What is a career path, other than journalism, where i could utilize my love of poetry and literature?

hope: What is a career path, other than journalism, where i could utilize my love of poetry and literature?

I love to write, but i would hate to be stuck in a job writing a teen magazine column for the rest of my life.

What is a career where i can write profound literary writings and convey my interpretations and oppinions?

What careers would suit me?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Kathryn W
Get yourself a PhD in English Literature and try and find a job at a university, or else enjoy a lifetime of poverty of part time jobs while you struggle to get your own work published.

Answer by genco
At first I was hesitant to teach, but I realized that it really is the most productive job out there. Aside from demonstrating my love for literature, I also get to help all the other kids to learn and appreciate literature. I am currently taking up Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English and it’s really fun 🙂

Answer by bhamprofesser
If you love poetry and literature, understand that journalism is neither. It is covering two or three events a day, talking to 10 or 15 people each day and writing two to five stories a day. If you are good, three or four of those stories will be solid and one or two will be well written.

What you want to do is be a copy editor/editor for a publishing house, writer or teacher. Editors edit manuscripts. Even the very best writers in the world need an editor. I can spot errors in other writer’s copy 10 miles away. But, since I am reading what should be there instead of what is actually there, it is very difficult to spot errors in my copy. All writers have this issue, whether they write for a newspaper, magazine, cheap novels or serious novels. An editor works with the writer to come up with the best wording and phrasing, the best organization, the tightest copy possible. The main drawback with being an editor is that you don’t have time to write yourself. And, the last thing you want to do after editing a 2,500 page manuscript is to write for yourself.

Teaching is also a good way to express your love for poetry and literature. By teaching, you can critically analyze good writing and apply those lessons to your own writing. Teaching also gives you time to write for yourself.

If you choose to be just a writer, understand that most writers don’t make money or a lot of it. Writing — particularly poetry — just doesn’t sell well, particularly in terms of the time you invest in the work. For every Stephen King or Tom Clancey, there is a writer at a keyboard at night writing the next Great American Novel that will sell about 1,500 copies or less. But, I put this option here to make this point: you can work at anything you want to and be a writer. You just have to write.