Getting your name on the byline
Posted: September 30, 2012 | Contents: Chapter 5 | Tags: advice, byline, editors, getting published, getting your name on the byline, publish, relationship with editors, travel journalism, travel writers exchange, travel writing, travel-writers-exchange.com, wendy vanhatten | Leave a comment »Chapter 5 discusses guidelines any journalist may follow to increase the chances of getting published. Travel-Writers-Exchange.com’s Wendy Vanhatten offers eleven “Rules” and nine “Do’s” that in addition to increasing a journalist’s chance of getting work published will help to establish working relationships with editors.
Some of her advice includes:
- #1 don’t screw up an editors name,
- #5 don’t ignore a publications past articles,
- #7 don’t be impatient.
Some of the “Do’s” include: after submitting a COMPLETED article to an editor, try to send a pitch for a new article idea.She says it’s much easier to get repeat business with the same editor rather than continuously hunting new ones.Another “Do” that stood…
