Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a script writer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a script writer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Script writers create scripts for motion pictures or television series. They write a detailed story that consists of plot, characters, dialogue and physical environment.

Also known as movie script writer, movie author, TV series script writer, television writer, screen writer, TV script writer, television script writer, screenplay writer, film author.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: writer, 44%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
writer 44% covered publishing rights manager 39% covered storyboard artist 38% covered speechwriter 34% covered copy editor 28% covered script writer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from script writer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a script writer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A script writer needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • create a shooting script communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop script bible communication, collaboration and creativity
  • screenwriting theories arts and humanities
  • summarise stories communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write dialogues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write storylines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • consult with motion picture producer communication, collaboration and creativity
  • consult with editor communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use specific writing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • deliver a sales pitch communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a script writer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Script writer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a script writer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.