From Spark to Flame: Fanning Your Passion & Ideas into Moneymaking Magazine Articles that Make a Difference (Monetizing Your Purpose & Passion Series Book 1)

Call to Action Assignment 1. Pick at least three of your hottest ideas, the ones you would really like to write about and that seem to have several likely markets. Write the basic idea on a sheet of paper or use the Article Development Form. 2. Develop these ideas thoroughly. See how many different slants or spins you can create with each idea.

In this case, jot down the magazine’s name, address, phone number, the name of the editor, and the Web site or email address. Later you can send a letter or email to the magazine requesting a copy of their writers’ guidelines. Additionally, many magazines now carry their guidelines online at their Web sites, so you can find them there. While not al

Writer’s Market, a publication of Writer’s Digest. Most freelance journalists consider Writer’s Market to be the Bible for publishing information, with thousands of magazine, book publisher and agent listings.

I’ve found that most freelance writers who specialize in writing for magazines spend in the neighborhood of forty to sixty percent of their time in some form of marketing, whether it’s studying magazines, writing new idea proposals, or networking.

I heard myself thinking, This man’s message needs a much larger audience.

Below the corkboard of my Writer’s Taffy Machine is a second corkboard divided roughly in half. On the left side is my corral, the fourteen or fifteen magazines I write for regularly. On the other side is my Heart List, currently with fifteen magazines. I keep these two lists on my wall to help me stay awake to this game of turning Heart List magaz

one time North American rights, which mean you’re giving the magazine permission to publish the article one time in their North American publication, they may be expecting all rights in all different forms.

the Big R Game. The rules are simple; in fact, there’s only one, and it’s summarized in the object of the game: Collect as many rejections as you can as fast as you can while writing as well as you can.

you want to become as clear as possible what the editor is looking for from you and to come as close to delivering that as possible. Since clarity is the first stage of creativity, here are some of the things you want to know that will bring clarity to the assignment. 1. How long will the article be? What is the word count? 2. What kind of article