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5 Ways to Keep Writing After Multiple Rejection Letters
Good news! If your writing has been rejected multiple times by magazine editors, book publishers and literary agents, then you’re a real writer. You’re in the game! The bad news is that you may feel...
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How to Stand Out in the Slush Pile
How to Stand Out in the Slush Pile Standing out in the slush pile is one of the key ways to get published as a freelance writer, novelist, or poet! When you send story ideas or book proposals to...
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An Example of a Successful Query Letter
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....
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How Freelance Writers Find Stories to Write About
These tips on how to find a story angle to write about are for writers who are stuck for article ideas. Finding angles is about teaching your brain to generate ideas. “Once your brain has opened up to...
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7 Magazine Writing Tips From Published Freelance Writers
Write for Magazines, Not on T-Shirts! Want to write for magazines? These magazine writing tips from published freelance writers practically guarantee that you’ll get your article published! Here,...
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How to Write Feature Articles That Sell
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...
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Writing Tips From Published Author and Radio Producer, Lillian Brummet
Here, published author and radio producer Lillian Brummet shares the highlights of her experience as a professional freelance writer for the past decade. She’s written three books, produces two radio...
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4 Examples of Evergreen Articles and Blog Posts
Evergreen articles are my favorite to write for both magazines and my Quips and Tips blogs because they’re never “not trending.” These examples of evergreen articles include definitions, several...
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How to Write a Magazine Article
From pitching a query letter to submitting your invoice to the editor, these tips on how to write a magazine article will give you the inside scoop on freelance writing. Feature Writing I learned how...
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How to Write an Article – Test Your Story Idea
The most important part of learning how to write an article for a magazine, periodical, or newspaper is recognizing good story ideas. No matter how skillfully you write, an editor won’t publish an...
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How to Get Published
Whether you want to publish a short story, article, novel, or nonfiction book – you’ll need to write a query letter. These tips on how to get published revolve around the single most important letter...
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How to Get Your Magazine Article Published in a Niche Market
These five things you need to know about getting your magazine article published will help you break into the niche market of your dreams. I’m featuring an awesome new book on how to get published –...
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Want to Write for Magazines? 5 Starter Tips
Writing articles for magazines isn’t as hard as you think. Yes, there’s lots of competition. Sure, you’ll receive more rejections from editors and publishers than acceptances. But that’s actually good...
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8 Creative Ideas for Writers on Valentine’s Day
What new topic can you write about on Valentine’s Day? You need good ideas for an article or blog post, and you don’t want to rewrite the same old Valentine’s Day stuff that always gets published in...
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10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Magazine Writing Skills
How do you write a magazine article? These tips will give you the confidence you need to write for magazines, submit query letters to editors, and get your writing published. Even if your goal isn’t...
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19 Tips for Editing Articles From an MSN.com Editor
One of my first freelance article assignments was from an MSN.com editor. She also gave me her best editing tips for magazine writing. Did I tell you about the time MSN.com sent me an article...
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How to Revise and Edit Your Writing for Publication
Revising and editing your work is more important than the original writing itself. Learn how to edit and revise your own writing. A thorough edit and revision of the book, article, blog post or thesis...
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11 Most Popular Types of Magazine Articles – Print & Online
This comprehensive list includes feature length stories, roundups, personality profiles, research shorts, human interest and how-to articles. You’ll be surprised by the variety of these different...
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