Learn how to publish your nonfiction book or novel with a traditional publisher. This course focuses on how you can research the book-publishing marketplace, approach an editor with your idea, write a compelling book proposal, and understand book contracts, royalty payments, and so much more.
If you’re interested in writing and publishing a book, this collection of five courses will get you started on the right path.
If you are ready to learn how to write magazine articles to earn an income or promote your books, start with the six courses in this collection.
Whether you’d like to write daily devotions for one of the many devotional publications, or compile your own daily devotions into a book, this course has everything you need to reach millions of readers all around the world.
With its wide circulation of five million readers, Guideposts Magazine is the perfect venue for writers who want to offer hope, inspiration, and faith-affirming encouragement to people around the world. In this course, you’ll learn how to choose your topics and ideas, how to understand and write for this magazine’s target audience, and how to submit your perfect material to their editors.
As the saying goes, “You’re on your way to fame and glory when Reader’s Digest buys your story!” In this course, you’ll discover how to break into Reader’s Digest by exploring their mission statement, the types of articles and topics they publish, and the five major categories open to freelance writers. You’ll also learn detailed descriptions of the magazine’s readers, the particular submission rules, and other guidelines that will get you published in this magazine.
Magazine editors are desperate for exciting seasonal articles. In this course, you’ll learn how to write holiday articles, how to break into new magazine markets, and how to make consistent income year-round by getting published again and again and again through holiday writing.
Learning to write fact-based stories that read like exciting, captivating novels is one of the most rewarding skills that any writer can undertake. This course will help you discover new tools and techniques that will immerse your readers into the world of your narrative nonfiction. You’ll learn how to create descriptive and vivid scenes, how to develop characters and deepen conflict, how to include suspense, mystery, and cliffhangers into your plot, and also how to capture the essence of the times, places, and historical events that shape your true, unforgettable stories.
Did you know that you can build an entire career around writing magazine articles? In this course, you’ll learn the four most popular types of articles that editors want, how to research the magazine marketplace, how to approach an editor with your idea, how to write a first-class query letter that gets your foot in the door, and so much more.
If you desire to connect with your reader on a deep, personal level, this course is for you! Learn to appeal not just to your reader’s head, but to the heart.