Super Simple Tip for Getting Freelance Writing Assignments

From freelancer David Hochman (who has created for New York Times, Esquire, Mens Journal, Playboy, as well as has as well most assignments), heres a elementary tip for removing assignments from markets we wish to write for.

Last week David Page found this small nugget at UPOD from horde David Hochman, who was cold with us republishing a entire post here at a Notebook:

In my continuing quest to reassure we which freelance essay is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE as well as which its possible to have a really good vital doing this, we will say a following:

People regularly wish to know how they can get good assignments from outlets they wish to write for. For most people, a gulf in between enterprise as well as choice feels similar to its a mile-wide, as well as we dont have a lifeboat, as well as there arent enough cliches similar to these to even proceed to think about pitching. WHAT CAN YOU DO? HOW CAN YOU MAKE LIVING? WHAT THE EFF, RIGHT?

Wrong.

Heres what we do: Ask.

You ask an editor. Ask an editor at a place youre prickly to write for WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR? WHAT THEYVE BOUGHT RECENTLY FROM FREELANCERS? WHAT SPECIAL ISSUES ARE COMING UP?

This will not only show we to be meddlesome as well as professional, it will also revoke a poser by a thousandfold. Youll have a transparent plan as well as may be even a deadline for when to pitch before their next story meeting. we do this all a time. we send an email to an editor or have lunch with him or her or go to fucking New York to speak to them in person, as well as guess what? we have as well most assignments.

I am not a genius. we am not remotely a best or smartest or most talented or most efficient freelancer (well, may be Im one of a most efficient). But we do know what needs to happen to get work as well as its ASKING.

How we get to a editor is your challenge, yes. But its not which hard.

Oka y. Goodbye for now, ye happy people of Poddenstein.

No, we did not think really tough about a phrasing of this email. we only batted it out as well as didnt even reread it. But we get a idea.

Buh-bye

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Bigup David Hochman for letting us republish this here. we know some writers whod be happy to take those extra assignments off your hands.


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