FREELANCE WRITER

Career Outlook

Your New Career
When you complete your program, you'll know you have the skills for the job.

• Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as nine months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
• Pursue a freelance career working from home, or anywhere you take your laptop. Or transfer to one of many communications-related jobs in the business world.
• Jobs with newspapers, business and professional journals, and technical and trade magazines are widely dispersed throughout the country.

Your New Career Opportunities
Thousands of individuals work as freelance writers, earning income from their articles, books, and less commonly, television and movie scripts. Employment of salaried writers and editors for newspapers, periodicals, book publishers, and nonprofit organizations is expected to increase. Both print and online publications and services increasingly are developing market niches, spurring the demand for writers and editors. Projected job openings for writers are expected to increase by nearly 15% through 2018.*

Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being a Freelance Writer. Apply the skills you learn in your training program diligently for a successful and secure future. You'll learn how to:

• Generate ideas for articles
• Understand specialized markets
• Write a query letter
• Understand the copyright laws
• Utilize the full potential of the Internet
• Get commissions and assignments
• And much more! 

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2018. Source: “National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix,” a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Program Overview

Learn the skills you need to begin a career as a Freelance Writer — at home, at your own pace, with the Continuing Education Center .

You need certain skills to begin a career in Freelance Writing. The Continuing Education Center Freelance Writer Program helps you learn them quickly and conveniently.

You will learn about:

• The business of writing and getting in the writing habit
• Reference sources for writers, types of fiction
  and nonfiction
• Using the Writer’s Market
• Submitting manuscripts and working
  with agents and editors

And you’ll learn it all at home – no classroom needed! You’ll get valuable information about how to set up your own home office and begin your Freelance Writing business. It’s like having your own personal Freelance Writing school!

Start a rewarding career in the growing field of Freelance Writing.
Why take a Freelance Writer distance education training program? With the right credentials, you can:

• Work for clients such as advertising agencies and newspapers.
• Work for publishing and printing houses and magazines.
• Get published by pharmaceutical companies and online publishers.

Demand for Freelance Writers will increase nearly 15% through 2018.* A career as a Freelance Writer holds opportunities for growth and change as new markets with special niches are developed, appealing to readers with special interests. Freelance Writing makes up much of the content of online publications.

Contact the Continuing Education Center Today.
Find out more about Freelance Writer training that includes:

• All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need
• Your copy of the Writer’s Market
• Unlimited instructional support
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Get more information today and in as little as nine months from enrollment, you can be on your way to a new career as a Freelance Writer!

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2018. Source: “National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix,” a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Program Outline

Instruction Sets
Your program consists of six Instruction Sets written to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll use in your new career.

Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (running Windows Vista or later) and the Internet in order to complete your program with the Continuing Education Center.

Here is an overview of what you'll learn and the order in which you'll receive your lessons:

Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.