It has been a life-long dream for Karen, one of my clients, to be able to write for magazines.
She wants to see her name on those glossy pages.
She wants to share her knowledge and be able to help those people who are in the same situation she's into.
Do you share her passion and goal? Then, here are the tips that you need to land a job at prestigious publications: 1.
Writing skills.
Obviously, you need high level writing skills to be able to write for magazines.
Before you even send in your resume, I suggest that you hone your writing skills.
Doing this is relatively easy.
Just read magazine articles over and over again until you figure out their common denominators and the way they were exactly written.
Then, try to imitate them while using elements that can still make your articles stand out from the crowd.
Practice everyday until you get the hang of it.
2.
Be an expert.
It's important that you're an expert on your chosen topics.
You see, publishers and editors will not take interest on your articles if they contain general information that will not really help their readers.
It would help if you research your topics thoroughly and if you gain first-hand experience that will help you produce expertly written articles that are useful and enlightening.
3.
Know how to touch human emotions.
Determine the emotional hot buttons of your target readers and know how you can target them.
It's very important that you have the ability to make these people feel certain emotions.
Make them feel sad, overly excited, or extremely happy.
If you're successful in doing this, I can guarantee you that your readers will not soon forget about you.