The Write Life wants to help you get better at pitching! Grab our freelance writer’s pitch checklist. As an editor, I read a lot of pitches. Some of them are really easy to say yes to — they’re the pitches that outline a strong, clear narrative with a takeaway...
When you started freelancing, did you have a vision of where you wanted your career to go? Does your current career match that vision? Today, we’ll look at a reader’s question about pitching “vision clients” and discuss why your freelancing vision might change over...
Flip open any print magazine and what do you see? Before the in-depth feature articles, you’ll find a collection of news briefs and short articles known as the “front of the book” or “FOB” section. Packed with short articles, it’s a freelancer’s best friend. This is...
I recently had a snafu with my submission to a website, where I’m sure I pissed off the editor, and they pissed me off a little, too. On my part, I had a pitch accepted and I submitted the finished guest post in a timely manner, or so I thought. I realized a few days...
