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The Writing Career
The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece
or per word or perhaps. -- Robert Benchley (1889-1945)
Is Freelancing a Good Career Choice for
You? (STC, March 2013)
Getting
a Technical Writing Job, Even If You Have No Experience
Useful Information on
Resumes, Cover Letters, and Job
Hunting (May 2012)
Business
& Technical Writing at USF Sarasota-Manatee
The Writing
Internship at USF Sarasota-Manatee
USFSM Business & Technical Writing Certificate
Career Tips
from T. E. Roberts, USFSM Instructor
Technical Communications Career Research Links
Prose Writers Worth Emulating (T. Roberts)
Career
Perspectives from a Recent USFSM Graduate (Nov 2010)
Book
Publishers Going Digital? (BusinessWeek)
Bookjobs.com (careers in the publishing
industry)
Links to Jobs
for Writers and Editors (jobsearchsite.com)
How to Get
Started as Copywriter/Corporate Writer
U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics (Writers/Editors)
Writer’s
Block / Writer’s Anxiety (Purdue OWL)
Schmucks With Underwoods
(on writers & writing)
Freelance
Writing as Entrepreneurial Venture
Secrets of a
Six-Figure Freelance Writer
Excess Voice:
Newsletter of Online Copywriters
Secrets of
Writing for the Business-To-Business Market (review)
The Well-Fed
Writer Blog
Success as a
Freelance: More than Just Landing Assignments
PoeWar Writing Career Center
How to Use
the Web to Find Writing Jobs
The Write
Jobs (job hunting tips for writers)
Job Search for Technology
Professionals
What Can You
Do With a College Major in Writing?
Do You Need a
Writing Degree to Be a Writer?
Do You Need a
Writing Degree to Be a PROFESSIONAL Writer?
Overview of
Professional Writing Degree (Education-Portal.com)
Why Earn a
Degree in Professional Writing? (DiplomaGuide.com)
StoryMarket (new media content distributor,
Feb 2011)
Reflections
on My Career Background (T. E. Roberts, May 2012)
Technical
Writer - Sample Interview Questions (Aug 2012)
Five Bullsh*t
Conceptions of Freelance Writing (Mar 2013)
Essential Reading List for
Technical Editors (STC, Feb 2013)
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey Et Al.
H. L. Mencken’s
view of English teachers (1927)
All About Rhetoric (Wikipedia)
Graduate-Level Reading Lists in Rhetoric/Composition
Philosophy of Communication
Walter J. Ong & Marshall McLuhan: read all of their
works
Philosophy of New Media (prepare for major
jargon explosion!)
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Business, Professional, and Technical
Writing/Editing Resources
Writing for the Web (useful blog
with many helpful links)
DocSymmetry.com
(very useful info)
TECHWHIRL (online forum
for tech writing)
Affordable Online
Software Training (www.lynda.com)
International Association of
Business Communicators
Society for Technical
Communication (STC)
American Grant Writers’
Association (grant writer
certification)
The
National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
National
Writers Union
American Society
of Business Publication Editors
The American
Society of Journalists and Authors
American Copy Editors Society Job Board
The Slot: A Spot for Copy
Editors (blog by Bill Walsh)
Writing and
Editing the Internal Publication
Breaking Into
Corporate Editing
Ghostwriting, Social Media and
Ethics
The Logistics
Handbook (instructor editing example)
Florida
Turnpike 2007 Annual Report (STC prize-winner)
Entering the
Field of Technical Editing
San Francisco
Bay Area Editors’ Forum
Turn Your Blog Into a
Best-Selling Book!
WORDPRESS:
The Fast, Easy Way to Publish on the Web
Writing: A Ticket to Work (2004)
Specialized Communications
How
to Write a Book: The Short Honest Truth
Technical Journalism Example (Jan 2011)
Video script
preparation
Journalism
2.0: How to Survive and Thrive by Mark Briggs (free PDF download from USF Scholar Commons)
The Future of Magazines
The Future of Newspapers
Elements of
the video script
Adobe
RoboHelp 9 (technical documentation)
Examples of
User Manuals
How to Write a User Manual
User Manual
Basics
The User
Manual Manual : How to Research, Write, Test, Edit & Produce a Software
Manual
Ebooks for
Mac Users (good examples of tech writing that works)
Information on Usability Criteria
and Techniques
Proposal
Writing Websites
Grant-writing
Workshop (The Foundation Center)
Darwin
Information Typing Architecture (DITA)
Annotated
Bibliography
How to Write
a Catalog Entry
How to Write a Software Requirements Specification
Travel
Writing (Matador - Independent Travel Magazine)
Get Published
in The New Yorker? (Thoughts by David Sedaris)
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