Career Types

Having a love for writing or certain types of writing won't always pay the rent. While many writers may feel that they can't have a career in writing or involving writing, many do not realize that there several options to choice from from the literary, publishing, and new media arts/industries as well as opportunities in both the for-profit and non-profit world in other fields. The Write Movement's goal is to find all the job titles/careers paths possible in the field of writing. This is an on-going list, so please check often for updates. 

Acquisitions Editor
Advertising Copywriter
Agent’s Assistant
Article Writer
Arts Reviewer
Assistant Editor
Associate Editor
Author
Blogger
Book coach
Columnist
Comic Book Writer
Commissioning editor
Copy Clerk
Copy Editor
Copywriter
Creative consultant
Creative Writing Consultant
Creative Writing Instructor
Creativity Coach
Critic
Dog writer
Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Assistant
Editorial Secretary

English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor
English Teacher
Executive Assistant
Fact Checker
Food Reviewer
Freelance Short Fiction Writer
Freelancer
Gag Writer
Ghostwriter
Grant Proposal Writer
Grant Writer
Greeting Card Author
Griot
Hack writer
Indexer
Infopreneur
Joke Writer
Journalist
Lecturer
Legacy Writer
Literary Agent
Literary editor
Managing Editor
Manuscript Evaluator
Manuscript Formatter

Manuscript Reader
Media Relations Specialist
Medical writing
Monologist
Newspaper Columnist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Polygraph (author)
Press Agent
Production Editor
Proofreader
Public Relations Writer
Publicist
Publicity Writer
Publisher
Reading Tutor
Resume Writer
Reviewer
Screenwriter
Scribe
Script coordinator
Script doctor
Scriptwriter (Business)
Scriptwriter (TV, Film, Radio, Theater)

Scrivener
Songwriter - Lyricist
Speaker
Speechwriter
Staff Writer
Storyteller
Technical Editor
Technical Writer
Translator
Travel Writer
Video Game Writer
Website content writer
Writing Coach
Writing Consultant
Writing Instructor
Writing Professor
Writing Tutor

* The goal of this list is to have links or descriptions of each job title. Please have patience as we do our research. We are always looking for volunteers to help edit the list! Please contact TWM to find out how.