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Tables of Contents for The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles
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Part 1: Welcome to Writerland
1
62
So, You Want to Be a Freelance Writer?
3
12
The rewards of being a freelance writer.
The Modern World of the Freelance Writer
15
12
Why magazines hire freelancers and what freelancers do.
Success Stories
27
12
Freelance writers share their success stories and show you what works.
The Editors Talk
39
14
Editors talk turkey about what they look for in new writers.
So, Is This Really for You?
53
10
A reality check on what life can be like as a freelance writer.
Part 2: Learning the Basics
63
58
Studying the Market
65
12
How to learn the market and how best to break in.
Generating Ideas for Articles
77
10
Brainstorming techniques to keep the ideas flowing.
Writing a Winning Query
87
10
How to catch an editor's eye.
Your First Assignment
97
12
What to do when your article idea is accepted.
The True Gen: Interviewing
109
12
The ins and outs of conducting an interview.
Part 3: Who's Gonna Buy Your Stuff?
121
32
Newspapers: What They're Looking for
123
12
How to sell your ideas to the newspapers.
The Glossies: What They're Looking for
135
8
How to sell your ideas to glossy magazines.
Trade Magazines: What They're Looking For
143
10
Opportunities for freelancers in the trade publications.
Part 4: Online: The Newest Frontier
153
40
What's on the Web
155
8
Learn about the online writing scene.
Online 'Zine Scene
163
10
Meet the major players in online print.
Contentproviders.com
173
10
How to find freelance work with Web sites.
Build It and They Will Come
183
10
Raise your writing profile by building your own site.
Part 5: A Short Course on Writing Effective Articles
193
34
The Parts of an Article
195
12
The different parts of feature articles and how to write them.
Hook 'Em Early, Hook 'Em Hard
207
8
Grabbing your readers by the throat and reeling them in for the read.
Machine Gun Writing
215
12
How to write the short, 250- to 500-word pieces prevalent in magazines today.
Part 6: The Business of Freelancing
227
74
Building a Specialty
229
10
Create a career in one area so that editors call you!
Hey, Is This a Book?
239
10
Developing a magazine article into a book proposal.
Setting Up Your Business
249
10
Establishing good business habits for the freelance life.
Taxes and the Writer
259
10
What working writers need to know---and need to pay!
Contracts and What They Really Mean
269
32
How to decipher all that tiny print.
Appendixes
A Glossary
281
6
B Recommended Books
287
2
C Sample Contracts
289
6
D Sample Writer's Guidelines
295
4
E Great Web Sites for Writers
299
2
Index
301