There are many and diverse writing jobs available today, some traditional, with a few new ones such as blogging which have been spawned by the rapid growth of technology.

A key to finding information on a non-fiction piece of work is to look through the index at the back of the book. A writer known as an indexer prepares this. This writing job involves reading through the text and selecting important information and then creating the index based on the requests of the publisher, packager, or author.

Another writing job is that performed by a copywriter. The job of the copywriter is to prepare and proofread copy that is used in advertising. He makes sure that the language is both grammatically correct, and that it matches with the facts. Copywriters prepare advertising copy for use in publications or for broadcasting and write other materials to promote the sale of a good or service. They often must work with the client to produce advertising themes or slogans and may be involved in the marketing of the product or service.

Yet another writing job involves web content developers. This job came up only recently and involves developing and writing materials to be posted on websites.

Scriptwriters perform one more writing job. They write plays or theatre drama, or in the case of TV, film, and radio such works as documentaries, movies and films, advertisements, and so on.

Another relatively new writing job is that of blogging. Bloggers, as the writers are known, typically author online journals that address politics, popular culture, the environment, or whatever is on their minds.

Auction Listers add to the richness and variety of the writing job. Their job involves sifting through an auction site's protocol for listing an item including uploading a photograph, typing a description of the item, providing contact information, and entering pertinent data about the object such as minimum bid amount, how long the auction will be for, shipping costs, etc.

Creative writing is an example of one more writing job. This is a broad category that includes novelists, short story writers, poets, essayists, among many others. Creative writers are authors who write (books, stories, articles and so on) professionally for pay. From these we therefore get essays, poems, novels, short stories, plays, and so on.

Gag writing is yet another writing job. Gag writers typically write comical lines and situations, most especially for television. Monologists specialize in writing long series of jokes or comic stories to be delivered by one comedian. Speechwriters are hired writers whose work is to prepare and write speeches that will be delivered by another person.A journalist writes articles for newspapers and magazines. And the writing job is all the rich for it.

As their title suggests, technical writers perform the job of writing on technical subjects in which they are specialised, e.g. particular topics of interest in an engineering journal.They put technical language into language that can be easily understood by the ordinary man.

To demonstrate the variety of writing jobs available, we have yet another writer - the ghostwriter. A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, or reports which are officially credited to another person.

Other writing jobs include: resume writing, report writing, grant writing, etc.