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A professional who writes original plays, such as tragedies, comedies, or dramas, or adapts themes from fictional, historical, or narrative sources, for dramatic presentation. Responsibilities include:
* Writes plays, usually involving action, conflict, purpose, and resolution, to depict series of events from imaginary or real life.
* Writes dialogue and describes action to be followed during enactment of play.
* Revises script during rehearsals and preparation for initial showing.
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A professional who writes narrative, dramatic, or lyric poetry for magazines, books, and other publications. Responsibilities include:
* Chooses subject matter and suitable form to express personal feeling and individual experience, or to narrate story or event.
* May write doggerel or other type verse.
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A professional who writes original prose material for publication. Responsibilities include:
* Selects subject matter based on personal interest or receives specific assignment from publisher.
* Conducts research and makes notes to retain ideas, develop factual information, and obtain authentic detail.
* Organizes material and plans arrangement or outline.
* Develops factors, such as theme, plot, order, characterization, and story line.
* Writes draft of manuscript.
* Reviews, revises, and corrects it and submits material for publication.
* Confers with publisher's representative regarding manuscript changes.
* May specialize in one or more styles or types of writing, such as descriptive or critical interpretations or analyses, essays, magazine articles, short stories, novels, and biographies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who writes original prose material for publication. Responsibilities include:
* Selects subject matter based on personal interest or receives specific assignment from publisher.
* Conducts research and makes notes to retain ideas, develop factual information, and obtain authentic detail.
* Organizes material and plans arrangement or outline.
* Develops factors, such as theme, plot, order, characterization, and story line.
* Writes draft of manuscript.
* Reviews, revises, and corrects it and submits material for publication.
* Confers with publisher's representative regarding manuscript changes.
* May specialize in one or more styles or types of writing, such as descriptive or critical interpretations or analyses, essays, magazine articles, short stories, novels, and biographies.
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A professional who writes scripts for motion pictures or television. Responsibilities include:
* Selects subject and theme for script based on personal interests or assignment.
* Conducts research to obtain accurate factual background information and authentic detail.
* Writes plot outline, narrative synopsis, or treatment and submits for approval.
* Confers with producer or producer and director, motion picture or director, television regarding script development, revisions, and other changes.
* Writes one or more drafts of script.
* May work in collaboration with other writers.
* May adapt books or plays into scripts for use in television or motion picture production.
* May write continuity or comedy routines.
* May specialize in particular type of script or writing.
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A professional who originates and prepares material that is read by announcer to introduce and connect various parts of musical, news, and sports programs.
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A professional who reads novels, stories, and plays and prepares synopses for review by editorial department or producer or producer. Suggests possible treatment of selected materials. May read foreign story material in original language.
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A professional who analyzes and broadcasts news received from various sources. Responsibilities include:
* Examines news items of local, national, and international significance to determine selection or is assigned news items for broadcast by editorial staff.
* Prepares or assists in preparation of script (newswriter ).
* Presents news over radio or television.
* May specialize in particular field of news broadcasting, such as political, economic, or military.
* May gather information about newsworthy events (reporter ).
* May introduce broadcasters who specialize in particular fields, such as sports or weather, and be designated Anchorperson or News Anchor.
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A professional who collects and analyzes information about newsworthy events to write news stories for publication or broadcast. Responsibilities include:
* Receives assignment or evaluates news leads and news tips to develop story idea.
* Gathers and verifies factual information regarding story through interview, observation, and research.
* Organizes material, determines slant or emphasis, and writes story according to prescribed editorial style and format standards.
* May monitor police and fire department radio communications to obtain story leads.
* May take photographs or shoot video to illustrate stories.
* May edit, or assist in editing, videos for broadcast.
* May appear on television program when conducting taped or filmed interviews or narration.
* May give live reports from site of event or mobile broadcast unit.
* May transmit information to newswriter for story writing.
* May specialize in one type of reporting, such as sports, fires, accidents, political affairs, court trials, or police activities.
* May be assigned to outlying areas or foreign countries and be designated Correspondent or Foreign Correspondent.
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A professional who writes news stories for publication or broadcast from written or recorded notes supplied by reporting staff, using computer or typewriter. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews and evaluates written or recorded notes obtained from reporting staff to isolate pertinent facts and details.
* Verifies accuracy of questionable facts and obtains supplemental material and additional details from files, reference libraries, and interviews with knowledgeable sources.
* Organizes material and writes story conforming to specified length, style, and format requirements.
* May discuss story length and format with editor, city or with producer and film or videotape editor .
* May write news stories in foreign language.
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