Examining both the creative and the business aspects of writing for the magazine market, this book includes chapters on surveying the field, ideas, markets, style, structure and presentation. It demonstrates how important it is to research a magazine's style, preferences and working methods.

Writing for Magazines

Dick, Jill

Literature & Fiction

A&C Black

There are enourmous oppotunities for freelancers writing for newspapers and this guide covers available information on the topic. Jill Dick includes advice on a range of subjects, from selecting your target, choosing a topic, approaching editors and shaping your copy, to getting paid and selling rights. This edition includes sections on income, self-assessment, the latest interpretations of copyright and other rights, selling (and having copy stolen) on the Internet, the importance of presentation and a practical guide to training at all levels.

Freelance Writing for Newspapers (A&C Black Writing Handbooks)

With staff cutbacks across the whole of the newspaper industry, the role of freelances is essential and their opportunities have never been greater. Who does what in the making of a newspaper and how does the freelance fit into the editor's plans? 
 This book deals with the importance of marketing and knowing your readers, first contact with editors, how to write regular columns and features, reviewing, interviewing and meeting deadlines - and how to acquire an inexhaustible flow of ideas. There is information on the essential business of writing including rights (and wrongs), tax, plagiarism, keeping records, rates of pay (and how to get paid), syndication, the power of the press, official organisations to help you - and more. With detailed chapters on style, research, making the internet work for you and the rewards of rewriting, this book covers everything you need to know for success.

Freelance Writing for Newspapers

A&C Black Academic and Professional

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Books by Dick, Jill

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Writing for Magazines

Freelance Writing for Newspapers (A&C Black Writing Handbooks)

Freelance Writing for Newspapers