Creative Writer (Advert No.3)

CREATIVE WRITER
I run a publishing business specialising in biographies ( ---------- ). I need a fulltime gifted creative writer, with the special ability to adapt an interview transcript into a flowing narrative.

The work is fun and challenging, will give you great experience at creative writing and will keep you busy for a full week. I have many months of work waiting to be done, and more coming in all the time.

APPLICATION LETTER
You must include ALL below information in your email to me;
1. one-page cover letter describing your skills, experience, talents; please write this to impress me with your writing skills.

2. Attach examples of creative pieces you've written, or links to them. I only want creative pieces, not product reviews or stuff like that.

3. What city do you live in?

4. Do you have reliable internet, electricity & cellphone coverage.

5. Send me a photo of your work station.

SKILLS NEEDED
-Write in excellent English, using grammar, syntax, punctuation and formatting like a pro.
-Fast writer, able to writer minimum 3000 words per day.
-Self-editing of your own work.
-Transcribe interview from audio file to Word document.
- Use Asana project management software online

NATURE OF THE WORK
You'll take the transcript of the audio interview, and do the following to it;

- Thematic Edit: group like parts of the interview together under sub-headings that you’ll create

- Transform the Thematic Edit into a narrative, keeping the most expressive parts of the interviewee's words, and wherever possible NOT re-writing his words.

- The aim is that in the finished narrative piece, I’ll be able to 'hear' the particular subject speaking on paper, using his vocabulary, syntax and tone.

- Sometimes I’ll give you, say 5 separate interviews with the same person to write up as a narrative

- Sometimes I’ll give you, say 5 interviews with different people to write up as a narrative

-This is not an exercise in fantasy writing, but is rooted in adapting an interview into a narrative. Having said that, there is huge scope for creative input and exercise of your literary judgement.


EXPERIENCE
Creative writing in modern, vernacular English

AVAILABILITY
Fulltime
Immediate start

EQUIPMENT NEEDED
You must own the following;
Cellphone with Whatsapp,
Computer with Microsoft Word
Paypal account

MONITORING
Given this is a fulltime position, the onus is you to prove to me that you’re working an 8-hour day every day, so I expect you to be available for Whatsapp calls & messages, and to respond to my emails rapidly. If you make it too hard for me to stay in touch with you, then I’ll terminate your employment.

I will require you to install Remote Tracking software on your computer so that I can see in realtime what your output is.

WORK FLOW
If I hire you, my normal operating procedure is;
You write up a transcript in narrative format and submit to me.
I'll mark that up & return to ---------- usually takes 3 drafts to complete each task.
This backwards & forwards process is how we produce my books.

HOURS
Working hours are, in Philipino time;
45-hour working week, 9 hours per day
Start: 07:00
Paid breaks: 1 hour lunch, 2 X 15min breaks
Finish: 16:00
Working week: Monday-Friday

SALARY
I pay in Australian dollars, not US!
I’ll pay AU$150 for 40 hours work per week.

HOLIDAYS
10 paid public holidays per year
10 days paid vacation per year

TRIAL PERIOD
2 weeks of paid work
If I’m happy with you, then the position will become permanent

METHOD OF PAYMENT
Paypal
You'll invoice me at the end of every week based on your completed work, and I'll pay on that invoice.

ASSESSMENT TASK
To help me determine if you have the special skills I need, I ask you to complete a short test for me, to show you have the particular skill needed to distill a transcript into a narrative, without losing the essence of the interviewee's voice.

I will provide you with a transcript, in Word .docx, of an interview that I've conducted, in Q+A format. By definition it will be rambling, disjointed, and not follow a strict chronological order.

The assessment task has two parts;
1. Thematic Edit: edit the transcript so that similar concepts are grouped together, creating sub-headings as you go along.

2.Write up your Thematic Edit as a flowing narrative, broken up into paragraphs that read beautifully and—most importantly— that captures the voice, tone & language of the subject.

I’ll give you 4 hours to complete the assessment, so we’d have to agree on a start time and a finish time. If you don’t send me your completed work by the end of 4 hours, then you’ve failed the assessment. I’m only interested to see what you can produce in that period, and of course I’m aware that your output will be a bit rough and incomplete, but I want to see what you’re capable of writing for me.

I’ll provide an example of a completed narrative to guide you as to what I ---------- te that I don't pay a fee for this assessment, so only apply if you're prepared to do the assessment.

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