Writing Jobs

I was given this website to look at when I asked the question, "How do you turn writing from an enemy to a friend?"(This link is a PDF, it may take a little time to download. If it doesn't work, here is the homepage for the link.)

Ten people were interviewed and asked how long they spend, each day, writing. Surprisingly, engineers, restaurant owners, Air Force mechanics, land surveyors, and math teachers spend a chunk of their day writing. And of course, so does the college student. It seems almost all jobs are writing jobs.

The National Council of Teachers of English has done some great research, finding writing everywhere in the world. Many of the people interviewed talked about how much time they spend on facebook writing. Also, many of the people expressed feelings similar to my mother in-law; they were surprised how often they had to use writing to communicate once they were finished with school.

Perhaps you can look at your own life, when do you catch yourself writing? Do you have a blog? Do you use facebook? What kind of writing are you involved in for your profession?

The whole idea behind learning how to write in college with our academic papers is to learn how to take our ideas and convey them in a way that makes sense to others. We don't want to be misunderstood. Even while you are in school, you can start applying writing to your future profession. Be prepared for whatever is out there.