By Carol Tice
It’s hard to get an assignment from a magazine when you have no previously published articles to show the editor.
And it’s hard to get any article clips if you can’t get an assignment.
Often, when I meet writers like this, they’ll tell me they’ve got an idea on how to break out of this …… Click here to keep reading…
By Voula Plagakis
Wait! Don’t press send yet! Skim that query one last time and ask yourself: Would a quiz work well with this piece?
If the answer is yes, then you’re one step closer to getting it assigned. Editors adore quizzes because they make great sidebars, they’re an inroad to a story, they can …… Click here to keep reading…
By Diana Burrell
If you bemoan your inability to tell a story idea from a topic or vice versa, I have a great tip for you that was given to me by an editor years ago. Here, an excerpt from my new eBook, ROCK-SOLID QUERIES: The 10 Surprising Reasons Why Magazine Editors Reject Your Ideas … and …… Click here to keep reading…
By Linda Formichelli
A couple of months ago I hosted a Redbook editor on a Freelance Writers Den call about breaking into the women’s magazines, and I asked her to address revisions.
The problem: Writers take courses like my Write for Magazines class, hone their idea, write a kick-ass query, sell the query to a newsstand magazine, …… Click here to keep reading…
By Linda Formichelli
You’ve been there: Blocked, not knowing how to end that article. Stalled, not wanting to do the marketing you need to do. Frustrated, not sure what task to tackle next.
I’ve been there too. And a very smart person let me know that when she feels this way, she imagines that the universe (or …… Click here to keep reading…
Mar 5, 2013 Motivation, Writing