Poets, Lyricists & Creative Writers

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Education: Bachelor's degree

Work From Home

Salary

High: $161,260.00

Average: $91,560.00

Hourly

Average: $44.02

What they do:

Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.

Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
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.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		98%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		95%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		92%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		91%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
		90%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		88%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		79%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		79%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		77%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		69%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		67%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		100%	Artistic - Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.
		67%	Investigative - Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		83%	Achievement - Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
		78%	Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
		67%	Recognition - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
		64%	Working Conditions - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		91%	Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
		81%	Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
		81%	Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
		78%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		75%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		69%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		69%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Skills \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		82%	Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
		66%	Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.