Besides writing articles to websites, you can also be an article writer who focuses to write for magazine. This is also an opportunity which will make you earn enough money if you do this correctly. The reason is a magazine has editors who can be so busy dealing with hundreds of manuscripts comes every day. In this case, you need to do certain methods which are aimed to make the editors read your articles and get them published.
As a freelance writer, you have to follow the guidelines from the magazine. For example, if certain magazine asks an article which is written no more than a thousand words, you should never submit an article with two thousand words. There will be different guidelines from each magazine, and you can print them. If a magazine do not put the guideline, it will be fine for you to ask. After getting it, you have to read carefully and find the clues to get into that magazine. Some magazines often open the opportunity for you to fill in the empty pages with puzzles or short tips. Although they are small space, you can make it as your first step to get your name recognized by the editor.
It is real fact that magazine editors and the staffs do not have time to read your articles in detail. So you have to write and send powerful query. It is a short letter which introduces you as the author and informs an article that you want to submit. You have to make sure that your query is able to catch the editor’s attention. Present unique angle which has not been made before. Another method you can do is writing based on the editorial calendar which is usually posted on the website. It will give you lots of ideas to be written. They should be suitable to complete a magazine’s theme for a particular month and then send them prior to deadlines.
Your articles should meet with the target market of that magazine. If there are smaller or local magazines and trade journals, you can submit your articles to them first before sending to the national magazines. You will have higher opportunity and more experiences. Then, it will be easier for you to meet the editor of local magazine to know further what the magazine needs.
