Job Description:

• 1) Writes original prose material for publication: Selects subject matter based on personal interest or receives specific assignment from publisher.

• 2) Conducts research and makes notes to retain ideas, develop factual information, and obtain authentic detail.

• 3) Organizes material and plans arrangement or outline.

• 4) Develops factors, such as theme, plot, order, characterization, and story line.

• 5) Writes draft of manuscript.

• 6) Reviews, revises, and corrects it and submits material for publication.

• 7) Confers with publisher's representative regarding manuscript changes.

• 8) May specialize in one or more styles or types of writing, such as descriptive or critical interpretations or analyses, essays, magazine articles, short stories, novels, and biographies.