Comments on: Writing for work: why don’t students know that copywriting is a viable career?

By: Gareth Pert

Gareth Pert — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:33:48 +0000

I have only ever known freelance copywriters. Maybe a whole world is out there for me. However, if much of the profession is freelance, it seems unlikely anybody would want to invite more people into the competition.

By: Charlotte Ford

Charlotte Ford — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 21:52:11 +0000

I had never heard the term copywriter at all until I was talking to my partner (he’s a graphic designer), as he’d hired one and I studied Creative & Professional Writing at University!
At University they boxed this type of work as advertising, and frankly all the ‘advertising’ jobs you get thrown at you as a graduate tend to be telesales, so I never got to a point to professionally come across it.
I wish I had known about copywriting much sooner, and I’m so grateful to have stumbled across this website. Thanks!

By: Leif Kendall

Leif Kendall — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:03:20 +0000

I didn’t hear about copywriting until I was in my late twenties. And only then it was because I started writing copy for my employer, and then had to try to figure out what this thing was called!

I think PCN can do a lot in this area, and try to increase awareness about copywriting as another option for students with a love of language.

By: Peter Rylands

Peter Rylands — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 08:54:02 +0000

I was lucky enough to have a tutor based in linguistics, rather than literature, and so possibly thought a bit more logically.

As for eating, I am very much enjoying the promotion from my student diet thanks to discovering that copywriting pays!

By: Ben Lloyd

Ben Lloyd — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:15:00 +0000

I think there is a certain intellectual snobbery around copywriting, with many academics considering it to be a lesser skill than literature. But then copywriters tend to eat a lot better (and more regularly) than novelists, so what do they know?

Funnily enough, I wrote about that once too! http://bit.ly/1t2CnGM