A spot on the New York Times Best Sellers list or an Academy Award for Best Screenplay could be in the future of a Professional Writing student. The Professional Writing (PW) program at the Gaylord College will prepare you for a career as a freelance author of books, short stories, magazine articles or screenplays.

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Professional Writing graduates find a variety of employment options: they can be self-employed, selling writing to others for publication, or they may work for a company, government agency or individual, or on a “for hire” basis. Professional writers may also work as publications specialists, assuming responsibility for various publications of a company or organization; as editors, reading and recommending manuscripts for a publishing house; or as columnists, writing critiques, reviews and columns.