Archive For The “Writing & Editing” Category
The entrance path for non-connected writers is the standard query. Understand that a harried editor will look at dozens or hundreds of queries each week, so don’t expect multiple shots at grabbing his attention. After all, if you can’t sell the query, how can you sell a compelling article that adds value for the publication?
Statistical competency can help writers cut through the fog that too many sources, particularly in government, blow over a difficult story. Bottom line is that you have to understand how to calculate the bottom line.
You own your copyright. Take all necessary and proper steps to protect your intellectual property from theft by online scammers.
Hard work, networking, skill development and appropriate infrastructure increase a writer’s odds of meeting his goals as a freelance writer.
Anyone with at least five minutes of writing training has been drafted into the pronoun wars. You know the drill — write in a way that doesn’t offend the sensibilities of people of varying “genders.”
Authoritative blogging — the kind that doesn’t sound like fourth-grade bluster — is more of an art than a science.
Professional writers aren’t immune to weak writing — as witnessed by these 10 most common errors among dedicated scribes.
The biggest mistake freelancers make is not thinking through what they will charge, and when they will charge it.
The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism’s “2009 State of News Media” report contains an interesting section on citizen journalism. The report concedes that there has been a growing number of citizen-media sites, but that “citizen news sites provided much less reporting (57%), as well as opinion and special content like calendar items” on the [...]
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