The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock: The Freelance Writer's Guide to Selling More Work Faster (The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing series)
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The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock: The Freelance Writer's Guide to Selling More Work Faster (The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing series)
This convention-defying follow-up to The Renegade Writer ensures that freelance journalists get the assignments they want more quickly and for better pay with the right query letter. Successful freelancers and the editors that buy their work share their advice on pitching the perfect story with real examples that earned great assignments from major magazines. Fresh, spunky, and fun to read, this handbook favors a proven renegade approach that gets freelancers more work for more money in less time and with less stress.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good reference, but not a bible.:
I have these two ladies' first book and I really enjoyed it, so I snapped this one up quickly. I wasn't an enthused about this book though. The sample letters are great, as are the comments from editors and writers alike. The problem is that it's all over the map. Granted, they want to appeal to everyone across the board, but the result here is that it just skims along the surface and doesn't really make itself invaluable. Personally, I was hoping to help on writing queries. It gives us that in the... more info
Writing a query letter, read this first:
I wish I had this book years ago. I had to learn the hard way by sending out queries and then reading the comments from editors. I learned a lot from reading the queries in this book, and I've been writing query letters for a long time. If you don't buy the book, then do yourself a favor and at least skim through it at the library. If you get one thing out of it, it will save you time and agony later. Excellent book!
Query Letters that Rock:
Too general--not enough specific informnation on "how to write a query" The book How to Write Attention Grabbing Query & Cover Letters was much more effective.
The BEST book on query letters!:
This is the second book in The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing series. As suggested by the title, this book takes a different approach than most writing books. Rather than spewing forth rigid instructions and how-to's, this book answers questions and offers samples. The author's are unconventional in their approach and successful. They encourage writers to THINK rather than just follow rules. If rules need to be broken in order to offer your best work, break them without hesitation. The first... more info
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