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Careers in Creative Writing

Careers in Creative Writing. Lucy Hawkins, Careers Adviser. Objectives. Increased knowledge of information sources for creative writing routes Increased understanding of managing creative writing alongside other work Confidence in learning independent and building creative support networks.

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Careers in Creative Writing

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  1. Careers in Creative Writing Lucy Hawkins, Careers Adviser

  2. Objectives • Increased knowledge of information sources for creative writing routes • Increased understanding of managing creative writing alongside other work • Confidence in learning independent and building creative support networks

  3. Career Connect • 2,200+ alumni mentors • 1,500+ vacancies and opportunities • 2 years worth of archived jobs • 6,500+ employers • Create your profile and upload your CV • See events, book when required • Book individual appointments

  4. Oxford Careers Network • Abby Ajayi – freelance screenwriter and development consultant for film & TV Days are varied and can include script reading, generating ideas, making notes and then working on whatever script or scripts that I have in development, speaking with producers or directors. In production it involves rapid writing and re-writing of script drafts in response to notes from directors and other members of the production team. Also occasional set visits. I also talk/email my agent pretty regularly.I tend to work at the British Library.

  5. Oxford Careers Network • Abby Ajayi – freelance screenwriter and development consultant for film & TV Advice on getting in: Be really proactive in seeking advice from people in the industry and also make things happen yourself. Write a short, direct a film or have a play put on and then make sure to send your script or play out to people within the industry who might be able to help. Do short courses to get better insights.

  6. Oxford Careers Network • Isabel Thomas – freelance author, specialising in fiction for children and young adults Emails and admin tasks first thing, to stay on top of invoices etc. Deal with any urgent questions from publishers, or offers of new work. The day then goes past very quickly in a blur of research and writing. Depending on the book I'm writing, this may be mainly web-based, or might involve length library visits. This week I've been interviewing fashion stylists and stunt people, gazing at pictures of distant galaxies taken by Hubble, and watching videos of various animals on YouTube, all for different projects.

  7. Oxford Careers Network • Isabel Thomas – freelance author, specialising in fiction for children and young adults Get as much writing experience as possible. Looking back I was probably born to write non-fiction as I've been turning every holiday or family event into a 'book' since I was at primary school! I worked on Cherwell while at Oxford, becoming deputy editor, and did a great deal of free writing for local newspapers. I then began a career in publishing but quickly realized that I wanted to be the one writing the books. It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation at first, but once you have something published, publishers will look at you more seriously.

  8. Oxford Careers Network Lots more including: Peter Kosminsky – writer/director of film and TV Matthew Perret – writer/performer of comedy Jordan Goldman – screenwriter (US) Jacqueline Watts – writer of poetry, short stories and freelance business writer Vernita Irvine – novelist (US) Erna Cooper – short story writer and copy-editor Career stories at http://www.nawe.co.uk/the-writers-compass/career-stories.html

  9. Portfolio careers Part time administrative job Creative writing • Stable income • Using degree • Gaining freelance skills • Creative output • Working with others • Helping people • Variety Samaritans volunteer Starting own tutoring co.

  10. Information sources • www.diigo.com/user/careerslucy/writing • www.nawe.co.uk/the-writers-compass.html • www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/ • www.prizemagic.co.uk/html/writing_comps.htm • www.writersandartists.co.uk/ • www.newwritingsouth.com/ • www.poetrysociety.org.uk/ • www.ideastap.com/

  11. Finding peer support • www.nawg.co.uk/ • www.writers-circles.com/circles.html • www.spreadtheword.org.uk/ • http://creative-writing.meetup.com/- Shut Up and Write movement • http://groupspaces.com/failednovelists/

  12. Activities in pairs If you’ve not started writing: • Explore the resources mentioned and find one thing that you find useful to share with the group If you’ve started writing: • Discuss what you find helpful or conducive to writing

  13. Further Study Masters courses in Creative Writing are an option Short courses from organisations like Arvon, Poetry School Online Look for benefits like: • Peer review opportunities • Links with publishers/agents • Showcases or web visibility • Ability to develop in genre(s) that interest you

  14. Our speakers • Dr Clare Morgan, Course DirectorMasters in Creative WritingUniversity of Oxford • Caroline Wood, Literary AgentFelicity Bryan Associates (see notes pane for details of discussion)

  15. Quick Q&A:www.twitter.com/OxfordCareers www.careers.ox.ac.uk Follow www.facebook.com/OxfordCareers Questions: www.linkd.in/OxfordCareers Videos youtube.com/oxfordcareersservice

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