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Tips, advice and common sense from thirty years of writing - and marketing - articles
Want lots of valuable how-to information on getting published and want it now? Each Wooden Horse Special Report is written by Meg and is 5-20 pages packed with tips and advice from her years of writing, teaching and running the Wooden Horse - as well as her thirty years as a high-tech marketing executive.
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Each is $5.95.
You will learn:
- Why the months of June, July and August are especially important to freelance writers
- How to use a magazine's own planning process to get assignments
- Why you sometimes should break the rules in special queries
- Why long-range planning can be so effective
You will learn:
- How to avoid making the major mistakes most writers do
- How to make it easy for the publisher to pay you
- How to stay friends with the editor
- Know the right time to step up the pressure
- Spot which magazines you should avoid
- Know where to complain
- How to know if you must sue and what to do
You will learn:
- How to write a query letter in 15 minutes or less
- How to get all the information onto a single page
- How to instantly overcome the editor's fundamental objection
- What never to include
- How to slant the letter to be right for each magazine
- What magic words give you special consideration by the editor
- How to ask for the assignment
You will learn:
- Why today's competitive environment requires new tools
- How editorial calendars can catapult your writing career
- Where to find the calendars you need
- What information not to use
- How to spot hidden writing opportunities
- Why writers without calendars are the last ones to get jobs
You will learn:
- Why articles, who ignore
the magazine's marketing image, will always be rejected.
- Where to find the information
and know whether it's up-to-date.
- What the editors want
you to do when they say: "We'd like to see more of your writing."
- How to keep your articles
on track.
- Why editors today must
have articles that fit their magazine's concept.
You will learn:
- How to become a highly
efficient "writing
machine."
- The one major secret to full-time writing.
- How to get 25 queries from one interview - or one research trip.
- Real-life examples of how full-timers work.
- How to use "beats" to
be paid more.
- Know why to turn down article jobs.
You will learn:
- The biggest mistake writers and publicists do when pitching magazines.
- How to find a fail-safe
way to interest editors.
- Where to find the
information you need.
- How not to be taken
in by skewed data.
- How to make your query
or press release really kick the editor between the eyes and get noticed.
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