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baltinerdist t1_j6d93gp wrote

Writing what? Television? Plays? Grants? Technical manuals?

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Engridonline t1_j6de2f2 wrote

Hi! Any writing opportunities. I’m open to any kind of writing opportunity.

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baltinerdist t1_j6dfnu4 wrote

What. Kind. Of. Writing. Do. You. Do?

Are you a recent English major grad looking to get started in novel writing? Have you been watching the wire and wondering if any people from Baltimore helped write that television? Do you dream of going out to Hollywood and doing the big new screenplay that gets you an Oscar? There are dozens if not hundreds of little subfields for the concept of writing.

It's like asking if there any opportunities to cook. What do you cook? Are you a pizza chef, have you been making sushi your whole life, are you a grill master?

You got to give us something here, dude.

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OhioStickyThing t1_j6dehpo wrote

Far too vague, OP, you should be a littler wore specific, there are different fields that do entail certain types of skills and knowledge even if it’s all still “writing”.

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needledicklarry t1_j6dltqj wrote

I second this - as a creative myself, I cannot stress enough the importance of specializing in something. Being a jack of all trades will not pay the bills.

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ailish t1_j6espgk wrote

You can write technical manuals on manufacturing equipment? You have to know how to use it to write a manual on how to use it. No? Then you should be more specific.

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ClarityByHilarity t1_j6gn7h2 wrote

Could you use more of those words you badly want to write with to explain what you’re interested in writing?

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edcod1 t1_j6f5wpx wrote

I love the irony of OP being a writer, but giving us no written information..

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Yellohsub t1_j6feoyn wrote

They don’t want to give the writing away for free!

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edcod1 t1_j6flgdr wrote

Haha. This makes perfect sense. Perhaps someone will hire them to write about what they write about!

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jabbadarth t1_j6de1vg wrote

Do you have experience, are you a journalist or trying to write a novel or what? Writing is a bit of a vague description.

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Engridonline t1_j6denkv wrote

Hi! No, I don’t have any experience outside of magazine “staff writer” internships when I was studying in college. My degree is in English. I know it’s vague but I’m just looking for any writing opportunity. Within the state of Maryland but ideally the Baltimore area.

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ccbmtg t1_j6dk93n wrote

look for corporate copywriting jobs. kinda why I stepped away from my English major is, despite my enjoyment of language and linguistics, job prospects were less ideal for the sorta life I wanted to live. but copywriting for businesses, editing/proofreading memos and website or maybe even marketing copy, all of these are skills that pretty much any large business could utilize.

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jabbadarth t1_j6dflih wrote

Check with the banner. They are a new newspaper and might have some internships or need some staff writers.

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DonCavalio t1_j6ene91 wrote

You found it. Welcome!

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sxswnxnw t1_j6dsvmx wrote

You could try public relations/affairs and communications offices. Baltimore and DC both are within commuting distance of many nonprofits, government offices and contractors, professional organizations and associations. Most have a comms office.

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bellyflop2 t1_j6eoo2x wrote

UMB was hiring a writer. Not sure if the position is still open.

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deadest_of_parrots t1_j6e8qev wrote

There are tons of technical writing jobs for all kinds of things around here. Not sure how good they are but it was something I noticed when I was job hunting recently.

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FriedScrapple t1_j6e96ne wrote

Search “communications” on LinkedIn?

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CelebrityUXDesigner t1_j6eerap wrote

Technical writing is good and there are remote jobs you could do from anywhere. You could even do contract work to get experience.

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erinbeardose t1_j6f7nnv wrote

There are tons of universities in Maryland, check out their career pages

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SEARCHFORWHATISGOOD t1_j6fmlgb wrote

Blogs are always looking for submissions, sometimes paid, sometimes not. Do you have samples of your work? Do you write about certain topics? Can you start your own blog to start building an audience?

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himynameisroe t1_j6i26wc wrote

There are a lot of opportunities in both the public and private sector. Federal/State governments label it different depending on the function but searching "Writer Editor" could be enlightening. Depending on what they are looking for it will be labeled differently, anything from Technical Writer Editor to Instructional Design to Communications Analyst.

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captain_smonch t1_j6imjri wrote

Nonprofits in the area frequently hire grant writers, though they may typically want some experience in grant writing. Definitely an option to consider (a lot of those jobs will be under development departments, which isn't the most obvious language for labeling that type of department from a lay perspective).

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