What is a Professional Writer? Professional Writing in Reality

We're down to our last blog. We've spent six plus weeks learning about the elements of professional writing and how to become efficient professional writers. Now that we're finally finished with the course, you may be asking, "Okay, now what? What exactly is a professional writer and what do they actually do?" Well I'm glad you asked!

Professional writers work behind the scenes in almost every profession in America. From the U.S. presidency to Hollywood movie sets, professional writers keep effective language afloat and make sure it is appropriately exported to the public.

Professional writers feed on creativity. We are in essentially artists of the written word. We mustn't be worried about what others think of our writing. Becoming a writer in the professional world allows us to express who we are. 

Professional writers are:

• Published authors
• Poets
• Editors (journals, magazines, newspapers, broadcasting, etc.)
• TV producers
• Script writers (TV shows, Broadway plays/musicals, Films)
• Speech writers

So if you thought becoming a professional writer meant that you'd be sitting in a cubicle writing and revising letters and memos for the rest of your life, think again!

**Below is a video distributed by University of Southern California's professional writing program. Students tell about their experiences as PW students and their success in the professional writing world. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7wQ6PLwlc&feature=related

http://theprofessionalwriter.com