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Professional Writing Department
Why study Professional Writing at Taylor University? Because you get published…even as soon as your freshman year.
Choose the program that will bring you success. Remember this: Every student who completes a course with Dr. Hensley has a 100% chance of being published.Professional Writing majors graduate to become freelance writers, staff journalists, fiction authors, playwrights, public relations writers, screenwriters, editors, novelists, literary agents, and more. Students take courses in the Professional Writing, English and Media Communication departments. At the completion of your degree, you’ll have a full portfolio of published work and a completed practicum experience as a working writer. Click below to listen to Dr. Dennis Hensley, director of the Professional Writing program, discuss, "Why Professional Writing at Taylor?"
Professional Writing News
Professional Writing Students Even Publish Books
December 13, 2011Taylor Professional Writing students Amy Green and Sarah Sawicki are not just publishing articles, their work is also appearing in books. Watch an excerpt of their interview with Elizabeth Nulf MacDonald on Verbal Edge.
Taylor Students Ryan Dennison and Kara Hackett Interviewed on Verbal Edge
December 13, 2011Professional Writing students Ryan Dennison and Kara Hackett are interviewed by Elizabeth Nulf MacDonald on Verbal Edge.
Taylor Students Become Book Authors and Coauthors While Still in College
December 06, 2011In 2011, 17 of the Taylor University professional writing students were authors or coauthors of nationally published books.
