# Tasks & work activities — speechwriter

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 27-3043.05 (Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2641; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
- **[Core]** Choose subject matter and suitable form to express personal feelings and experiences or ideas, or to narrate stories or events.
- **[Core]** Plan project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.
- **[Core]** Prepare works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers.
- **[Core]** Follow appropriate procedures to get copyrights for completed work.
- **[Core]** Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.
- **[Core]** Develop factors such as themes, plots, characterizations, psychological analyses, historical environments, action, and dialogue to create material.
- **[Core]** Confer with clients, editors, publishers, or producers to discuss changes or revisions to written material.
- **[Core]** Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews.
- **[Supplemental]** Write narrative, dramatic, lyric, or other types of poetry for publication.
- **[Core]** Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
- **[Supplemental]** Write words to fit musical compositions, including lyrics for operas, musical plays, and choral works.
- **[Supplemental]** Adapt text to accommodate musical requirements of composers and singers.
- **[Supplemental]** Teach writing classes.
- **[Supplemental]** Write humorous material for publication, or for performances such as comedy routines, gags, and comedy shows.
- **[Supplemental]** Collaborate with other writers on specific projects.

## Detailed work activities

- Collaborate with others to prepare or perform artistic productions.
- Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.
- Coordinate artistic activities.
- Determine presentation subjects or content.
- Discuss production content and progress with others.
- Edit written materials.
- Obtain copyrights or other legal permissions.
- Promote products, activities, or organizations.
- Train others on work processes.
- Write material for artistic or entertainment purposes.