Creative Writing Jobs

Creative writing jobs usually don't have much to do with writing stories for others. As a professional ghost writer, you may write fiction for someone else, and you will be paid well to do it. Most writing jobs for creative writers will be more mundane. They will require you to write non-fiction articles, sales copy, or blog posts. Alternatively, you will use your knowledge of creative writing to teach or edit.

If fiction is your passion, don't automatically dismiss copywriting. With a solid understanding of narrative and some time spent learning the special skills of a copywriter, you could earn serious money writing for advertisers.

Perhaps the most common creative writing jobs at the moment, however, are those that will require you to write articles or blog posts. Below, you'll find several good sources of writing and editing jobs for Canadian writers:

Scribendi.com Scribendi hires experienced, professional editors and proofreaders with applicable degrees for convenient remote/telecommute employment opportunities.

CanadaArtsConnect.ca
This site, run by Desirée Ossandon lists Canadian jobs for creative writers and artists.

SimplyHired.ca Another current Canadian site with search capabilities to narrow to 'writing' or 'creative writing'

FreelanceWritingJobs.ca If you have a website, this is a high traffic site where you can also post a link to your services and get good visibility. For job postings click on the link under 'Categories.'