Professional Writing Major

jjwinkle
Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:06:22 +0000

I agree with juillet. Given strong verbal aptitude, you don’t need a whole major in writing. I notice that (at least) three of the University of California campuses have University Writing Programs. At Davis it’s a minor (I don’t know about the others), and it emphasizes writing for various technical disciplines.

There is value in reading what people advertising for writers say they’re looking for and probably even more value in reading the resumes of writers. Indeed.com has a lot of resumes of writers seeking work or better work. I looked at them somewhat and recommend you do it. The backgrounds of people who have been successful as writers I found split between English/journalism and the technical field they go on to write about, with occasional marketing majors. I saw a LOT of mention of proficiency with software packages.