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How to start your writing career

Discover how you can become a writer, and the steps you need to take to be successful in this industry.

Typical job profiles

• Writer (Prospects)
• Writer (TARGETjobs)
• Screenwriter (ScreenSkills)

Useful online resources

• BBC Writersroom
• Channel 4 4Skills
• Creativepool 
• National Poetry Library
• Raindance - Screenwriters Diploma
• Transition Tradition Creative Careers
• Write Words
• WritersServices

Scotland

• Scottish Book Trust
• Playwrights' Studio Scotland
• Scottish Writers' Centre
• Screen Academy Scotland

Professional bodies

• Association of British Science Writers
• British Guild of Travel Writers
• Creative Scotland
• National Association of Writers in Education
• Society of Authors 
• Writers Guild of Great Britain