These tips will make your articles, pitches, and writing in general more memorable…and the more memorable you are, the more likely you’ll succeed as a freelance writer.
“Tell the readers a story!” says novelist Anne McCaffrey. “Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.”
Using anecdotes and [...]

These writing and editorial tips are from a senior editor I write for regularly – and they include some of the most frequent errors she sees in article submissions. Pay attention, fellow scribes, because even when you think you’ve got writing down to a fine art, there’s always more to learn!
“It is perfectly okay to [...]

To earn a living as a freelance writer, you need to keep winning article assignments! These tips for working with magazine editors will help ensure you’re always working on either a feature article, a research short, or even just a sidebar. Either way, you’ll be making money writing.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Almost anyone can be an author; the [...]

Pitching queries that contain article ideas that actually sell is a huge part of successful freelance writing – and luckily, it gets easier and easier all the time! Here are several tips for freelance writing and generating article ideas.
First, a quip from the best-selling author Lawrence Block:
“I suspect television is a great source for story ideas. [...]

These tips for writing feature articles that sell are from one of my favorite writing books, The Portable Writer’s Conference: Your Guide to Getting Published. In it, there’s a great article by Donna Elizabeth Boetig – and she shares her secrets to great writing! 
Before the tips, here’s a writing quip:
“Fiction writing is lonely in a way most people [...]

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. [...]

Here are ten effective ways to make money as a freelance writer. Some are based on Kelly James-Enger’s Six Figure Freelancing: The Writer’s Guide to Making More Money. Others are based on my own experience as a freelance writer, plus other writing resources, such as The Renegade Writer. 
Before the tips, a quip for writers: 
“For many writers – [...]

Do you want to write feature articles — and nudge your way to the front cover of the magazine? Here are 11 types of feature articles to write for magazines, from round-ups to profiles.
But first, a writing quip from Natalie Goldberg about writing discipline – because having the discipline to write is more important than learning about [...]

Are you an aspiring freelance writer? These tips for pitching your article ideas to magazines include a brief sample query letter. 
Before the tips, a quip: 
“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” [...]

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 [...]