He could do anything. At the same time, our authors recognize that American society was and is far from perfect. Abinader and Alvarez have never forgotten the schoolyard epithets hurled their way by classmates whose immigrant ancestors were not quite so recent. Thirty-five years after its birth, Chabon's boyhood home of Columbia, Maryland, founded in part as an experiment in interracial living, is said to have "crime and racial unrest.
The greater truth about America, however, for virtually all the writers in this collection would lie in the faith of the great-uncle of African-American novelist Charles Johnson. Born in the rural South in , Johnson's Uncle Will moved north to found and run several businesses -- even as he preached continually the value of education. That, he knew, was the ground that nurtured black Americans. The opportunities denied him would be there for us, he said. But only if we were educated and hard-working.
Another common passage for our group of writers is a move beyond their personal experiences and communities -- even beyond their Americanness -- to a powerful sense of the universal. Bharati Mukherjee calls writers everywhere "a like-minded tribe. On the international level, I've found serious writers to be universally skeptical of authority, ironic, and sympathetic to the lost and baffled.
They feast on incongruity and absurdity, they're quick to appreciate another's work and to recognize the different forces that shape it. Richard Ford posits an unknown young writer in a distant country pondering what it means to be a writer.
For if all these years of being an American have only readied me to realize that my likeness, my kinship, my collegiality with someone I'll never know, made me able to live literature's most precious wisdom -- then being an American, and a writer no less, has served me very well indeed. The voice that seems to lie just beneath the surface of many of these essays is that of the great American poet Walt Whitman The novelist Robert Olen Butler concludes his essay by evoking a connection that Whitman felt powerfully.
I am an American. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. Menu Search button Search:. Occupational Employment and Wages, May Writers and Authors Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material. Industries with the highest levels of employment in Writers and Authors: Industry Employment 1 Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage 2 Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services 6, 1.
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services. Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers. Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers. Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services. Other Information Services. Radio and Television Broadcasting. Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services. Motion Picture and Video Industries. However, opportunities for advancement within these organizations may be limited.
Writers and authors may advance their careers by building a reputation, taking on complex writing assignments, and getting published in prestigious markets and publications.
Having published work that has been well received and consistently meeting deadlines are important for advancement. Many editors begin work as writers. Those who are particularly skilled at identifying stories, correcting writing style, and interacting with writers may be interested in editing jobs. Writers and authors need to be able to adapt to updates in software platforms and programs, including various content management systems CMS. Writers and authors must be able to develop interesting plots, characters, or ideas for new stories.
Critical-thinking skills. Writers and authors must be adept at understanding new concepts that they convey through writing. Writers and authors must have drive and persevere to meet deadlines. Writers, especially those in advertising, must be able to convince others to feel a certain way about a good or service. Social perceptiveness. Writers and authors must understand how readers react to ideas to connect with their audience.
Writing skills. Writers and authors must be able to write clearly and effectively to convey feeling and emotion and to communicate with readers. Note: All Occupations includes all occupations in the U. Source: U. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. In May , the median annual wages for writers and authors in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program. Writers and authors are shifting their focus to online media, which should result in some employment growth for these workers. However, fewer jobs are expected with newspaper, book, periodical, and directory publishers, as the industry consolidates and shrinks. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
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There is also a salary info tool to search for wages by zip code. This table shows a list of occupations with job duties that are similar to those of writers and authors. Public relations managers direct the creation of materials that will enhance the public image of their employer or client. Fundraising managers coordinate campaigns that bring in donations for their organization. Public relations specialists create and maintain a positive public image for the clients they represent.
News analysts, reporters, and journalists keep the public updated about current events and noteworthy information. Technical writers prepare instruction manuals, how-to guides, journal articles, and other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information more easily.
American Society of Journalists and Authors. National Association of Science Writers. Society of Professional Journalists. Writers Guild of America East. Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers.
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