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to list jobs and a brief description. Remember that any of these job can be done for corporate or for nonprofit agencies. They all need this type of work.

1)Proofreading- You will look over manuscripts to make sure things are spelled correctly and follow correct format. Have to have attention to detail and be willing to spend long hours in silent commune with words on a page that aren't your own.

2)Copy Editing-Looking over manuscripts for spelling, but also for correctness of information, clarity of writing, structure, etc. You have to love correcting language and reading and know your grammar inside and out.

3)Copywriting- You will be writing anything from brochures to ads to eBlasts to newsletters depending on where you end up. Actually best to take a few communications courses, or even just one, along with your English courses to get a job in this. Writing gigs are pretty much all based on portfolio, so it's good to start building a portfolio as soon as possible. It is good to do pro bono work and to just offer your services for free at first. The key is proving you can do it. The money you make afterwards will help make up for those unpaid hours.

4)Editing- I'm sure you're aware of what an editor does: the oversee the scope of the projects a magazine or press puts out and take responsibility for fiscal as well as literary decisions. It is something to work up to: hard to get a paying gig immediately, but definitely possible once you've paid your dues. Requires vision and creative ideas, thinking creatively and strategically, knowing your audience, and being able to make hard decisions.

5)Marketing- You can work as a writer in a marketing department, which would fall under copywriting, or as a marketing specialist, which would mean that you would have to creatively think of ways to market products or ideas (for example, one could work for PETA in the department that helps PETA's programs, brochures, getting the word out, etc.

6)Technical Writer- You learn about a niche thing and then write about it for trade magazines. Not my thing, but if you happen to love engineering or biology or business, you have a big head start.

7)Reporting- You write articles for a newspaper. I did this as a stringer for Ontario County's Daily Messenger. Can pay a decent salary and allows you a voice in the community. Have to interview people and not be afraid to go to scenes and do research.

8) Freelance Writer- Writing articles for publications and getting paid per article. Not a great

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