About this series
The third book in the Mistakes Writers Make series takes the reader to the next level on the non-fiction writing journey, building on your early successes by equipping you with the skills, approach and attitude you need to make a living freelance writing for the internet, magazines and newspapers.
It covers article ideas, negotiating with editors, interviewing skills, financial issues, words and punctuation, even psychological wellbeing — and much more.
All of the advice is given through the prism of error, on the basis that mistakes are inevitable, good, educational — and yet can be overcome.
This helpful, friendly, and sometimes amusing guide should equip you with everything you need to sell your work regularly and turn freelance writing into a realistic career.
Titles in the series (3)
- 50 Mistakes Beginner Writers Make: Mistakes Writers Make, #1
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Do you want to learn how to write articles for newspapers, essays for magazines, and non-fiction for websites? Have you been trying for some time without success? Could it be your mistakes which are holding you back? In this, the first book in the 'Mistakes Writers Make' series, writing tutor and author Alex Gazzola takes you through 50 of the key errors new and aspiring writers may be making - and guides you towards putting them right. All the fundamentals are here: how to generate ideas, approach editors, research your market, craft an article, revise your work and submit it professionally. '50 Mistakes Beginner Writers Make' tackles the myths, points out the stumbling blocks, highlights the important aspects you may not have even thought of - and most of all reminds all writers that it's ultimately important to make mistakes ... provided you learn from them!
- 50 More Mistakes Beginner Writers Make: Mistakes Writers Make, #2
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The follow-up to "50 Mistakes Beginner Writers Make" takes the aspiring writer of articles and other non-fiction forward to the next level. Book 1 in the Mistakes Writers Make series gave the reader a good grounding in the theory of writing for magazines and newspapers, and introduced the basics - generating ideas, approaching editors, researching markets, crafting articles, revising work and much more. This second book in the series elaborates on these concepts, looking at article ideas in far greater depth, as well as the business of writing (contracts, copyright, money ...), dealing professionally with editors, improving all-important editing techniques, and equipping the reader with the key skills required to make a living from the written word. Other subjects include readers letters, interviewing and research skills, dealing with rejection ... and dealing with acceptance!
- 50 Mistakes Writers Make: Mistakes Writers Make, #3
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The third book in the Mistakes Writers Make series takes the reader to the next level on the non-fiction writing journey, building on your early successes by equipping you with the skills, approach and attitude you need to make a living freelance writing for the internet, magazines and newspapers. It covers article ideas, negotiating with editors, interviewing skills, financial issues, words and punctuation, even psychological wellbeing — and much more. All of the advice is given through the prism of error, on the basis that mistakes are inevitable, good, educational — and yet can be overcome. This helpful, friendly, and sometimes amusing guide should equip you with everything you need to sell your work regularly and turn freelance writing into a realistic career.
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