AvantGuild: Top Freelance Writers Share Their Secrets

Some freelancers get all the luck. Or maybe it’s not chance that explains why that guy has a cover story in GQ and you’re scrambling for a 150-word blurb in Maniwaki Monthly.*

Well, now you’re in luck, because Mediabistro spoke to top freelance writers and asked them what it is that makes editors call them up. Here’s a few tips, but you’ll need to read the whole article for more:

“Pay attention to formatting.” Daniel Duane, contributing editor for Men’s Journal, contributor to Bon Appétit and New York Times Magazine, and author of several books, bought any magazine that he was interested in writing for.

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