I'm an Art Director who wants to make the jump to copywriting, but I don't have any writing samples.

How do I go about getting experience so I can get hired in? I don't have any writing samples beyond short stories I've written.

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…Write.

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Get a job as as an AD first and then transition to CW in that job you get.

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Honestly I feel like this way easier than going from copy to art. Either make spec work where you write, or extend yourself and write a lot of stuff at the job you already have and convince them to allow you be be credited as a writer as well if you sell anything

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Tbf you just know when someone is a writer by the way they express themselves in a folio. You may be able to show that you’re more of a writer by doing it in the margins of your work.

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