The Complete Article Writer (The Practical Writer) - Softcover

Whaley, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1502491818 ISBN 13: 9781502491817

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Writing for the magazine market is one of the easiest ways to be published. But only if you can come up with the right idea for the right market at the right time. The Complete Article Writer shows you how to do that, time and time again.It also reveals how to maximise your article potential from one idea. Don’t write one article - write six, or more!It explores how to analyse a publication to identify its readership and the freelancing opportunities within it. Then it guides you into twisting your idea so it appeals to the core readership and the most important reader of all - the editor.With detailed advice about beginnings, middles and endings (the various middle structures can help you exploit your ideas even further), along with other pieces of page furniture, including boxouts, sidebars and photos, The Complete Article Writer will show you how to offer an editor the complete package.And to ensure you approach editors in a professional manner, advice is given on how to pitch (selling an idea to an editor before you actually write the piece), as well as how to negotiate the minefield of publishing rights.Whether you’ve always wanted to write an article but don’t know where to start, or have had some success and want to build upon it further, reading this book will make you an editor’s dream supplier. You will become The Complete Article Writer.Simon Whaley's articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including: BBC Countryfile, Country Walking, Lakeland Walker, The Simple Things, Cumbria, Discover Britain, British Heritage, Writing Magazine The People's Friend, Outdoor Photography, The Observer and the Daily Express.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Whaley is the author of over a dozen books, including the bestselling One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human (Hodder & Stoughton), which spent three weeks on the UK bestseller lists. More than 650 of his articles have been published in the UK and the USA, and his work has appeared in publications as diverse as Outdoor Photography, BBC Countryfile, Country Walking, SelfBuild & Design, Cheshire Life, Cumbria, The People's Friend and the Daily Express. For six years he had a monthly walking column in Country & Border Life, and he currently has the Business of Writing column in Writing Magazine. Simon also enjoys photography and many of his photos have accompanied his articles, and over seventy of his images were used to illustrate his book Best Walks in the Welsh Borders. Several of his other photos have been used by the national press and companies producing calendars. Simon is a tutor for the non-fiction assignments of the Writers Bureau's Creative Writing distance learning course, and is regularly asked to facilitate workshops and courses for writers' conferences and festivals. For more information about Simon visit: www.simonwhaley.co.uk

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1502491818
• ISBN 13: 9781502491817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244