The Untold Secrets Behind Securing 4,253 Writing Projects – Revealed by Bill Vossler!
- Learn to Interview. After finding subjects, and getting magazine permission, I interviewed the experts–farmers and collectors. Interviews (or the promise of those after assignments) are how to get saleable articles. Mine were mostly telephone interviews of 20-30 prepared questions, recorded or typed, and then I spun those into articles. Niche magazines require interviewed people in their articles and interviews sell pieces.
- Take Photos. Photos sell articles. I take them at shows, or have the interviewee take photos, and send those to me.
- Read Other Writers. Those better than you; those writing for magazines that you want to write for.
- Rewrite: After finishing a piece, set it aside for several days. As Hemingway said, “There is no such thing as great writing. Only great rewriting.” Come back, and make changes. Rewriting always makes a piece better.
- Write for Anyone Who Pays. I’ve published 4,253 articles (including this one!), essays, interviews, features, and more, mostly nonfiction, and I’m still writing.
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