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Marketing Monday: Magazine Writing
I thought I'd write a little bit about magazines, because people sometimes ask me about pitching. Below is a story I wrote for Teen Vogue's March issue (click to enlarge if you want to read it). It's about the topic of gossip, which isn't exactly a new subject for teen magazines. However, there was a study that came out recently, saying that most people believe gossip over fact. The study was published in all the major newspapers (reading newspapers every day is key!) so that was the perfect hook to hang a story about gossip on, and Teen Vogue wanted to do a feature. Just one tip for selling a story: Find the timely angle. I'll blog more about magazine writing if you guys are interested.
Oh, and magazine writer extraordinaire Sarah Jio interviewed me today, so stop by there and throw some love if you have time.
Happy Monday, everyone!
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Comments (5)
There's a difference people CHOOSE (underline and bold the choose part) to believe gossip over fact. Why? Because it is just simply more interesting and has the single most important thing that people nowadays seem to revolve around.
DRAMA.
You got that lamas? [nod of heads]
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Posted by Silence is Golden, But Ducktape is Silver | March 17, 2008 5:53 PM
I finally did the meme that you tagged me for. :-)
Here's my answers if you want to check them out: http://emsbookshelf.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-random-things-meme.html
Posted by Em | March 17, 2008 11:07 PM
Oh no! I tagged you for a meme but I think maybe you already did it. You are so meme-able. :-O www.alexayoung.blogspot.com
Posted by Alexa Young | March 18, 2008 5:34 PM
I'd love to hear more. Is sharing a pitch letter too much to ask? Sorry. I'm really interested in this. If you want you can answer me off list. Thanks.
Posted by Kwana | March 19, 2008 5:59 PM
I know it's bad and immoral, but gossip is my major sin and weakness. I admit it, I have the evil streak inside of me and it's really true that people tend to believe gossip since it's more interesting than reality. Mhm, spicy!
Posted by Harry~DayDream | March 22, 2008 4:49 AM