THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO FREELANCE WRITING: HOW TO WRITE, WORK, AND THRIVE ON YOUR OWN TERMS
Book ID/图书代码： 04460016B96645
English Summary/英文概要： So you want to be a freelance writer. Great! But now you’re faced with a laundry list of questions: Should I freelance full time or part time? Should I write for magazines, newspapers, or online markets? How do I dream up the perfect article idea, and how do I pitch it successfully? How do I negotiate contracts, foster relationships with editors, and start getting steady work while avoiding financial panic attacks and unpleasant ulcers?
The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing answers all of these questions--and much more. From breaking in to navigating the basics of the business, this book is your road map to a fruitful and rewarding freelance life. You’ll learn how to:
Dig into various markets, including consumer magazines, trade journals, newspapers, and online venues.
Make your digital mark and build your writing platform.
Pitch like a pro and craft solid query letters that get responses.
Conduct professional interviews in person, by phone, or by e-mail.
Write and structure various types of articles, from front-of-the-book pieces to profiles and features.
Quit your lackluster day job, and live the life you’ve always wanted.
Filled with insider secrets, candid advice, and Zachary Petit’s trademark humor and blunt honesty, The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing won’t just show you how to survive your freelancing writing career--it will teach you how to truly thrive.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你想要当一个自由职业作家。很好。但你面临的是一系列的问题：我应该将全部时间用来当自由职业者，还是兼职从事自由职业工作？我应该为杂志报纸撰写文章，还是为线上市场写？我如何发掘好的文章创意，如何成功地让别人接受我的提议？我如何和编辑签合同，接到稳定的工作，同时避免出现财务危机和健康问题？
本书就能回答以上所有问题，还有更多信息。从入行到如何了解这个行当最基本的运作规则，本书是你走向卓有回报的自由职业生涯的路径图。在书中你还能了解到：
如何开拓不同的市场，包括消费者杂志、贸易期刊、报纸以及在线媒体等等。
留下自己的数码记录，开拓自己的写作平台。
像专家一样提出写作建议，写出能够得到回应的问询信。
通过面对面、电话或者邮件的方式进行专业的采访。
撰写不同类型的文章。
等等。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：有趣，有用，而且很有必要。（A.J. Jacobs，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，《Esquire》杂志编辑，NPR评论员，为《Mental Floss》杂志撰写专栏）
Zachary Petit是我共事过的最好的编辑。他的这本书如我所预期的那样聪明而且透彻。照他说的做，就能拥有成功的职业生涯！（Susan Shapiro，新学校写作教授，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，著有《What’s Never Said》和《Only As Good as Your Word: Writing Lessons From My Favorite Literary Gurus》）
同时拥有自由职业作家和杂志编辑双重身份的Zachary Petit创作的这本书是我所见过的教人开创写作生涯的书中最好的一本。有趣，发人深思，而且将最有意义的基本信息倾囊相授，这本书应该站在所有自由职业者的书架上。（Melissa Rossi，前旅游专栏作家，著有《What Every American Should Know》系列）
"Funny, useful, and yes, essential." --A.J. Jacobs, New York Times best-selling author, editor at large at Esquire magazine, NPR commentator, and columnist for Mental Floss magazine
"Zachary Petit is the best editor I ever worked for. His Essential Guide to Freelance Writing is as brilliant, incisive and thorough as I expected. Do everything he says for a more successful career!" --Susan Shapiro, New School writing professor and New York Times bestselling author of What’s Never Said and Only As Good as Your Word: Writing Lessons From My Favorite Literary Gurus
"As both freelance writer and magazine editor, Zachary Petit has put together the finest (and most amusing) book I’ve read on how to break into professional writing and what to do once you get in the door. Funny, inspiring, and brimming with crucial nuts-and-bolts information, The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing should be on every freelancer’s bookshelf." --Melissa Rossi, former travel columnist and author of the What Every American Should Know series.
"Want to score more writing gigs and earn well while doing what you love? Here’s your chance to learn the ins and outs of freelance writing from an actual editor and long-time writer who has seen it all--from difficult sources to snooze-worthy queries. Zachary’s book offers new writers insider tips, counterintuitive advice (that works!), and a few naughty words (c’mon, you know they’re funny)." --Linda Formichelli, co-author of Write Your Way Out of the Rat Race...and Step Into a Career You Love and co-owner of The Renegade Writer Blog and UsefulWritingCourses.com
About the Author/作者介绍： Zachary Petit是获奖记者，也是国家杂志奖获奖期刊PRINT的主编，与人合著有《A Year of Writing Prompts: 366 Story Ideas for Honing Your Craft》以及《Eliminating Writer’s Block》。此前，他曾担任《作者文摘》杂志以及《HOW》杂志的执行主编，也是《作家年鉴》等等的执行编辑。作为一个记者和编辑，他撰写过数以千计的不同文章，主题从商场中圣诞老人扮演者的秘密生活到文学传奇，他的作品也经常出现在《国家地理》杂志儿童版上以及更多其他的出版物上。
Zachary Petit is an award-winning journalist, editor-in-chief of the National Magazine Award-winning publication PRINT, and co-author of A Year of Writing Prompts: 366 Story Ideas for Honing Your Craft and Eliminating Writer’s Block. Previously, he was the managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine and HOW magazine, and executive editor of the newsstand titles Writer’s Workbook, Writer’s Yearbook and Writing Basics. Alongside the thousands of articles he has penned as a staff writer and editor, covering everything from the secret lives of mall Santas to literary legends, his words regularly appear in National Geographic Kids, and have also popped up in the pages of National Geographic, Melissa Rossi’s What Every American Should Know book series, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and many other outlets.
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