Help! What's a writer/journalist to do these days?

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by WaxPaper, Mar 17, 2011.

  1. Fenris Lloyd

    Fenris Lloyd Member

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    Actually, I did explicitly mention that. :) Someone else responded to the suggestion with comments about how writing ebooks is harder than I make it sound, but my point was the OP actually has training to do so.

    A few people have made responses disrespecting the degree the OP has. I imagine those people either never spent the time and effort required to get a degree themselves, or maybe they did but it was in a field that doesn't easily cross over into other fields. A journalism degree requires a lot of training in writing, but also in how to research topics quickly and then be able to write informatively on the new topic. That's a very valuable skillset to have learned.

    A journalism degree doesn't necessarily mean someone will actually be a great writer, but the education required to get that degree means anyone that has one is more likely to be a good writer than just any other average person. A lot of people without a degree really are great writers, but that doesn't mean a degree isn't useful. The amount of good writers thay you'll find in any random group of people is a much smaller percentage than the percentage of good writers you'll find among a group of journalists. There's a reason that people go into journalism, and one of those main reasons is that they've previously discovered they have some talent for writing.
     
    Fenris Lloyd, Mar 20, 2011 IP