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Starting Your Career As A Freelance Writer
by Moira Anderson Allen, Published by Allworth Press
257 pp

Starting Your Career As A Freelance Writer is a necessary tool for beginning and aspiring writers. This step-by-step guidewritten by the prolific, ultra-successful, working writer, Moira Allenanswers common questions asked by those venturing into the field of freelance writing.

Readers will discover how to: make time to write; set reasonable, attainable goals; tackle the submission process; set fees; handle paperwork; find markets; conduct interviews; and so much more. Tightly-written, without fluff, this book offers solid, practical, tried-and-true advice!

Buy the book for only $13.97!

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: So You Want to Be a Freelance Writer 
Chapter 2: Getting Started 
Chapter 3: Making Time to Write 
Chapter 4: Setting Goals 
Chapter 5: Coping With Rejection
Chapter 6:
Finding Ideas 
Chapter 7: Categories, Subjects, Topics, and Slants 
Chapter 8: The Outline Demystified  
Chapter 9: Conducting Research on the Web  
Chapter 10: Conducting Interviews
Chapter 11: Starting Your First Draft
Chapter 12: Personal-Experience Articles
Chapter 13: Exploring the Markets
Chapter 14: Writing for Special-Interest Publications
Chapter 15: Writing for Newspapers
Chapter 16: The Submission Process
Chapter 17: How to Write a Successful Query
Chapter 18: E-mail Queries
Chapter 19: Formatting Your Manuscript
Chapter 20: Do You Need a Cover Letter?
Chapter 21: Understanding Rights and Copyright
Chapter 22: Understanding Contracts
Chapter 23: Setting Fees and Getting Paid
Chapter 24: Handling Income and Expenses
Chapter 25: Keeping Records
Chapter 26: Selling Reprints
Chapter 27: Selling Photos
Chapter 28: Selling (and Syndicating) a Column
Chapter 29: Writing (and Selling) a Nonfiction Book
Chapter 30: Writing for Business
Chapter 31: Becoming a Full-Time Freelancer

Appendix: Online Resources
Contributors
Index

Starting Your Career As A Freelance Writer
by Moira Anderson Allen, Published by Allworth Press
257 pp



 
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