# Writer

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##### About this job

Writers develop content for books. They write novels, poetry, short stories, comics and other forms of literature. These forms of writing can be fictional or non-fictional.

Scope note: Excludes <a resource="http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ebe936e2-64e7-4777-94d6-42caa5a12409"" typeOf=""http://data.europa.eu/esco/model#Occupation"" href=""http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ebe936e2-64e7-4777-94d6-42caa5a12409""><span property=""http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label"" xml:lang=""en"">script writer</span></a>."

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