Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-3043.05
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.
- US jobs
- 47,940 (SOC 27-3043 group, "Writers and Authors")
- Median wage
- $76,910 a year
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of poets, lyricists and creative writers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Design, media, and writing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 27-3043 group).
- 40%Write material for artistic or commercial purposesNot measured
- 12%Edit written materials or documentsNot measured
- 8%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
- 6%Communicate with others about specifications or project detailsNot measured
- 4%Obtain formal documentation or authorizationNot measured
- 4%Develop news, entertainment, or artistic contentNot measured
- 4%Present arts or entertainment performancesNot measured
- 3%Explain technical details of products or servicesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.
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Context only
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Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.
- Develop factors such as themes, plots, characterizations, psychological analyses, historical environments, action, and dialogue to create material.
- Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
- Choose subject matter and suitable form to express personal feelings and experiences or ideas, or to narrate stories or events.
- Prepare works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers.
- Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews.
- Confer with clients, editors, publishers, or producers to discuss changes or revisions to written material.
- Plan project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.
- Follow appropriate procedures to get copyrights for completed work.
- Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
- Write narrative, dramatic, lyric, or other types of poetry for publication.
- Write words to fit musical compositions, including lyrics for operas, musical plays, and choral works.
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