What Can I Do With a Creative Writing Major?

Description of the Major

The creative writing program, home for budding writers of fiction, essays and poetry, offers a balanced program of writing courses, a senior writing project, and broad exposure to literature.

Career Areas

Editing
Advertising
Public Relations
Education
Government
Libraries
Magazines/Newspapers
Publishing Houses

Sample Job Titles*

Reporter
Speech Therapist
Teacher
Translator
Writer
Convention/Meeting Planner
Editor
Foreign Service Officer
Fundraiser
Librarian
Politician
Public Relations Specialist
*Some careers require additional study or an advanced degree

What Recent Johnson State College CWR Graduates are Doing

Bookstore Clerk
Outreach and Education Assistant
Reporter
Assistant Teacher/Interventionist

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Skills and Personality Traits Representative of CWR Majors

Students who major in creative writing are usually sociable, dependable, and humanistic. They enjoy training, developing and enlightening others and they are accepting, helpful, idealistic, animated, and creative. These students have strong social and interpersonal skills, good verbal abilities, listening skills, elevated writing abilities and they are imaginative.

Web Links for Creative Writing


The Write Jobs

Occupational Outlook

Magazine Publishers of America

National Newspaper Publishing Association

National Writers Union

Small Publishers, Artists, & Writers Network

Small Publishers Association of North America

Association of American Publishers

Association of Authors and Publishers