How Should Freelance Writers Pitch Their Ideas? - podcast

How should freelance writers pitch their ideas? Author and freelance writer Jackie Dishner offers great advice for freelance writers pitching new ideas to book publishers and magazine editors. Especially powerful is her recommendation not to ‘start low’, which is what many would tell new writers to do. You don't have to start low, you just have to know the market. If you want to write for a particular publishing house or magazine, then target your stories to fit in their niche market. But when there's a story that you want to write, then just write it—and then find the market for that story.