… and how to put them right! Advice and opportunities for new, aspiring and upcoming journalists and writers of non-fiction
Be a bit cool when you pitch. Be a bit chilled. Imagine (imagine only) you’ve had half a glass of wine and you have a smile on your face and that it matters – but doesn’t matter that much. Some writers fret too much. I see their covering or proposal letters and they’re filled with signs …
A lot of new writers break into print via the letters page in a magazine or newspaper. At least, that’s the case with my students, as the course for which I’m a correspondence tutor encourages writers to submit letters and other fillers to magazines quite early on, and it surprises some students how quickly this …
It’s a mistake to think this means “we don’t use freelance contributions”. It means “we don’t read articles you send us that we’ve not asked you to send us”. If they really want to try to put you off, they’ll say something like “Unsolicited articles are not read and cannot be returned” and perhaps add …
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