Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Does it count if I'm a pot advocate and not a head?

My work right now is first-year medical school. With lots of books and CDs and software and lab classes. But, fortunately, I'm on holiday at the moment. Before I went back to school last fall, I was a professional speechwriter/copywriter for a big corporation for many years. And before that I was a news reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and a high school English/journalism teacher. During my teaching years and throughout college and grad school before that, I also worked as a fire department paramedic.
I meant to ask this in my last post, but I was cut off. I'm at work and well you know how that goes.

I had a question for you birdgirl. I was wondering how you got your gig as a professional speechwriter?

Here at work I've done killer presentations and wrote a few things for the bigdogs to say at conventions, meetings, etc... I've always had fun, interesting, original speeches at school, but I never considered it a viable career option. I have a flair for words and I think I could do well writing speeches.

Also, what can a good speechwriter expect to get paid?