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Topic: Personal Essay or not?
| Author | Message |
| DixieDunbar | Posted – 1/19/2008 1:50:22 PM | show profile An acquaintance has asked me to write--or help her write--a very personal and graphic story about something juicy that happened in her upbringing. Assuming the subject matter will be of interest to a women's mag, how do I approach this? Should I pitch it as having two authors, write in the third person, or use as Told To? Also, if I'm the sole writer of her story, I assume I cannot pitch it for a personal essay column. Correct? Any advice would be appreciated. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 1/19/2008 2:00:20 PM | show profile I think you have two choices --either pitch this as an "as told to" -- or act as her editor as she writes an essay. She writes a draft, you edit, she rewrites etc. You charge for the editing. Either way, you also need to have something more than a juicy story. You need a take away, a lesson learned, etc. |
