Category: Editors
Feature Article Ideas – How to Create an Angle to Write About
Stuck for feature article ideas? These tips on how to create an angle for an idea are for freelance writers who are itching to get published and make money writing. Successful freelancer Jenna Glatzer says spotting article ideas that magazine editors will pay to publish is simply a muscle you can develop… “Once your brain has [...]
An Example of a Successful Query Letter – Pitching to Magazine Editors
Learn how to write a query letter that a magazine editor can’t refuse! This sample query letter was written by Diana Burrell, and resulted in an article assigned by the editors at Parenting magazine. Burrell earned $2,000 for this freelance piece. First, a quip for writers from Doris Lessing: “What I did have, which others perhaps didn’t, [...]
How to Pitch an Article to Magazine Editors – Freelance Writing Tips
To get published, you have to know how to pitch an article to the magazine’s editors! These freelance writing tips include an example of a query letter. Freelance writing success is in the details – which is what these writing tips are all about. Before the tips, a quip: “The writer must believe that what he [...]
For a Profitable Writing Career – 10 Steps to Making Money as a Freelance Writer
Making a living as a freelance writer - building a profitable writing career - is possible, especially if you learn from successful writers! These are the steps I took to make money writing; I’ve been earning a solid living as a writer for three years (and I started out in the slowest economy ever!). Before the tips, a quip: “Imitation is the [...]
When You’ve Written an Article Without a Contract
Freelance writers, never write an article without an article assignment! These writing tips will help you recover if you’ve written an article without an editorial contract. Here’s the question a fellow writer emailed me: “Months after I sent a query, the magazine editor wrote me back and said, “Oh! We’d love your article. Go forth, have at [...]
A Reader’s Digest Editor’s 10 Writing Tips
Don’t miss these tips from my Reader’s Digest editor! She taught me more about writing articles and query letters than any other magazine editor I’ve worked with. Before the tips, a quip: “Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and print the chaff.” ~ Adlai Stevenson. Believe me: not all editors are this [...]
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