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My Career in WritingBy: Isabella Lennon
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Education and trainingWriters require a
minimum bachelors degree.
If they go back, they may make more money.
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SalaryWriters in Maryland
tend to make an annual of $52,600 and $25.29 an hour.
As an average in the U.S, writers make $24,320, to $46,420, to$89,940+ depending on their experience.
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What they DO in the careerWriters develop
ideas and writer for media.
Novelists make stories to be published.
Novelists stories are mainly based on real life experiences or news events with new characters, settings, and plots.
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What SCAN skills are needed for this career?The SCAN skills
needed are Writing, Listening, Creativity, Thinking, and Communication.
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J.K. Rowling, WriterName, Joan Rowling.
The K. was added to make it sound good.(Literally)
Best Known for her Harry Potter series sold world wide.
The book has sold over 14 million copies!
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What SCANS skills does she use in her careerThe SCAN skills J.K.
Rowling uses in her career are Writing, Cultural Diversity, Self Management, Responsibility, Creative Thinking, and Visualization.
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Extra interesting factsThe K in J.K Rowling
stands for her grandmas name, Kathleen.
When the editor said she should chose a middle name, that’s what she thought of.
J.K Rowling has a Sister named Di.
The Amount of Harry Potter books sold are enough to rap around the earth twice!
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Works Sited:Rowling, J.K. J.K.Rowling Official Site. N.p., n.d.
Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/biograp
hy.cfm>. "Writers." Careers in Focus. 3rd ed. New York:
Infobase Publishing, 2007. 165-175. Print.
"Writers and Authors." Careeronestop. U. S. Department of Labor, n.d. Web. 31
Mar. 2010. <http://www.careerinfonet.org>.