If you love music and are constantly creating melodies or lyrics in your head, a career as a songwriter might be in your future.

Whether you want to write songs for popular music, write commercial jingles or soundtracks for TV programs or movies, there are many opportunities in song writing.

Working as a songwriter means you can work from the comfort of your home, making this not only a rewarding career, but a flexible one that works around your schedule. Of course, you still need to get those songs published and sold. Here's a step-by-step guide here that shows you how to do that and takes you through the whole process of all your options, skills you need and more.

Skills & Assets Needed:

• Songwriting skills (you can start to develop these now, if you don't have them yet)
• Ability to accept criticism and even deal with rejection.
• Understanding of copyright law.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to deal with music companies, artists, ad agencies, etc.