Develop Your Career: Creative Writing

Getting a literary agent

Agents have a much more intimate knowledge of what commissioning editors will and won’t go for
In the transaction between writer and publishing house, the hard truth is that the aspiring writer is likely to come off worse unless they have a literary agent in your corner.

Janine Marsh became a freelance artist and drama practitioner.

Taking the creative plunge

Got the Monday morning blues? Get them every week? Maybe it’s time for a career change? Here’s five tips on how you can make a successful move into the creative sector.

Samir Patel is a freelance filmmaker.

Advice for a freelance career

You may have considered a freelance creative career, but could you survive as an independent? Here are five considerations you need to make before going it alone.

Authors are becoming known as 'story architects' and 'experience designers'.

New skills for writers

In an age of iPads, video games and on-demand TV, what is the future for writing and reading? We took a look at 'transmedia storytelling'.

Creative Writing Career Profiles

The following guides can help you get in and get on in Creative Writing

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