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Pitches That Worked: Heart & Soul Fed up with generalizations about AIDS in Africa, this writer composed an in-depth story proposal with an appealing, unusual angle that helped her score an assignment. By Donya Blaze, February 2, 2010 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Spa We dissect the elements of a detailed beauty pitch that won a freelance writer repeat gigs at Spa, with input from the assigning editor. By Donya Blaze, November 3, 2009 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Pregnancy One pitch scored a new writer a byline and led to four more assignments. We break down her query and highlight what worked. By Noah Davis, February 27, 2008 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Salon Arguing against the majority opinion yielded this writer an assignment-nabbing Salon query. By Rebecca L. Fox, September 28, 2007 |
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| Pitches That Worked: The Believer A devoted reader of his intended outlet, this writer waited to submit until the right idea struck. We walk you through the query that sold his story. By Rebecca L. Fox, September 4, 2007 |
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| Pitches That Worked: The Economist We show how freelancers can crack this premier pub, getting an editor to weigh in on his writer's persistent approach. By Rebecca L. Fox, May 16, 2007 |
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| Pitches That Worked: BeE A vividly-written query and its writer's knowledge of her target outlet entice an assigning editor: We break it down so you don't miss a beat. By Rebecca L. Fox, April 18, 2007 |
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| Pitches That Worked: San Francisco "I really wanted to break in, so I decided to go for it," says this writer whose offer of multiple ways to cover one idea helped her join the writing ranks of this top regional glossy. By Rebecca L. Fox, March 14, 2007 |
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| Pitches That Didn't/ Did Work: Essence/ Cleveland Plain Dealer From a nonstarter to a story that sold: We analyze the original pitch and its successful rewrite, and get the editors who passed and assigned it to weigh in. By Rebecca L. Fox, February 14, 2007 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Penthouse We analyze a series of queries from a writer whose first idea for Penthouse was rejected but kept pitching until he got his assignment. By Rebecca L. Fox, November 6, 2006 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Time Out New York 'Perfectly pegged' and written in TONY's own style, this writer's first pitch ever earned him a place in the widely-read New York nightlife guide. By Rebecca L. Fox, October 16, 2006 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Newsday This query led Newsday to assign its author 70 pieces -- and counting! We point out how his first pitch made it all possible. By Rebecca L. Fox, September 25, 2006 |
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| Pitches That Worked: Parents What makes a query lead to a story? We break down a successful pitch to Parents. By Rebecca L. Fox, September 11, 2006 |
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