Before you can capture readers with your words and voice, you must write an effective title! Whether you’re writing magazine articles, blog posts, school essays, or a book – your best title makes readers drool with anticipation.
“Fewer than 10 little words, but so many headaches,” says freelance writer Sara Bimmel. “Why is writing a title so difficult? It could be the pressure to [...]

Building a writing business career isn’t all about luck or good timing (though that helps!). These tips for working freelance writers will increase the chances of business success…
Before the tips, a quip: 
“I hear people say they’re going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements,” says successful writer Natalie Goldberg. “Indefinite plans get [...]

If you’re a freelance writer with a magazine assignment, you’ll want to interview experts and other sources. But, do you telephone, visit, or simply email? Here are some tips on interviewing experts for articles…
But before these tips, a quip from Italian dramatist Luigi Pirandello:
“A fact is like a sack – it won’t stand up if it’s [...]

If you want to be a successful freelance writer, you need to know how to write query letters for magazine articles. The following tips are from a great “Query Letter Clinic” from Writer’s Market 2009; I’ve also included a sample of a strong nonfiction magazine query letter.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Write while the heat is in you. [...]

These ten tips for successful writers include how to stay in “The Zone” and reach your writing goals! They’re from guest author and psychologist, Paulette Kouffman Sherman, Ph.D.
Before the tips, a quip:
“I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I’m sick or well,” said Arthur Hailey. “There [...]

This is a round-up of “the best writing advice I ever heard” is from a wide variety of successful writers. There are hundreds of published authors out there…and they’ve spilled their secrets here!
Before the tips, a quip from writer and editor Sol Stein: 
“Journalists know that short sentences step up pace,” writes Stein in Solutions for Writers. “They also know [...]

These eight freelance writing tips for print magazines represent some of the best lessons I’ve learned from the “school of hard knocks.” As a successful full-time writer without a Journalism degree, I’ve learned a great deal about writers’ rights, contracts, editing, sourcing, and pitching and selling articles.
Before the tips, a quip from Natalie Goldberg: 
“A student in a workshop walked up to me swinging [...]

As a freelance magazine writer, one of my biggest challenges is finding new writing slants for articles (because there aren’t many new ideas out there!). However – like any writing habit – once you learn how to think of old article ideas in new ways, it gets easier and easier. 
Before the tips, here’s a writing quip from a bestselling author:
“You may [...]