Becoming A Freelance Television Writer

By Jerry Phillips


There are a lot of people who want to write for media because it not only pays quite handsomely, but it also is great exposure for writers. If one would want to become a freelance television writer, then he or she must be qualified for such. In order to do this, here are a few things to think about so that one will be able to excel in this particular field.

First of all, one has to specialize in one single field of media writing. There are many types of TV shows that one can write for if he or she chooses to go about with this career. It is all a matter of specialization and also choosing which field to focus in so that one can be successful in his or her pursuit.

The first specialization would be the commercial script writing field which would literally specialize in commercials. For this field, one has to know how to write a script that is very friendly and engaging so that it can relate to the viewers. At the same time, it has to have a rather sales tone that is used to make the viewer want to buy the product being sold.

Aside from writing commercial scripts, one can write stories and movie scripts. For this particular field, it would take a lot of imagination and creativity to excel in this field. In this line, one will write the dialogues for each character as well as the story of them.

If one prefers something in the side of journalism, there would first be the option of a speech writer for TV personalities. TV personalities could mean government official, news casters, and celebrities. It would be good if one would have a background in media for him or her to do better.

Another job that one can get in the field of TV would be a transcriber. The job of a transcriber is to simply transcribe the words of interviews, of speeches, and of news castings that are shown on TV. In order to be a transcriber, one has to have sharp ears and attentiveness of each word as well as detail oriented.

Lastly, one can also be a journalist that would write news reports that will be reported on TV. Not only will these people write the news to be reported, but they will also provide an outline to the news anchors on what they will be saying live. This is a rather exciting job because one gets to travel a lot to get a story.

Out of all these jobs, one just have to make sure that he or she has the expertise and the experience to take this kind of job. The great thing about these jobs is that they can be done on a freelance basis which means that one does not need to work from nine to five. It can also be done home based so that one does not need to report to an office in order to work.




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