Writing Articles About the World Around You

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Summary: The best book for BEGINNERS
Review: I am a beginner freelance writer. I found this book the best among 8 other simple books about writing basics. This book starts with things, people & events close to you and how to make them as raw materials to headlines IDEAS. Also, it shows you how to transform ideas to pragraghs.

Then, it guides you in how to contact the editors and the keys to make them accept your articles by explaining how they think and what pressures that influence them.

It is a great book to start with. If you are a beginner freelance writer, don't miss this book. It encourage you a lot.

Rating:
Summary: The best book for BEGINNERS
Review: I am a beginner freelance writer. I found this book the best among 8 other simple books about writing basics. This book starts with things, people & events close to you and how to make them as raw materials to headlines IDEAS. Also, it show you how to transform ideas to pragraghs.

Then, it guides you in how to contact the editors and the keys to make them accept your articles by explaining how they think and what pressures that influence them.

It is a great book to start with. If you are a beginner freelance writer, don't miss this book. It encourage you a lot.

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Summary: shows you how to turn your ideas into cash
Review: I found the title lackluster and vague, but the contents themselves are first-rate. The book is jammed with brainstorming ideas and practical tips for selling articles of national interest---no matter where you live. Yudkin certainly brings her own expertise to the topic, but she also includes a generous sampling of quotes and helpful advice from other real-life freelancers and writing professionals. There are fewer than half-a-dozen writing books I return to year after year for inspiration and refreshment; this one will certainly join that select number.

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Summary: What they said.
Review: I have to agree with the reviews already posted here. I am a part-time freelance writer, and I read a lot on freelance writing. And I'm not a fan of all of it. Some of it is just cheerleader stuff -- you can do it! -- and in some of it, you're lucky to find about one worthwhile piece of advice or information every ten pages or so. "Writing Articles about the World around You" is a genuinely good book, full of concrete, helpful, and motivating advice, page after page.

Not convinced? Within a week of buying the book, an idea occurred to me, inspired by some advice Ms. Yudkin offered in chapter 6. That evening I gathered my thoughts and fired off a query to an editor of a national specialized newspaper. The next day he gave me the go-ahead, I did a little research and wrote it up, and he loved it. I got paid $250 for that article, which I spent about 5 hours on if you include researching, thinking, and writing time.

This book will be something I pick up to browse through the in future, when I need a mental kick in the pants to get me thinking and working.

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Summary: What they said.
Review: I have to agree with the reviews already posted here. I am a part-time freelance writer, and I read a lot on freelance writing. And I'm not a fan of all of it. Some of it is just cheerleader stuff -- you can do it! -- and in some of it, you're lucky to find about one worthwhile piece of advice or information every ten pages or so. "Writing Articles about the World around You" is a genuinely good book, full of concrete, helpful, and motivating advice, page after page.

Not convinced? Within a week of buying the book, an idea occurred to me, inspired by some advice Ms. Yudkin offered in chapter 6. That evening I gathered my thoughts and fired off a query to an editor of a national specialized newspaper. The next day he gave me the go-ahead, I did a little research and wrote it up, and he loved it. I got paid $250 for that article, which I spent about 5 hours on if you include researching, thinking, and writing time.

This book will be something I pick up to browse through the in future, when I need a mental kick in the pants to get me thinking and working.

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Summary: Writing Articles about the World Around You
Review: I was very impressed with the way it used real-life experiences to teach its lessons. It gives you the feeling that it is very possible to get an article written and published. The information I absorbed from it was extremely helpful in starting me on to future success. It is a must for any writer (especially the beginner).

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Summary: A book with endless suggestions of where to submit your work
Review: This is a must have book for the beginning writer. Yudkin takes one idea for an article and twists and turns it into a half-dozen for you. Her suggestions generate idea after idea. Even if you're not a beginner, you'll find yourself refreshed and resurged to look for the unique way to sell your articles. I highly recommend Marcia Yudkin. She's a supreme marketeer.

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Summary: There's a story in you waiting to be written!
Review: This is a wonderful book for beginning writers and a refreshing, enlightening, and inspiring book for veteran writers. Sometimes, we get so busy with our writing careers that we forget to take the time to look at the beauty around us and write about it. This book will bring back the life in any tired, worn writer, while encouraging, and uplifting the person who wants to write but doesn't know where to begin!

Rating:
Summary: There's a story in you waiting to be written!
Review: This is a wonderful book for beginning writers and a refreshing, enlightening, and inspiring book for veteran writers. Sometimes, we get so busy with our writing careers that we forget to take the time to look at the beauty around us and write about it. This book will bring back the life in any tired, worn writer, while encouraging, and uplifting the person who wants to write but doesn't know where to begin!