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Sep13
How To Pitch Magazine Articles

DSC_0172_f.JPGYou want to know the big, fat secret to pitching stories to magazines?  Embrace rejection.

Seriously, before embarking on a series of magazine pitches, prepare for the worst. For every story you manage to sell, another twenty editors will send you polite rejections, ignore you, or tell you to stop bothering them.

It doesn't matter who you are, you will be rejected this crazy economy where writers need to sell stories like door-to-door salespeople. Freelance pro Susannah Breslin has published in countless big magazines, but her blog post about rejection will blow your mind. 

Brace yourself, is what I'm saying. And when you are ready to pitch, read these helpful guides: Pat Marcello has a good guide to pitching magazines, Jed Hartman gives an editor's POV on magazine pitches, and finally, Miss Snark points us to a site dedicated to rejected pitches.

(Thanks, Ed Champion

 


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