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Kevin Bacon |
I am still in a 9-5 and I know I'll have to leave it as I get busier and busier. I'm hoping to make my photography and personal training my main jobs when I leave the 9-5, but I'm sure I'll be waiting tables or something as well....
What is your "survival" job? |
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Johnny Depp |
im lucky on that front.. i worked as a bartender for a few years while I was still in college, and that bar loves to have me back from time to time, so its nice and flexible and i know my way around.
also, babysitting is great, and i've heard good things about temping! but in my opinion bartendings definitely the best gig. fun, and great money. plus i met a director once that put me in three of his films.. worked out nicely! |
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Sean Penn |
Back when I was still working day jobs, I was a free-lance proofreader for a while. As a stickler for linguistic accuracy, I loved being able to correct people's mistakes.
Early on, I was a waiter in New York City, a job I'll always be proud of since it's such an actors' tradition to wait tables. Michael Kostroff Back Stage Columnist www.backstage.com/workingactor Author of "Letters from Backstage" |
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Hilary Swank |
How does one become a proofreader? I feel I would be capable of doing that.
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Nicholas Cage |
Day job? this!
Seriously--I've been everything from a bartender to a commercial producer. As long as your bosses are cool and flexible with your time, you can do just about anything. |
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Sean Penn |
I started through temp agencies. A friend taught me proofreading marks (see below), and I just told them I was a proofreader. I've also come across a company called canyou proofthis.com, and if you pass their test, they send you the work at home! Before you look for the gig, it's a good idea to get to know the "language" of proofreading. We have our own ways of marking things for correction: a line with a loop means "delete", the number sign means "space," and so on. You can probably pick up a book on the subject. The down side: With America's declining respect for its own language, and the trend toward using numbers and misspellings in place of actual words, proofreading seems to be less valued than it once was. Hence, it's harder to get a job. Some believe that spellcheck will catch all the errors. And some simply don't care whether there are errors. Michael Kostroff Back Stage Columnist www.backstage.com/workingactor Author of "Letters from Backstage" |
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Morgan Freeman |
And don't forget outsourcing!
I currently temp as a proofreader here in NYC. Things are pretty slow, but there is work. I originally worked as a proofreader 20 yrs. ago, stopped 17 yrs. ago and started up again last year. I had taken a course all those years ago and took a refresher course in '06. The most valuable thing about the course for me was the list of Temp agencies that place proofreaders. I'm happy to be able to do it as I don't have any other office skills, but the pay has not kept up, so it isn't as good a gig as it once was, IMHO.
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Denzel Washington |
Personal Trainer. 100% flexibility plus the use of the gym for free (which cuts down an expense). I can go to any audition at any time plus I train numerous celebrities and millionares so they hook me up a lot. If I was in LA doing this while I was out there, I would've stayed and made a killing. But no, I decided to work for cheap ass Disney in the El Capatan living the "actor" life like an idiot.
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Hilary Swank |
An old lament:
Journal des Savants, 1721 (252) My mother, by the way, supported us for long stretches doing this, and I learned my alphabet in part by helping her with her index cards on indexing gigs. |
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Hilary Swank |
I am definitely going to pursue proofreading work. Thank you for all posting such helpful responses. What should I expect regarding pay? Thanks all... |
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Johnny Depp |
I am going to look into it as well. For those of you who know just as much about proofing as I do, I thought this link might prove helpful with more of "language" that Michael was talking about:
http://www.espressographics.com/text/proofreader.html Also, a question for those in the know: When using those marks do you use both the text and marginal mark, or whichever it is closer to? Thanks so much! |
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Sean Penn |
Generally, both. If you'll follow the link and look at the examples, you'll see that in many cases, the caret (that's the little arrow in the text) is indicating where the correction is to be made, and the note in the margin is showing what the correction is. I'll also add that proofreaders don't always use these marks. Some companies prefer that you proof in a style even those who don't know the marks can follow. But you have to learn the language before you learn the variations. Look at this: A proofreading class, right here on the Backstage message board! Michael Kostroff Back Stage Columnist www.backstage.com/workingactor Author of "Letters from Backstage" |
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