :

Other Men’s Daughters was just reissued by New York Review of Books with an introduction by Philip Roth, who writes that the novel is a “microscope” on its place in time, illustrating “a decisive turning point in American mores . . . when the vast assault upon convention, propriety and entrenched belief began to challenge authority, high and low, and of the wreckage that caused.” He also quotes from his own 1973 review, that Stern’s book “is as if Chekhov had written ‘Lolita.’”

Yet, success didn’t take for Stern.

Despite many more novels and essay collections, a medal from the Academy of Arts and Letters (and a 1995 Heartland Prize from the Tribune ), Stern had long settled into a dreaded backhanded reputation: He became a writer’s writer. Meaning, he remained obscure to the public and didn’t sell many books but he had important admirers (among them Norman Mailer, Joan Didion and Anthony Burgess) who delivered hosannas that didn’t sell books, either. His career became somewhat of a literary equivalent to that famous line about the Velvet Underground, that they sold only a few thousand records but every person who bought one started a band.

Henry Green

According to David Lodge in The New York Review of Books :

Henry Green occupies a special but somewhat puzzling place in the history of modern English fiction. That his real name was Henry Yorke is symbolic of the general elusiveness of his literary identity. He seems to stand to one side of his fictional  oeuvre , smiling enigmatically and challenging us to put a label, and a value, on it. He has been called a “writer’s writer,” and even, according to Terry Southern, “a writer’s-writer’s writer.” W. H. Auden, Eudora Welty, V. S. Pritchett, Rebecca West, and John Updike have all described him, at various times, and in various ways, as the finest novelist of his generation, yet he never enjoyed either the commercial success or the literary fame of contemporaries such as Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Christopher Isherwood.

He was neither shrewd nor lucky in the development of his literary career. After a precocious and promising debut,  Blindness  (1926), begun while he was still at school, he wrote a brilliant novel about working-class life,  Living  (1929), several years before such subject matter became fashionable, and then took ten years to write his next,  Party Going  (1939)—a work whose concern with a group of narcissistic socialites setting off on a Continental holiday seemed rather frivolous in the encroaching shadows of World War II. In the 1940s he became more productive, and more widely read ( Loving  [1945] even appeared briefly on the US best-seller lists), but just as he was beginning to attract serious critical attention, interest was diverted by a new wave of British writers, the so-called Angry Young Men, with whose coarse, iconoclastic energies he had little affinity. Whether by coincidence or cause and effect, his creativity seemed to suddenly dry up at this time. The latter part of his life, from the publication of his last novel,  Doting , in 1952, to his death in 1973, was a sad story of increasing reclusiveness, alcoholism, and melancholia. His novels went out of print, and his name virtually disappeared from the canon of modern British fiction.

Sergio Pitol

According to Daniel Saldaña París in Literary Hub :

Pitol is one of those authors whom one never leaves. There is always a corner of his work that can be read under a new lens. It is not for nothing, it seems to me, that he is held as a clear example of a “writer’s writer” in recent Latin American narrative. The fact that authors such as Enrique Vila-Matas and Mario Bellatin have turned him into a character in their own fiction only confirms what any reader senses upon reading him: that Pitol is unfathomable; it could almost be said that he is a literature entire of himself.

John Williams

According to Tim Kreider in  The New Yorker :

In one of those few gratifying instances of belated artistic justice, John Williams’s “Stoner” has become an unexpected bestseller in Europe after being translated and championed by the French writer Anna Gavalda. Once every decade or so, someone like me tries to do the same service for it in the U.S., writing an essay arguing that “Stoner” is a great, chronically underappreciated American novel. (The latest of these, which also lists several previous such essays, is Morris Dickstein’s for the Times .) And yet it goes on being largely undiscovered in its own country, passed around and praised only among a bookish cognoscenti, and its author, John Williams, consigned to that unenviable category inhabited by such august company as Richard Yates and James Salter: the writer’s writer.

According to Jonathan Franzen in an interview with PBS :

[Fox] may be more of a writer’s writer, at least in her adult novels. After getting a late start– after an utterly chaotic childhood, two early marriages, and child-rearing– she was very prolific, but much of her output was YA literature (a term she disliked, preferring “books for children”). And for most of the time she was writing, she lived in a male-dominated literary world. Contrast all this with Updike, who came out of Harvard, burst on the scene in his twenties, wrote about the melancholies and sex lives of affluent American suburbanites, and fit the pattern of a male writer having a full and long career. I don’t care for lists myself, so I won’t make a long one here, but I think in general great writing by women is more often overlooked than its male counterparts. I wonder if you’ve read Jessica Anderson’s Tirra Lirra by the River , or Christina Stead’s The Man Who Loved Children , or the stories and novels and essays of Joy Williams. If you haven’t, you should!

James Salter

According to Terry McDonnell in Literary Hub :

The immense depth of that was in his descriptions of the intimacies of love and the details of disappointment and loss and regret, and it made reading him an ecstatic experience. You read to see what would happen, sure, but you read every word to savor the meaning and balance of each sentence—it was a way to look at life as it passed.

Perhaps that’s why critics called him a “writer’s writer,” a label that annoyed him and, I suspect, everyone else. Jim’s friend, Bruce Jay Friedman, told a story about a weekly writers’ lunch he was part of in the Hamptons that included Mario Puzo ( The Godfather ), Joe Heller ( Catch-22 ) and Mel Brooks ( The Producers ). The group was looking for a new member to liven things up but decided not to ask Salter because, as Puzo put it, Jim was “too good of a writer.”

If you’re an editor there is no such thing, but the implied problem with being a writer’s writer is that it goes with semi-obscurity and lack of commercial success. Not that Jim didn’t do fine; it was just so obvious that his talent outweighed his notoriety and his paydays. Of course Jim never talked about any of this. Then, in late 2012, with the novel  All That Is,  he was poised for the hit his talent had been promising for so many years.

Stephen Wright

According to Deidra McAfee in  New York :

Fully American and fully literary as few are, he is a writer’s writer—but also a reader’s writer who deserves a wider audience.

Maggie Nelson

According to The Millions :

Maggie Nelson is known best for her non-fiction. Often described as some combination of “lyrical” and “philosophical,” Nelson’s five book-length works of nonfiction have won her a steadfast following. She might be described as a “writer’s writer.” The evidence is in how often her books are named by other writers in our annual Year in Reading series. Bluets , a meditation on the color blue, won praise from David Shields (“utterly brilliant”), Stephen Elliott (“excellent”), Haley Mlotek (“I read Bluets twice in the same plane ride.”), Leslie Jamison, Jaquira Díaz, and Margaret Eby. Meaghan O’Connell wrote of Nelson, “She is one of those people for me, writers who I want to cross all boundaries with, writers from whom I ask too much. She makes me want more than, as a reader, I deserve. She already gives us more than we deserve. It isn’t fair.” Many of the above writers also praised Nelson’s more recent The Argonauts , “a genre-bending memoir,” as did Bijan Stephen, Olivia Laing (“It thinks deeply and with immense nuance and grace”), Karolina Waclawiak (“I found myself underlining on nearly every page”), and Parul Sehgal. Nelson herself appeared in our Year in Reading last year, shining light on books by Eileen Myles and Ellen Miller, among others.

Lydia Davis

According to Ali Smith in The Guardian :

In the UK at least, until the 2010 publication of her Collected Stories (Penguin), it was quite hard to track down copies of her four collections: Break It Down (1986), Almost No Memory (1997), Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (2001) and Varieties of Disturbance (2007), though a couple of these and a lone novel, The End of the Story (1995), were published in the 90s by Serpent’s Tail. She was hard to find, but held in such regard among those who read her that from the beginning she had the reputation of being a writer’s writer.

But she’s such a reader’s writer, this daring, excitingly intelligent and often wildly comic writer who reminds you, in a world that likes to bandy its words about, what words such as economy, precision and originality really mean. It’s all about how you read and about the reflorescence of what and how things mean with Davis, who works in an understated, concentrated way and in a form that usually slips under the mainstream radar. So look again, because this is a writer as mighty as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert and as epoch-making, in her own way, as Proust. As a translator, she has recently produced magnificent English versions of classics by the latter two, but it’s the short-story form that she’s made her own, and even changed the potential of, over three decades of honing a style whose discipline is a perfect means of release of hilarity, myth, merciless sharpness, and, most of all, of a celebration of the thinking, vital, fertile mind.

David Markson

According to Corey Messler in Popmatters :

David Markson is a national treasure. He is championed by many, including young turks like David Foster Wallace. It is often said he is a writer’s writer. The implication is that he might be the one of the best  unread  writers in America, even though early in his career one of his books was made into a big Hollywood movie ( Dingus Magee ) and Ann Beattie said of him, “Markson is as precise and dazzling as Joyce.”

Eimear McBride

According to Gabrielle Bellot in Literary Hub :

The prose of Eimear McBride’s brilliant first novel,  A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing , recalled many a Modernist writer, from Gertrude Stein to James Joyce—so much so that she’s tired of being compared to Joyce. And her success story is also one both old and new: her novel took nearly a decade to be picked up and acknowledged, at which point it won both the Bailey’s and Goldsmiths Prizes. Her next novel,  The Lesser Bohemians , moves to London in the 1990s, featuring a tempestuous love story between a young Irish girl studying drama and an older actor. It “nearly killed” her to write, McBride told the  Guardian  in August.   McBride is the kind of writer’s writer who I’m always excited to read more from.

Barry Hannah

According to Michael Bible in Literary Hub :

Barry’s status as a writer’s writer bothered him, I think. He always wanted to have Kurt Vonnegut numbers. But I’m glad he never reached that level in his life. Fame is a disease that infects all those who encounter it. From the outside it seems like the pinnacle of a career, the end goal of creative work. But the writing world is littered with those whose fame overshadowed their work and destroyed them from the inside out. People like Harper Lee and J.D. Salinger, who are thought of as eccentric for shunning the public. But in retrospect retreat from fame looks to be the more sane route. I think often of Carson McCullers typing out the  Ballad of the Sad Cafe  with one finger after a series of strokes. She was famous at the age of 22 and died at 50.

Lucia Berlin

According to Nadja Spiegelman in  The New York Times :

The day Lucia Berlin was born, in Juneau, Alaska, in 1936, an avalanche wiped out a third of the town, or so she later wrote. Mythic stories gravitated to her, and in death she acquired one more: that of a writer who died too young and went unrecognized in her lifetime. In truth, when she died, at 68 in 2004, she had published 76 stories and six collections, for which she received several prizes. And yet, just as in her writing, the myth is truer than the truth. She should have written more. She should have been more celebrated. In 2015 Farrar, Straus & Giroux published A Manual for Cleaning Women , a 400-page volume of her re-collected tales .  It was rapturously received: Here was a writer’s writer who, at the same time, had tremendous popular appeal. The book made the New York Times best-seller list. She was canonized alongside Richard Yates and Raymond Carver, and her own heroes, William Carlos Williams and Chekhov.

Joy Williams

According to Claire Burgess in The Rumpus :

After ten long years without a new story collection from Joy Williams, we are finally rewarded this week with The Visiting Privilege , containing thirteen new stories and thirty-three stories collected from across Williams’s career. Williams is a writer’s writer, a storysmith of the highest caliber whose creations are studied and beloved by the greatest in her field. The back of Visiting Privilege bears acclaim from the likes of Raymond Carver, George Plimpton, and James Salter. A wonderful profile of Williams in the New York Times Magazine last week contains George Saunders praising her comedy, Karen Russell calling her a “visionary,” and Ann Beattie exclaiming over her use of exclamation points. A reviewer at NPR called her “quite possibly America’s best living writer of short stories.” And the stories in Visiting Privilege are worth every inch of the praise.

Paul Horgan

According to Beth Kephart in Literary Hub :

Horgan died within days of my mailing that letter. Cardiac arrest. He was 91 years old—“the writer’s writer, the biographer’s biographer,” in the words of David McCullough; “that rarest of birds,” said Walker Percy; the story finder and teller often compared to Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, and Thomas Hardy. In memoriam, I filled my library with more Paul Horgan. I searched for others with whom I might light the Horgan flame.

Richard Yates

According to Don Lee in Electric Literature :

When I bleat into this kind of self-pitying state, though, I think about a writer who was probably the most miserable person I have ever met: Richard Yates. His work is familiar to quite a few readers now, thanks to a retrospective by Stewart O’Nan in  The Boston Review  in 1999, Blake Bailey’s biography,  A Tragic Honesty,  in 2003, and the film adaptation of Yates’s first novel,  Revolutionary Road,  in 2008, but at the time of his death in 1992, he was largely forgotten, and all his books quickly fell out of print.

Even within his lifetime, he was a writer’s writer, meaning he had a small following among literati but otherwise was almost completely unknown. I came across his work by pure chance in my early twenties. I was in Burbank, California, living in my parents’ condo, which was sitting empty at the time, working odd jobs, and waiting for grad school in Boston to begin. I spent a lot of weekends in a vast used bookstore in downtown Burbank, roaming the aisles and picking out battered paperbacks, almost at random, for fifty cents a pop. I happened to buy Yates’s first collection,  Eleven Kinds of Loneliness  (how could I resist that title?), got hooked, and read everything else I could find by him.

Elmore Leonard

According to CrimeReads :

Elmore Leonard was “the Dickens of Detroit,” “the poet laureate of wild assholes with revolvers,” and above all a master craftsman. Ever a writer’s writer, Leonard honed his craft meticulously over a career that spanned sixty years and nearly as many books, from westerns to era-defining crime novels like  Get Shorty  and  Out of Sight  to short story collections that still infuse the pop and mystery culture to this day. Leonard’s “Ten Rules of Writing,” published in the  New York Times  in 2001, has become gospel for many a writer, including such timeless gems as “[t]ry to leave out the part that readers tend to skip” and, most famously, “[i]f it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” Leonard was also renowned for his opening lines. (In his “Rules,” he warns writers to skip prologues and never to start by describing the weather.) Rightly, he’s now remembered as one of the greatest lead writers in the history of crime fiction, able to engage a reader, capture a mood, and establish a world in a few brief words.

According to Gail Godwin in  The New York Times :

Ward Just is both a writer’s writer and an astute tracker of human souls under duplicity and duress. He writes incisively, with striking imagery and with deep knowledge of how people in power behave, from ambassadors coping with the world’s hot spots to Midwestern community leaders suppressing a local crime. Like many distinguished novelists, Just was a journalist first, covering Washington, London and Saigon before the release of his first novel in 1970. American Romantic , his 18th, is one of his finest. It has all the qualities Just’s regular readers look forward to, yet it’s an equally good place to be introduced to his work.

Frederick Busch

According to Mary Rourke in  Los Angeles Times :

He was often referred to as a “writer’s writer,” and his work was compared to that of such literary masters as Raymond Carver and John Cheever. Busch received a number of prestigious awards, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters fiction award in 1986 and the PEN/Malamud prize in 1991. Busch once said his goal was to be “a really honest, minor writer of the 20th century.”

According to Hillary Kelly in Vulture :

Critics, especially those who are also novelists, have always liked her work: “If we’re lucky, [ Person of Interest ] may turn out to be a prototypical 21st-century novel,” Francine Prose wrote in the New York Times . Of her most recent novel, My Education , Meg Wolitzer wrote, “I felt like I was in an obsessive relationship with it. I wanted to read it all the time.” Jennifer Egan, the Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, first came to Choi’s work while reviewing American Woman . The two are now friends and neighbors in Fort Greene. “She’s really an original,” Egan says. “She’s following an internal rudder to territory that’s always fascinating.”

Which is to say, Choi is a writer’s writer: “A lot of people that I have a high opinion of have a high opinion of her,” says another friend, the author Sigrid Nunez. But the public has never quite sunk its teeth into Choi’s work, and she knows this. “By the time American Woman was getting critical accolades,” she says “it was underperforming already.”

According to Roxane Gay in  The Nation :

Paul Yoon’s slender novel  Snow Hunters  is exquisitely written—the kind of book that makes you think, this is the work of a writer’s writer.

Sigrid Nunez

According to Emily Bobrow in 1843 :

Why aren’t more people familiar with the work of Sigrid Nunez? At 66, she seems doomed to be a writer’s writer, beloved by a loyal few for her clear, incisive prose, but regrettably overlooked by almost everyone else. Perhaps The Friend – her seventh novel – will change this. The book is an intimate, beautiful thing, deceptively slight at around 200 pages, but humming with insight. After the unexpected suicide of her best friend, a woman becomes the caretaker of the hulking, melancholic Great Dane he left behind. In another writer’s hands this might seem too slim a premise, but Nunez has made her book into an artfully discursive meditation on friendship, love, death, solitude, canine companionship and the life of an aging writer in New York. Far from being heavy going, this novel, written as a letter to the late friend, is peppered with wry observations, particularly those of a writer stuck teaching undergraduates. (Why, for example, do students always describe characters by their eye and hair color, “as if a story is a piece of ID like a driver’s license”?) Like a magpie, Nunez’s heroine plucks wisdom from writers, philosophers and films to weave a story about the search for meaning in dark times.

Karl Ove Knausgaard

According to Hermione Hoby in  The Guardian :

[Zadie] Smith also wrote: “Everywhere I’ve gone this past year the talk, amongst bookish people, has been of this Norwegian.” And Knausgaard does indeed seem to have reached a “writer’s writer” status, like that of Marcel Proust, to whom he is most often compared. (Knausgaard has said: “I not only read À la recherche du temps perdu , but virtually imbibed it.”)

Janet Malcolm

According to Sarah Nicole Prickett in Bookforum :

One afternoon I was in the office of a psychoanalyst I know, scanning the alphabetical shelves for a book by Melanie Klein on envy and gratitude, when I glimpsed old copies of Janet Malcolm’s  Psychoanalysis (1981) and  In the Freud Archives (1984) and saw a chance to get some perspective. Malcolm is a magazine writer’s writer: No journalist of her stature is so frequently discussed among people I know who write “pieces” while being undiscussed by people I know who don’t.

W. G. Sebald

According to Arthur Lubow in  The New York Times :

When The Emigrants , his first book to be translated into English, came out in 1996, it won the critical esteem he already enjoyed in German and established him in the English-speaking world as a writer’s writer. Susan Sontag called it “an astonishing masterpiece” that “seems perfect while being unlike any book one has ever read.” In his next book, The Rings of Saturn , he composed a phantasmagoric travelogue across southeastern England. The biographer Richard Holmes, who lives in Norwich and is the author of Footsteps , itself a hybrid of biography and travel writing, calls The Rings of Saturn “a brilliant book and very, very original, with this almost deadpan humor and these wonderful shifts—it’s rather magic.”

David Huddle

According to Rebecca Makkai in an interview with  BOMB :

He is indeed a Southern Gentleman, one of the best. And a writer’s writer. When I find another writer who loves David Huddle, we tend to embrace on the spot.

Alice Munro

According to Joyce Carol Oates in  The New Yorker :

A wonderful writer, whom I first began reading in the nineteen-sixties, when I lived in Ontario, Canada. Alice Munro has always been, among her other attributes, “a writer’s writer”—it is just a pleasure to read her work. And how encouraging to those of us who love short stories that this master of the realistic, “Chekhovian” short story is so honored. In a world so frantically politicized and partisan, the achievement of Alice Munro is truly exceptional.

Mavis Gallant

According to Chris Power in The Guardian :

No living author seems to me less deserving of the term “writer’s writer” and its implication of remote obscurity than Mavis Gallant. In Michael Ondaatje’s words, “among writers she is a shared and loved and daunting secret”, and it seems a telling detail that while she remains too little known, those who read her tend to move, as I did, from ignorance to devotion with uncommon haste.

Breece D’J Pancake

According to Jon Michaud in The New Yorker :

It’s not hard to see why Pancake has become a sort of secular saint for some writers. Writing is an act of faith. Writers face endless rejection, constant self-doubt. For many writers, practicing their art requires a vow of poverty or, at the very least, a vow of doing without. Pancake suffered through all of this and more, and yet he was delivered to the afterlife of publication and acclaim.

Nevertheless, Pancake deserves to be more than a writer’s writer. In his stories, objects are constantly being unearthed: fossils and coal from the earth, skeletons and arrowheads from Indian burial grounds. The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake is a sharp, flinty object, an arrowhead left behind by a talented and tragic young author. It would be easy to allow his one collection of stories to be buried under the landslide of books published every year. But it’s worth doing a little excavating to dig it up. The past few years have seen late-in-the-day and posthumous revivals of interest in writers such as Renata Adler, Elena Ferrante, and John Williams. Get out your pickaxes. It’s high time for a Pancake revival.

Patricia Hampl

According to Jennifer Brice in  Ploughshares :

Although her work is widely read, Patricia Hampl is also a writer’s writer—lyric, cerebral, a boon companion at any stage of the writer’s journey. The arc of her career parallels the rise of personal writing in America in the past half-century. It may be that the genre most closely associated with memory—“that captivating mystery,” she calls it—chose her, not the other way around. Indeed, she uses the language of surrender to describe her writing process. “I conscripted myself to be the protagonist of these books,” she told National Public Radio’s Diane Rehm in 2007. “As memoir began gaining ground, I realized I was riding this strange tiger.”

According to Amy Hempel in an interview with Antenna :

That talk that Gary Lutz gave a couple of years ago is every bit as important as Diane said. Gary has been an extraordinary “writer’s writer” for years, and as more people read and listen to him, his influence grows. Gary Lutz sounds like nobody else. He is one of the most precise and daring writers I can think of. There are no half-measures in his stance regarding fiction. You can set a course by some of the things he said in that talk, which I think was also  published in the  Believer . He is always worth reading, and re-reading!

Robert Walser

According to Joe Winkler in Vol. 1 Brooklyn :

There’s something of the writer’s writer status in Robert Walser. Read by few since his death, but adored by the right people (Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, W.G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, J.M. Coetzee and, more recently, Ben Lerner, Rivka Galchen and Benjamin Kunkel) there’s something of an in-the-know feel about reading Walser. As his writings become almost completely translated, more and more writers discover this often meek, playful, and secretive artist and feel in the presence of found genius.This status of a writer’s writer speak not only to the act of discovery, the gift of stumbling upon this unknown brilliant person, but also to the nature of the enjoyment. Walser, like other writer’s writers can do so much in one sentence as to floor anybody who values words, sentences, and the basic building blocks of literature.

Daniel Woodrell

According to Benjamin Percy in  Esquire :

Woodrell has long been considered a world class prose stylist and storyteller: a writer’s writer. Yet despite his acclaimed novels—among them, the darkly brilliant  The Death of Sweet Mister  (about a deeply troubled mother and son living in a graveyard) and the PEN West–winning  Tomato Red  (about an out-of-control criminal who tries to make right but always ends up wrong)—he has somehow remained one of American literature’s best-kept secrets. It was not until  Winter’s Bone , published in 2006, was adapted into the 2010 Oscar-nominated film about the poor, desperate, and unforgettable Ree Dolly on a mission to save her family and find her meth-cooking father that Woodrell received widespread attention.

Donald E. Westlake

According to Scott Bradfield in the Los Angeles Review of Books :

When the final volley of bullets arrives in  The Comedy is Finished , one of the kidnappers tells Koo: “It sounds like the critics found you.” And while it is likely that critics might not have found or appreciated a novel this good even had it been published back in the time it was written, Westlake clearly didn’t care too much about being taken “seriously,” continuing to produce serious-even-when-funny great books in a remarkable career that never ended until he died. Over several decades of calm, passionate literary production, he never wrote a bad sentence or a bad scene, and he produced so many good books that he needed a filing cabinet of pseudonyms just to keep up. Which, come to think of it, may qualify him as that rarest beast of all: the writer’s writer’s writer. There was always too much of him to go around—which means the rest of us have plenty of time to catch up.

According to Alexander Helmintoller in Zyzzyva :

Lerner, who is first and foremost a poet, is a writer’s writer. His first novel,  Leaving the Atocha Station , came out to great acclaim in 2011. He is constantly experimenting with form and the limits of plausibility—and breaks these literary conventions by fictionalizing nonfiction—frequently employing apostrophe to blend fiction and nonfiction and to reveal the mechanisms at the writer’s disposal. It is as if we have been invited into a space much more intimate than the writer’s studio: In  10:04 , we observe his relationships, his travel to shameful fertility appointments in which he must provide a “sample” for testing in order that his best friend Alex be able to move forward with intrauterine insemination. We are with the writer as he washes his hands again and again after worrying that his pants (which have touched the D-line train seats) and the remote used to navigate the clinic’s digital library of “visual stimuli” will contaminate his sample. We pass through his life in New York, his residency in Texas, back in time to meet his mentors, and even leap forward into multiple projected futures. So while the novel is largely defined by its lack of unity of plot, the scenes, however far removed they are from each other, stand alone, and are striking in their humor and wit.

According to Charles McGrath in the New York Times :

Thanks in large part to Charles Bukowski, who rediscovered Fante in the late ’70s and helped get him back in print, Bandini’s transparent neediness as a writer has endeared him to generations of younger authors, who turned Ask the Dust into a cult book—a writer’s writer’s novel—though it sold no more than a couple of thousand copies when it first came out.

Elizabeth Hardwick

According to Michelle Dean in  The New Republic :

it must have been very hard to actually be Elizabeth Hardwick. Her marriage to Robert Lowell in 1949 brought her both transcendent passion and abject disaster. She spent many years playing his nursemaid, as he was repeatedly committed to mental institutions, and bearing his infidelities as a function of his madness. Perhaps worse, she was in her professional life that double-edged thing, a writer’s writer. She lived in a welter of literary gossip, surrounded by people who managed, by most measures the world cared about, to do more than she did: to write more books, win more awards, attract more readers. Mary McCarthy, Joan Didion, and Susan Sontag all counted as her friends, though she did not become as famous as they did. She managed, somehow, to present her secondary status as evidence of more seriousness. There is always something slightly vulgar, to intellectuals, about worldly success, and Hardwick benefited from the idea that the best fiction, the best criticism truly thrive at a slight remove from the masses.

Steven Millhauser

According to Jonathon Sturgeon in Flavorwire :

The quintessential American writer’s writer, or critic’s writer, or whatever, Steven Millhauser has long excelled at the three major forms of fiction. In 1997 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Martin Dressler, a chimerical 19th century study that discovers Modernist ennui under the turtle shell of the American dream. He has been praised, too, for his novellas, by Jim Shepard and others, who rightly imply that he has more or less mastered the American incarnation of the form—even if, as Millhauser wryly explains it, the novella isn’t a form but a length.

Denis Johnson

According to Christian Lorentzen (sort of) in Vulture :

A tempting answer to the question of what happened to Fuckhead is that he became his author, who died on May 24, 2017, at age 67, of liver cancer. Sometimes the biographical fallacy isn’t a fallacy, and we know that Johnson spent a lot of his 20s in a haze of alcohol, heroin, and whatever else came his way. He quit drinking in 1978, at age 29, and his first novel,  Angels , appeared in 1983. By the time of his death, he was the author of 19 books of fiction, plays, poetry, and reportage—one of which, the Vietnam War novel Tree of Smoke , won the National Book Award in 2007. He’s called a writer’s writer, but his audience is in fact legion. There are people walking around who know his books by heart. You probably know somebody like that.

And since, as we’ve established, the definition of “writer’s writer” is subjective at best, here are still more suggestions from Lucas’s Twitter thread and the writers and readers of the Literary Hub office:

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Who knew there were so many career paths for a writer to take? Here are 37 jobs for professional writers, either as employees or as freelancers.

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What image comes to mind when you hear the word “writer”?

Some people immediately think of a novelist , perhaps locked away in solitude working on their masterpiece, like Hemingway or like “Alex Rover” in Nim’s Island.

Some people think right away of bloggers coming up with some new angle in their chosen niche each day.

Others might picture an intrepid journalist , writing news or sports or entertainment stories for the masses.

Still others might picture a biographer , carefully researching and then revealing the shocking truths behind famous public figures.

The fact is that there is no such career as “writer”. There are dozens of professional writing careers and countless freelance writing jobs. There are so many opportunities for someone who loves to play with words and sculpt ideas.

Writers work in every field and in every language.

Writers work as freelancers and as employees.

There are writing careers for every personality and every interest.

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Keep in mind that most writing careers can be played out as employees for large corporations, governments and other organizations. Or they can be taken on as freelancers from your home office in Tahiti, if you prefer.  Most can be done under your own name or as a ghostwriter .

Here are just a few interesting careers for writers.

Speechwriter, scriptwriter, video game writer, comic book writer, lyricist or songwriter, greeting card writer, technical writer, proofreader, article writer, executive assistant, virtual assistant, social media manager.

• media relations specialist

Essay writer

• Grant writer

Resume writer

Business plan writer, travel writer, writing coach, literary agent.

• Acquisitions editor

Copy editor

How-to book writer, ghostwriter.

Let’s start with the most obvious and the most glamorous writing career. Novelists get the most fame and the most glory. Well, some do. Actually, very few do. There are your Hemingways and your Rowlings and your Tolkiens, of course.

And then there are the likes of the Beatles’ Paperback Writer .

As famous as some of these writers have become, they are the few who have risen to fame. Most novelists struggle in the shadows, writing their stories with a nod from the occasional fan (Hi Mom!). More often than not, they require a day job to keep the landlord from entering with a backhoe.

But many novelists who will never be “famous” still make money, many as extra income and some even make enough to turn it into a full time profession.

You don’t write novels for the money. You do it to appease the characters in your head, so they’ll stop banging on your skull demanding to be set free.  You do it for your own sanity. If you make enough money to call it a career, that is just a bonus. If not, at least you save the cost of therapy.

Probably the second-best known writing career, at least for people reading this blog, is that of professional blogger . There are thousands of bloggers in the world, many of them making money. A few of them are also good marketers and have learned how to monetize their blogs; they actually make enough money to quit their day jobs. But most bloggers don’t earn enough to make a career out of blogging, so if you plan to be a blogger, you had better make it enjoyable. In fact, ghostwriting blogs for small and medium-sized companies might just be the most profitable way to blog for a living.

Journalism is a special skill, or set of skills. It involves research and writing, judgment and detachment. You are writing with a purpose and making sure to appear neutral (In theory, you should actually be neutral, unless you are writing an opinion piece, but in theory the moon is made of cheese , right?). 

Journalists take themselves very seriously, and you will not be allowed to free the characters in your head. So best budget for therapy.

A columnist is not quite the same as a journalist. Typically a columnist has a field of expertise and offers a viewpoint.

Like a journalist, a columnist has to do solid research and write based on facts.

Unlike a journalist, a columnist is not expected to be balanced and neutral in your reporting. You are supposed to be opinionated to some degree, and are permitted to occasionally stick out your tongue. Just keep in mind that it is still professional writing

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A speechwriter has to be able to pick up on the speaker’s voice and style, and at the same time visualize the audience and their reactions. You have to understand cadence and how the words roll off the tongue. A speechwriter is almost always a ghostwriter, otherwise you would be called a “speaker”.

Most politicians, diplomats and business leaders have dedicated specialists on their team to write their speeches. Oftentimes people receiving awards or presenting awards hire a freelance speechwriter.

Wedding speeches are sometimes written by professionals. I have written best man speeches, father of the bride speeches, father of the groom speeches and maid of honor speeches .

It very much helps if you have been a speaker yourself. I spent several years in Toastmasters learning all about what goes into delivering the speech, and that makes me much better a speechwriter.

Also known as a screenplay writer , you get to write scripts for movies, cartoons and TV shows. Like a speechwriter, you need to be keenly aware of how the words will sound when spoken. Tougher still than a speechwriter, you have to be able to write in the narration, the action and the sound effects. Like a novelist, you need to know how to spin a story. This is a pretty tough set of skills to learn, and it certainly helps if you’ve had prior experience working on movie sets.

Not many plays are written these days, so there are not many careers available in this field. However, it easier than being a scriptwriter, as there is much less of the action and the sound effects to script. Plays depend more heavily on dialogue. This is definitely a freelance career, but don’t quit your day job.

Did you notice that there are portions of some video games that include narration or dialogue? Well, they don’t just write themselves. This is another form of script writing that might interest you.

Comic books and graphic novels combine visuals with text in much the same way that films and stage plays do. In this case, you need to be able to coordinate with an illustrator and synchronize your work so that sparse images and sparse words combine to deliver the story. This really is an art form, and not as easy as it looks. While it can be done remotely, being able to work together in the same room can be an advantage.

Oops, how did that one get there? That’s not really a career. (EDIT: some people do manage to make a career out of poetry – way to go!)

Songs, songs and more songs. Everybody is singing these days, so there is actually a demand for poets, after all. A lyricist is a poet who writes for the melodies of popular songs. It sure helps if you can also write the music, but many songs are co-written between a lyricist and a composer. This is typically a freelance career. I love writing lyrics, because the characters in my head are usually singing rather than screaming. Yes, that calls for a special type of therapy.

This might seem like the easiest field for a new writer to break into, and perhaps it is. But after getting your third rejection letter, you will realize that it has to be taken seriously. There is a lot of competition for the hearts of consumers in this field, and just because you write something you think is clever doesn’t mean a greeting card company will buy it.

There is a huge demand for technical writers who can explain complex directions and explanations for users, in words that users can actually understand. Consider that every computer, every gadget, every measuring device, every software program or application, every industrial machine and every appliance needs a manual.

If you have ever tried assembling something as simple as furniture or a child’s toy and realized how confusing the instructions are, that’s a clear indication of how desperately the world needs more and better technical writers. This can be done as an employee or as a freelancer.

A copywriter is someone who writes sales material such as advertising, direct marketing letters and emails, pamphlets, packaging (All those words on cereal boxes and dog food bags don’t just write themselves!), newsletters, catalogue descriptions and website copy. It’s not glamorous, but if you do it well, it sure pays the bills. It helps to learn about a few niches, so that you can write with authority on those topics. There are copywriting jobs, and this can also be done freelance.

Speaking of not glamorous, the proofreader works deep in the shadows, although he plays a very important role. As long as there is writing, there is a need for proofreading. If you have a strong attention to detail, this can be a steady paying job, freelance or as an employee. If you don’t have strong attention to detail, you’ll just be a “poofreader”. And who wants more of those ?

When you read The Readers Digest , where do the articles come from? From freelance article writers, for the most part. The same is true for most magazines. They might have some staff writers, but they get a much better variety of articles and can better control the flow of work and personnel by relying on freelancers. There is a huge market for article writers who can write creatively and informatively, at the same time thinking in terms of target audience.

You might think this is just a fancy name for “secretary”, but an executive assistant is often called upon to draft letters and proofread them, as well. A particularly skilled executive assistant might even be asked to help with writing articles and speeches for an executive. This is very much a jack-of-all-trades position, and if you have attention to detail, can keep organized and don’t mind being at someone else’s service, it could be the career for you.

A virtual assistant is typically a remote freelancer who helps small companies and consultants with some of the more routine tasks. There is no job description for this position, so if you can write well, you might find yourself writing letters, copy, blog posts, press releases or even proofreading and editing material. There is a lot of offshore competition that drives the pay for this career down. English language skills are critical for anyone who wants their virtual assistant to help with writing or proofreading, so if you have those skills, you can command a decent fee.

If you have any innovative career experiences, I invite you to share them in the comments below.

In this role, you will be writing for social media, including responding on the fly to social media interactions, as well as scheduling social media broadcasts. You will also be focused on building an audience, so what you write is critical not just for engagement with readers, but also for attracting new readers.

If you are really fluent in two or more languages, you can make really good money doing translation. Typically, you would translate from your second or third language to your native tongue. If you were raised bilingually, you might be able to translate in both directions. Many translation jobs require official training, testing and a certificate. There are also many freelance opportunities that do not require any such certification.

Media relations specialist

This position combines three key functions. One is strategic, developing strategies to get more or better media coverage. The second is preparing materials for the media, such as press releases with backgrounders and op-ed articles. The third is acting as a spokesperson for the company. Many careers in this field do not require the spokesperson role, but all require a heavy writing role, often with a lot of research involved. Large organizations typically have their own employees to do this; smaller companies usually rely on freelancers.

If you are desperate for work, you could always help someone cheat themselves out of an education. There is a thriving market for essay writers from students who don’t want to or are not capable enough to write their own essays. Just remember when the doctor removes your heart by accident instead of your liver that you helped him “earn” his degree. This is the perfect career for anyone whose head is teaming with evil characters demanding their freedom and threatening to set off TNT in your brain.

Grant Writer

There is a thriving market for people to write grant proposals. Non-profits, charities and NGOs often seek grants from government and from foundations. Grant proposal writing is a specialized niche. You get to know what the people who review the proposals are looking for so as to maximize the client’s chance of scoring with one single reader (it might be several people reviewing it, but it is one agency that will decide if that proposal fails or succeeds). For that reason it is a hard field to break into, but it is a field you can enter remotely as a freelancer.

As with grant writing, resume writing is a very specialized field, for a similar reason. After a while, you get to see what works in a resume and what doesn’t, what works in a cover letter and what doesn’t. As with grant writing, the whole goal is to maximize the client’s chance of scoring with a single reader. With people changing jobs more than twice a decade , there are plenty of resumes and cover letters to be written. There are both freelance opportunities and employment opportunities in this field.

Business plan writing is in some ways similar to resume writing and grant writing. You are writing with a very small audience in mind, hoping to score an investment with a single reader. It might be presented several times, but a lot of work goes into writing the plan, which will never go to a mass audience. This is typically a freelance career.

This is a nice little set of niches for a few people who are very passionate about the topics. Restaurant and food reviews, art exhibit reviews, entertainment reviews (theatre, concert, etc.) can be well-paying and a lot of fun, and there are newspapers and magazines that pay well for these. Breaking into this field is not easy. It can often be done freelance, but some publications have dedicated employees writing reviews.

Similar to a reviewer, a travel writer writes about places she has been and what one could expect to encounter there. Typically, the two skills a travel writer needs are the ability to fill readers with a sense of wonder and not getting sick on airplanes. Oh, and it helps to have really good photography skills.

There are plenty of careers teaching English, journalism, communications and creative writing. Don’t overlook these opportunities if you have the type of personality that works for teaching.

Everybody has a book inside them, but some people need help bringing it out. They turn to writing coaches, especially if they are serious about becoming a professional writer. If you want to teach, but prefer freelance and one-on-one, this is a great alternative to a professor position at a college or university.

Not every writer writes for a living. Professors and writing coaches are not the only ways to put your writing expertise to use in a non-writing capacity. Literary agents evaluate manuscripts and then represent the authors in pitching them to publishers. This career is one part making tough choices about which manuscripts to accept and which to reject, and one part pitching those they choose to represent. Typically, literary agents are freelancers and have some experience with publishing.

Acquisitions Editor

While the literary agent represents the author, the acquisitions editor works for the publisher. Her job is to find the ideal manuscript. In other words, her job is about making even tougher choices than the literary agent has to make.

The editor of a publication runs the publication. Her biggest job is to supervise the writers and graphic artists, make choices about the content and layout and often to manage the business end, as well. Magazines and newspapers have editors, and so do many book publishers. There might be several editors with various functions, such as a managing editor who manages a large editorial staff and an assignment editor who determines which reporters will cover which stories each day.

The copy editor’s job is to review manuscripts and articles, edit them for grammar and appropriateness, make sure they fit a publication’s style, sometimes check facts and do whatever else is needed to make an article publication-ready. In some anthology books, the editor is also responsible for supervising the various writers and providing context for the various entries. The role of editor is becoming even more important as artificial intelligence (AI) starts writing more and more of what humans read.

We started this off with novelists, but fiction is only half the world of books. There is a huge demand for how-to and self-help topics, and some people who lack the story structuring skills to write fiction find these sorts of books and eBooks to be just as fulfilling (and often more profitable) to write.

There are professional writers who specialize just in writing biographies. A few of them get very rich, writing biographies of famous people, and even richer ghostwriting autobiographies of famous people. This is not an entry level position. On the other hand, some people specialize in writing heritage books, family biographies that are never meant for mass distribution. Those usually are entry positions, but it’s still professional writing.

This is a deceptive career title, since a ghostwriter is somebody who writes the words for another person’s credit. If you write fiction for an author or for a publisher as a ghostwriter, you are at the same time a novelist – an anonymous novelist. If you write speeches for politicians or businessmen, or for best men and fathers of the bride, you are an anonymous speechwriter.

What is the most important characteristic of a good ghostwriter? Discretion is important. But there is one even more important characteristic you need to be a ghostwriter .

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If you love to write, writers’ work isn’t even work at all. Your career options are almost boundless. There are just so many ways to go, and Your only limit is your imagination.  And for a writer, that’s not much of a limit!

If you have innovative writing career experiences of your own, I invite you to share them in the comments below.

David Leonhardt is President of The Happy Guy Marketing, a published author, a "Distinguished Toastmaster", a former consumer advocate, a social media addict and experienced with media relations and government reports.

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So, as a blogger/columnist/editor, I applaud your great explanation of the choices available to those who consider themselves wordsmiths.

Hi David thanks alot for the explaination of the various writing careers. This has helped me alot in ascertaining the path to take.

Thanks for the list. I think I will try some of the options on the list. Some may not be as lucrative as others, but it will keep the passion for writing burning.

Hi David, A mega list of writers can be! Its a useful guide for those who might be wondering what they can become as writers. One of the most interesting career part I never thought of but listed here is Media Relations Specialist. I may have to checkout in detail what this professional writer does.

Nevertheless, the skills displayed in most of these careers for writers are interwoven. Hence, one may need to properly develop them effectively! I left this comment in kingged.com as well

I love your idea! I now think that the scope of the writer is extremely broad, changing my original thinking.

Great list for writers!

I like this list very much. This doesn’t focus on content marketing but it shares ideas on how to make money even without the heavy things to consider in.

Being a poet, lyricist and greeting card writer are some of the suggestions you shared that I like the most. There are certain sites that will pay you to create poems and alike. I am passionate with poem making and song writing, I must say.

All in all, great and awesome list!

What a great list to peruse. I had completely forgotten about proofreaders which I had actually done before I was married!

This article serves as a gentle reminder that we have MANY choices and thus, there’s no reason to panic. I am currently looking more into social media management and virtual assistance just to add some variety.

Otherwise, typical blogging will always be my home….along with the occasional ghostwriting :p

Take care, David Elvis

Would songwriting count?

This list has helped me fully understand the professions of the writer! Before I read the article, I thought that the writer was just a novelist or a storyteller and some other publisher. But now, my thinking about this profession has completely changed. Through this form, I am most interested in two professions, one is the travel writer and one is the translator.

I think to be a travel writer is my ideal job. First of all, because I love traveling, I love photography, and I love documenting my life, I meet the skills needed for this job. Secondly, my trip can even be paid for by a company or magazine! This is simply wonderful! Not only can I gain a lot of happiness and broaden my horizons, but I can also earn a good salary! The career prospects of travel writers are also good. As people’s living standards improve, people increasingly want to travel. Before people travel, they go online to make some plans. Therefore, articles written by travel writers will provide great value to these travelers. You can find a lot of excellent travel writers and travel bloggers on Weibo, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

At the same time, I think a translator is also a good profession as a writer. My first language is Chinese and my second language is English. At the same time, I am learning Japanese, bringing me a lot of benefits. By being a translator, you can exercise your language skills, and at the same time, you can bring new vitality to literary masterpieces in other languages ​​by using translation skills proficiently and flexibly. In the future, in this era of globalization, an outstanding translator will certainly be more popular. When I was a kid, the first time I read the Chinese version of the Great Gatsby, I found this story boring, but as I grew older, I started to contact the original English works and found that it was another scene. Therefore, a good translator is necessary for the spread of literature! Although it takes a lot of training and foundation to become a translator, I think it’s worth it.

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Fiction writer and National Book Award finalist Aaliyah Bilal is among 10 winners of the Whiting Award for emerging authors

NEW YORK -- Fiction writer Aaliyah Bilal, a National Book Award finalist last fall for her story collection “Temple Folk,” is among 10 winners of the Whiting Award for emerging authors. Bilal and the other recipients, who include fellow fiction writers Yoon Choi, Gothataone Moeng and Ada Zhang, will each be given $50,000.

On Wednesday, the Whiting Foundation announced that Whiting prizes also were awarded to dramatists Shayok Misha Chowdhury and Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig; as well as poets Taylor Johnson, Charif Shanahan and Elisa Gonzalez; and to poet and nonfiction writer Javier Zamora.

“The rigor and fluid beauty of their writing makes us excited for the work to come,” Courtney Hodell, Whiting’s director of Literary Programs, said in a statement about this year’s honorees.

The awards were established in 1985, with previous winners including Tony Kushner, Mary Karr and Jeffrey Eugenides. The Whitings are designed to “identify exceptional new writers who have yet to make their mark in the literary culture.”

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Idaho teen arrested and accused of planning to kill churchgoers in the name of ISIS

An Idaho teenager was arrested and accused of planning to kill churchgoers during services across his hometown in the name of the Islamic State group , authorities have said.

Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, from Coeur d’Alene, was arrested early Saturday as part of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, a day before prosecutors say he planned to carry out his attack.

He is accused of "attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS," according to a federal criminal complaint filed in Idaho on Monday.

The FBI said he was actively planning to attack churches Sunday in Coeur d'Alene, a town 30 miles east of Spokane, Washington, using "weapons, including knives, firearms, and fire," a statement said. The attack was timed to coincide with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, investigators said.

According to a direct message sent to an FBI "confidential human source," quoted in a lengthy affidavit attached to the criminal complaint, Mercurio set out his plan in detail.

"Stop close by the church, equip the weapon(s) and storm the temple, kill as many people as possible before they inevitably disperse/scatter, then burn the temple to the ground and flee the scene," Mercurio allegedly wrote. He said he would then repeat this for all 21 churches in the town, according to prosecutors.

Mercurio will face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted. A court date has not been set. NBC News could not immediately identify an attorney for Mercurio.

As part of their investigation, prosecutors said, FBI sources met with Mercurio in person and heard him express support for ISIS and outline his plan to incapacitate his father with a metal pipe and restrain him, then take his firearms and attack a local church.

"His plan grew more precise as he eventually identified the church and date on which he planned to attack," the affidavit said, adding that he had pledged his allegiance to ISIS and said he was prepared to die while killing others on its behalf.

Law enforcement officers found an ISIS flag, butane canisters, lighters, handcuffs, a knife, a pipe and a machete at his house during his arrest, as well as several firearms belonging to his father, which he allegedly planned to take.

Mercurio also spread ISIS propaganda online and discussed ways to support the group financially as well as traveling to west Africa to help its operations there, the affidavit said.

The FBI said it became aware of Mercurio during an investigation into a fundraising network that uses cryptocurrency and other platforms to support ISIS in Syria and its Afghan affiliate ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, known as ISIS-K.

That investigation found that Mercurio and at least three other suspects who were not identified in the documents were financially supporting someone only referred to as "Individual 2" in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave that has faced widespread destruction from six months of the Israel-Hamas war .

According to the FBI's testimony, Mercurio was in an encrypted group chat group with fellow ISIS supporters. Investigators also found on his school-issued laptop documents relating to ISIS ideology but also far-right terrorists such as mass murderer Anders Breivik .

Mercurio told a second "confidential human source" sent by the FBI that his parents were not fond of his "deen," meaning "the path" and a reference to his Islamic faith and customs, prosecutors said.

In a direct message conversation with this source, Mercurio allegedly said: "I am a hypocrite who has not even spat in the face of a kafir [non-believer] or donated a single penny in the cause of Allah, let alone spilled their blood and induced terror into their hearts and minds."

"Thanks to the investigative efforts of the FBI, the defendant was taken into custody before he could act, and he is now charged with attempting to support ISIS’s mission of terror and violence," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Mercurio had formed a "truly horrific plan."

"This case should be an eye-opener to the dangers of self-radicalization, which is a real threat to our communities," Special Agent in Charge Shohini Sinha of the Salt Lake City FBI said in the statement.

In December another 18-year-old, Humzah Mashkoor from near Denver, was charged with providing support to ISIS after allegedly planning to travel to the Middle East to become a fighter for the terrorist group.

A joint intelligence bulletin issued last Friday by the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center warned of possible threats to public gatherings in the U.S. from lone wolf extremists inspired by last month’s ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Concert Hall and by later official ISIS statements calling for similar attacks in the U.S.

The unclassified bulletin, circulated to law enforcement, said intelligence agencies have identified “several possible signposts … indicating potential violence.” 

The indicators included explicit discussion in online spaces of tactics associated with ISIS’s attack; a proliferation of violent extremist content associated with ISIS’s attack, particularly in English; and interest in attack guidance in online forums.

Wray of the FBI told Congress in March that the terrorism threat in the U.S. since the Israel Hamas war began on Oct. 7 has reached “a whole other level.”

Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.

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Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich

Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder.

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By Patricia Cohen

Reporting from London

For more than half a century, the handbook for how developing countries can grow rich hasn’t changed much: Move subsistence farmers into manufacturing jobs, and then sell what they produce to the rest of the world.

The recipe — customized in varying ways by Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and China — has produced the most potent engine the world has ever known for generating economic growth. It has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, create jobs and raise standards of living.

The Asian Tigers and China succeeded by combining vast pools of cheap labor with access to international know-how and financing, and buyers that reached from Kalamazoo to Kuala Lumpur. Governments provided the scaffolding: They built up roads and schools, offered business-friendly rules and incentives, developed capable administrative institutions and nurtured incipient industries.

But technology is advancing, supply chains are shifting, and political tensions are reshaping trade patterns. And with that, doubts are growing about whether industrialization can still deliver the miracle growth it once did. For developing countries, which contain 85 percent of the globe’s population — 6.8 billion people — the implications are profound.

Today, manufacturing accounts for a smaller share of the world’s output, and China already does more than a third of it . At the same time, more emerging countries are selling inexpensive goods abroad, increasing competition. There are not as many gains to be squeezed out: Not everyone can be a net exporter or offer the world’s lowest wages and overhead.

There are doubts that industrialization can create the game-changing benefits it did in the past. Factories today tend to rely more on automated technology and less on cheapworkers who have little training.

“You cannot generate enough jobs for the vast majority of workers who are not very educated,” said Dani Rodrik, a leading development economist at Harvard.

The process can be seen in Bangladesh, which the World Bank’s managing director called “one of the world’s greatest development stories” last year. The country built its success on turning farmers into textile workers.

Last year, though, Rubana Huq, chair of Mohammadi Group, a family-owned conglomerate, replaced 3,000 employees with automated jacquard machines to do complex weaving patterns.

The women found similar jobs elsewhere in the company. “But what follows when this happens on a large scale?” asked Ms. Huq, who is also president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.

These workers don’t have training, she said. “They’re not going to turn into coders overnight.”

Recent global developments have accelerated the transition.

Supply chain meltdowns related to the Covid-19 pandemic and to sanctions prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove up the price of essentials like food and fuel, biting into incomes. High interest rates, imposed by central banks to quell inflation, set off another series of crises: Developing nations’ debts ballooned , and investment capital dried up.

Last week, the International Monetary Fund warned of the noxious combination of lower growth and higher debt.

The supercharged globalization that had encouraged companies to buy and sell in every spot around the planet has also been shifting. Rising political tensions, especially between China and the United States, are affecting where businesses and governments invest and trade.

Companies want supply chains to be secure as well as cheap, and they are looking at neighbors or political allies to provide them.

In this new era, Mr. Rodrik said, “the industrialization model — which practically every country that has become rich has relied on — is no longer capable of generating rapid and sustained economic growth.”

Nor is it clear what might replace it.

There’s a future in service jobs.

One alternative might be found in Bengaluru, a high-tech center in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Multinationals like Goldman Sachs, Victoria’s Secret and the Economist magazine have flocked to the city and set up hundreds of operational hubs — known as global capability centers — to handle accounting, design products, develop cybersecurity systems and artificial intelligence, and more.

Such centers are expected to generate 500,000 jobs nationwide in the next two to three years, according to the consulting firm Deloitte .

They are joining hundreds of biotech, engineering and information technology companies including homegrown giants like Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Infosys Limited. Four months ago, the American chip company AMD unveiled its largest global design center there.

“We have to move away from the idea of classic development stages, that you go from the farm to the factory and then from the factory to offices,” said Richard Baldwin , an economist at the IMD in Lausanne. “That whole development model is wrong.”

Two-thirds of the world’s output now comes from the service sector — a mishmash that includes dog walkers, manicurists, food preparers, cleaners and drivers, as well as highly trained chip designers, graphic artists, nurses, engineers and accountants.

It is possible to leapfrog to the service sector and grow by selling to businesses around the world, Mr. Baldwin argued. That is what helped India become the world’s fifth-largest economy .

In Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, a general rise in middle-class living attracted more people and more businesses that, in turn, attracted more people and businesses, continuing the cycle, Mr. Baldwin explained.

Covid sped this transition, by forcing people to work remotely — from a different part of town, a different city or a different country.

In the new model, countries can focus growth around cities rather than a particular industry. “That creates economic activities which are fairly diverse,” Mr. Baldwin said.

“Think Bangalore, not South China,” he said.

Free markets are not enough.

Many developing nations remain focused on building export-oriented industries as the path to prosperity. And that’s how it should be, said Justin Yifu Lin , dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University.

Pessimism about the classic development formula, he said, has been fueled by a misguided belief that the growth process was automatic: Just clear the way for the free market and the rest will take care of itself.

Countries were often pressured by the United States and the international institutions to embrace open markets and hands-off governance.

Export-led growth in Africa and Latin America stumbled because governments failed to protect and subsidize infant industries, said Mr. Lin, a former chief economist at the World Bank.

“Industrial policy was taboo for a long time,” he said, and many of those who tried failed. But there were also success stories like China and South Korea.

“You need the state to help the private sector overcome market failures,” he said. “You cannot do it without industrial policy.”

It won’t work without education.

The overriding question is whether anything — services or manufacturing — can generate the type of growth that is desperately needed: broad based, large scale and sustainable.

Service jobs for businesses are multiplying, but many offering middle and high incomes are in areas like finance and tech, which tend to require advanced skills and education levels far above what most people in developing nations have.

In India, nearly half of college graduates don’t have the skills they need for these jobs, according to Wheebox , an educational testing service.

The mismatch is everywhere. The Future of Jobs report , published last year by the World Economic Forum, found that six in 10 workers will need retraining in the next three years, but the overwhelming majority won’t have access to it.

Other kinds of service jobs are proliferating, too, but many are neither well paid nor exportable. A barber in Bengaluru can’t cut your hair if you’re in Brooklyn.

That could mean smaller — and more uneven — growth.

Researchers at Yale University found that in India and several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural workers jumped into consumer service jobs and raised their productivity and incomes.

But there was a catch: The gains were “strikingly unequal” and disproportionately benefited the rich .

With a weakening global economy , developing countries will need to wring every bit of growth they can from every corner of their economies. Industrial policy is essential, Mr. Rodrik of Harvard said, but it should focus on smaller service firms and households because that is going to be the source of most future growth.

He and others caution that even so, gains are likely to be modest and hard won.

“The envelope has shrunk,” he said. “How much growth we can get is definitely less than in the past.”

An earlier version of this article misidentified the location of IMD. It is in Lausanne, not Geneva.

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Patricia Cohen writes about global economics and is based in London. More about Patricia Cohen