The Ultimate Guide to Magazine Pitching with Rachel Smith

Do you want to know a secret?

I never wanted to be a copywriter. My dream was to be a magazine writer. I was voted “Girl Most Likely To Write For Smash Hits” when I was at school.

I was a feature editor for my uni newspaper interviewing Blur and Bob Monkhouse.

I interned at several sexy music mags in London.

And I was accepted onto a prestigious magazine journalism course.

But I couldn’t afford it. So I didn’t go.

And spent the next 10 years wandering in the wilderness of digital production until I found copywriting.

But I still yearn to be a REAL Writer.

Today we’re talking about writing for magazines and more specifically how to pitch them and we have a very special guest to give us the lowdown.

 

Tune in to learn:

Where to start with magazine writing A peek behind-the-scenes with Rachel Emailing the perfect pitch Whether you should write an article or pitch the idea first The first point of contact when pitching articles How to hear back from potential writing jobs Pay rates in the world of magazine-writing Kill fees - what they are and how to obtain them Handling rejection as a writer.