Sarah Cure talks to SICS careers adviser Gill Sharp about becoming an advertising copywriter.
Sarah explains exactly what a copywriter does and how they fit into the advertising creative team. She talks how she got into copywriting, despite starting out as a journalist, and why a desire to be creative led to the change. She also gives some useful tips for aspiring copywriters to help them stand out when applying for work.
This podcast is the fourth in a series of four SICS podcasts on careers using the written word, funded by the Higher Education Academy.
(MP3 – 17min 51s)
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Mark Jolly talks to SICS careers adviser Gill Sharp about fitting together work as a freelance journalist with his own writing projects.
Mark looks at the pros and cons of working in freelance journalism. He discusses different areas in journalism, the creative and not-so-creative aspects of the work, and the rates of pay. He also describes the work he has done writing screenplays, getting them read and getting them produced.
This podcast is the third in a series of four SICS podcasts on careers using the written word, funded by the Higher Education Academy.
(MP3 – 23min 26s)
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Michael Rowland Hill talks to SICS careers adviser Gill Sharp about writing screenplays while teacher training in Madrid.
Michael talks about the creative writing process, getting ideas and scheduling his work to get through a project. He explains how he has made contacts, had scripts read and handled feedback. He also describes his work in Spain, training teachers of English, and how it has helped him in his writing, both through analysing English language and literature for his students, and through being an ‘observer’ in another culture.
Why should someone write?
…before you start writing… you need to have some kind of artistic credo, which sounds a bit pretentious, but what I mean by that is that the last thing the world needs is just another run-of-the-mill film.
…that is one of my main reasons for writing, no one else is really saying what I want to say, and so it is up to me to say it.
This podcast is the second in a series of four SICS podcasts on careers using the written word, funded by the Higher Education Academy.
(MP3 – 22min 13s)
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Jon Morley talks to SICS careers adviser Gill Sharp about his experiences in developing a career as a poet.
Jon talks about the creative process of writing, and reads two of his poems to illustrate what inspires him. He explains how to make a living as a poet, finding compatible supplementary work, applying for funding and the role of competitions and awards in developing your career. He also talks about his project setting up a new poetry press, HeavenTree Press, with £100,000 of funding from the Arts Council England.
This podcast is the first in a series of four SICS podcasts on careers using the written word, funded by the Higher Education Academy.
(MP3 – 23min 33s)
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