Writing Articles about the World Around You

I am a beginner freelance writer. I found this book the best among 8 other simple books about writing basics. This book starts with things, people & events close to you and how to make them as raw materials to headlines IDEAS. Also, it shows you how to transform ideas to pragraghs.Then, it guides you in how to contact the editors and the keys to make them accept your articles by explaining how they think and what pressures that influence them.It is a great book to start with. If you are a beginner freelance writer, don't miss this book. It encourage you a lot.

I am a beginner freelance writer. I found this book the best among 8 other simple books about writing basics. This book starts with things, people & events close to you and how to make them as raw materials to headlines IDEAS. Also, it show you how to transform ideas to pragraghs.Then, it guides you in how to contact the editors and the keys to make them accept your articles by explaining how they think and what pressures that influence them.It is a great book to start with. If you are a beginner freelance writer, don't miss this book. It encourage you a lot.

This is a must have book for the beginning writer. Yudkin takes one idea for an article and twists and turns it into a half-dozen for you. Her suggestions generate idea after idea. Even if you're not a beginner, you'll find yourself refreshed and resurged to look for the unique way to sell your articles. I highly recommend Marcia Yudkin. She's a supreme marketeer.

It was a great book. I have a journalism background and have been out of the writing business for awhile. I bought the book to refresh my memory and Marcia does agreat job of telling the reader how to come up with ideas, contacting the media you want to write for, contracts etc. For a writer that has been out of the circle indefinetly, it is a great referesher book. For a beginner it is even better!

By looking around and using the stuff of your every day life, you've got fodder for dozens of articles -- and this book tells you how to turn them into query letters and articles that will have editors asking you back for more.