Do you love to write, but don't know how to make a living as a writer? Business writing might be for you. Businesses all over the world hire professional writers to create a huge variety of content to support their business ventures. If you're looking for a career with stability, a good salary, and usually good benefits, business writing might be a good option for you.

Business writers support almost every type of industry that exists. If you are a good writer, you can go to work for a business and create a new professional path. The reasons you might want to consider business writing include:

• Career opportunities across the world
• Good salaries and usually good benefits
• Great writing and communications experience
• Chance to learn even more and further your career

What skills are required?

• You need to be a decent writer. You should understand basic rules of grammar and sentence structure and be able to explain complex ideas. You do not need to be a fantastic writer, though.
• You need to feel comfortable learning new skills and new technologies.
• You must be able to work well as part of a team.

Business writing is also a good option if your long-term goal is creative writing, but you aren't making a full-time living writing books. Business writing gives you an opportunity to write every day, and also forces you to learn how to work quickly and write concisely.

If you work for a small company, you might also have a chance to wear several writing "hats." I worked as a technical writer for several very small companies over the years, and I was the only staff writer. As a result, I wrote not only the technical manuals for the company's software, but also all of the marketing materials, the website text, and I also helped company executives with scientific papers. I gained a great deal of experience that greatly benefited me throughout my career.