I recently critiqued a list article for a client. A list article can be any collection of tips, products, and so on — five ways to lose weight, profiles of four entrepreneurs in a certain industry, a top-10 list, a round-up of several vacation spots, a bunch of product reviews, and so on. In this …
Jan 30, 2012 Advice, Query letters, Writing
Writers often ask me why it takes them so darn long to write an article/query letter/brochure/newsletter.
Much of the time, these writers are making the deadly mistake of over-researching. They’re spending hours collecting files full of articles, bookmarking relevant sites, reading books, and interviewing countless sources.
And the time-suck doesn’t stop there: Because these writers have …
This is a guest post by Carol Tice.
Have you ever wondered how some freelance writers seem to shoot to success?
Here’s how it happens.
I know because it happened to me.
Once upon a time (in a decade far far away), I was a starving songwriter living in Los Angeles. Then I entered a couple of essay contests …
Jan 6, 2012 Advice, Classes, Motivation, Writing
A lot of the query first drafts my Write for Magazines students write, and Letters of Introduction I see from my mentoring clients, are well-written and boast great content. They offer up impressive credentials, contain stellar ideas, and include everything a query letter or LOI needs.
Except personality.
What I see a lot is writing that’s dry …
Nov 21, 2011 Advice, Marketing, Query letters, Writing
This week a few writers have let me know they’re interested in phone mentoring, so I thought this would be the perfect time to restructure my pricing. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and now’s the time!
Originally, I was charging $140 per hour and $75 per half-hour for phone mentoring. But as …
Nov 8, 2011 Cool products, Motivation, productivity, Writing
