Robert Frost remarked, that that can be done with words is soon told, .
and that poetry is one more art of having something to say. - .
As a career writing offers a wide range of personal rewards and .
accomplishments, you can entertain, inform, influence or express yourself. A .
writer can have an impact on the surrounding world by doing this .
successfully and strongly. Most have to spend hundreds of hours perfecting .
and refining their skills many times before they can sell any of their works.
Some writers work in comfortable private offices, while others work in .
noisy rooms with the sounds of computer keyboards, printers and other .
writers talking in the background. The search for information, ideas or .
inspirations at times requires traveling to such places as factories, the .
theater or perhaps even to places like Africa and Australia. Nevertheless .
many have to be content with the library and personal interviews. Freelance .
writers have a better opportunity to go to such places because they don't .
have to go to work every day and can be their own boss.
There are two main kinds of writers, staff writers and freelance writers. .
Staff writers are professional writers who work for a salary. Many staff .
writers earn a living as newspaper reporters and columnists or as technical .
writers for computer software firms. Freelance writers get paid only if a .
publisher buys their work they write both fiction and nonfiction books, .
poems, less commonly dramas, screenplays and short stories as well as .
magazine and newspaper articles. Many staff writers create freelance .
material in addition to their regular work. - .
Tracking down associations that pay decently can be a challenge in a .
market where a magazine's writers are often loyal members of the .
association. The average association pays 30 cents a word, but it's not .
unusual to find ones paying 50 cents-$1 per word. There are plenty of .
publications with more modest budgets, but it doesn't need to be a chore .