Writer wanted (craft of writing, literature) | ~$500 per article
Added 2025-01-10 21:47:43 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: WRITING EXAMPLES
David Perell, Founder of Writing Examples, is looking for a writer:
I'm hiring a writer to work with me!
You'll write two articles per week for my site called Writing Examples.
The goal is for it to become the best place on the Internet to learn about great writing, and we’re doing it with articles and graphics that give people X-Ray vision into the craft.
WritingExamples.com is the antidote to sterile, hyper-optimized prose. It celebrates the wild, wacky, and the weird because it’s the bedrock of personality. The site’s explicit purpose is to inject some High Noon Chutzpah back into the world of writing. To teach people how to write with a distinctly human fingerprint in a world that’s been flooded with SEO-optimized slop.
We’re looking for a writer who’s obsessed with writing about writing. They don’t just read books. They analyze them. They yearn to understand the mechanics of words, sentences, and paragraphs — and they have strong and differentiated opinions about these things.
A passion for the written word isn’t enough though. AI is on the precipice of changing writing forever. Superintelligence is right around the corner. The right person for this role is already using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT every day, and obsessed with their potential.
COME WRITE FOR WRITING EXAMPLES
Apply if:
You’re obsessed with the craft of writing.
A voracious reader, especially with classic poetry and literature.
You live in the trenches of AI tools, and actively use them for writing (without letting them flatten your voice).
Can explain why Hemingway hits different than Faulkner without sounding like a boring schoolteacher.
You have strong and controversial opinions on what makes for good writing.
You’re digitally savvy. You don’t need to be an engineer, but you have to know your way around the Internet and your computer.
Don’t apply if:
You think AI is just a fad or that it’s going to destroy all human creativity.
You have an academic way of thinking about writing: We want the site to feel nothing like 5th grade English class. If most of what you know about writing is stuff you learned from professors or in a classroom, you’re probably not a good fit.
Working arrangement:
$52,000 per year (paid per article).
Two articles per week, with a graphic that brings the quote to life.
Contractor.
Work from anywhere.
How to apply:
Link to a piece of writing you’re proud of.
Tell me how you plan to improve the content of the site.
What’s your favorite novel that was published before 1900 and explain why (100 word max).
Link to your favorite piece of online content that explains why a piece of writing, a speech, a movie, a song, a stand-up special, etc. is good. Explain why you like it (100 word max).
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Applications: Via the webform
Website: https://writingexamples.com/
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