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How to Pitch a Story

 
< P > E v e r w o n d e r w h y w e r e f e r t o c o n v i n c i n g a n e d i t o r a s t o r y i s w o r t h y b y p i t c h i n g a s t o r y ? I h a v e . I m a b a s e b a l l e n t h u s i a s t , a n d i t m a k e s a l o t o f s e n s e t o m e . W h e n t h e e d i t o r i s a t b a t w i t h y o u , h e o r s h e h a s a f e w s w i n g s t o m a k e b e f o r e m a k i n g a c o n n e c t i o n t h r o u g h t h e s t o r y i d e a ( b a l l ) t h a t c o u l d e n d u p b e i n g a b a s e h i t o r a h o m e r u n . N a t u r a l l y , e v e r y o n e w a n t s t o h i t a h o m e r u n w h e n t h e y g o t o b a t w i t h a n e d i t o r . S o m e t i m e s p u b l i c i s t s a n d w r i t e r s d o h a v e t o w a l k t o f i r s t b a s e f o r t h e s t o r y a s s i g n m e n t . H e r e a r e s o m e h e l p f u l t i p s o n h o w t o p i t c h a s t o r y t o a n e d i t o r a n d h o w t o a t l e a s t h i t a s i n g l e , d o u b l e , o r t r i p l e i f n o t a h o m e r u n o n o c c a s i o n . < / P > < P > U s e a n E d i t o r s T i m e P r o d u c t i v e l y < / P > < P > T i m e s p e n t o n t h e t e l e p h o n e w i t h a n e d i t o r i s m o r e l i k e a g i f t f r o m G o d . I f y o u w a n t t o b e s u c c e s s f u l a t p u r v e y i n g a s t o r y i d e a , i t s b e s t t o h a v e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n y o u w a n t t o c o n v e y r e h e a r s e d , o r i n n o t e w r i t t e n f o r m p r i o r t o y o u r c a l l . T r y n o t t o s p e n d m o r e t h a n 1 0 o r 1 5 m i n u t e s s p e a k i n g a b o u t y o u r s t o r y i d e a . A l w a y s a s k t h e e d i t o r , I s t h i s a g o o d t i m e f o r y o u ? b e f o r e b e g i n n i n g y o u r p i t c h . A n o t h e r g r e a t w a y t o r e a c h a n e d i t o r i s b y a w e l l - w r i t t e n e - m a i l p i t c h . I n e i t h e r c a s e f o c u s t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n o r c o n v e r s a t i o n o n y o u r s t o r y i d e a ( s ) . I f t h e e d i t o r i s i n t e r e s t e d , h e o r s h e m a y a s k m o r e q u e s t i o n s . I f n o t , t h e e d i t o r s h o u l d t e l l y o u . < / P > < P > F a c t s , S o u r c e s , I m a g e s < / P > < P > T h e e d i t o r n e e d s t o b e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e t h e m e o f y o u r s t o r y . A q u i c k 2 - 3 s e n t e n c e s y n o p s i s s h o u l d o f f e r a n o r i g i n a l f o c u s o r a n g l e o n a t o p i c r e l a t e d t o t h e p u b l i c a t i o n . F o r e x a m p l e , i f I w a n t e d t o p i t c h t o M s . m a g a z i n e , I d w a n t t o h a v e a f e m i n i s t e v e n t , p r o f i l e , o r f e a t u r e i d e a t h a t w o u l d b e a p p r o p r i a t e . I d e n t i f y p o t e n t i a l r e s e a r c h s o u r c e s f o r y o u r s t o r y , o r e l a b o r a t e u p o n c o n t a c t s w i t h e x p e r t s i n t h e a r e a , t o l e t t h e e d i t o r k n o w y o u a r e c a p a b l e o f t a c k l i n g t h e s u b j e c t . T h i s e x p a n s i o n o n y o u r t o p i c i s k e y t o k e e p i n g t h e e d i t o r s i n t e r e s t . M a n y m a g a z i n e a n d n e w s p a p e r e d i t o r s w i l l a l s o a s k y o u u p f r o n t a b o u t t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f p h o t o g r a p h s t o g o w i t h t h e s t o r y . B e p r e p a r e d a n s w e r t h i s q u e s t i o n w i t h s o m e v i a b l e s u g g e s t i o n s f o r p h o t o s a n d a c r e a t i v e a p p r o a c h . B y n o w y o u v e s o l d t h e s t o r y i d e a . S o , d o n t f o r g e t t o a s k a b o u t t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f a s t a f f p h o t o g r a p h e r f r o m t h e p u b l i c a t i o n t o a s s i s t w i t h p h o t o s . < / P > < P > W h e r e d o I F i n d S t o r i e s t o P i t c h ? < / P > < P > W h e t h e r y o u a r e w o r k i n g f o r y o u r s e l f o r a n o r g a n i z a t i o n o r c o m p a n y , y o u h a v e y o u r c o m f o r t z o n e s . T h e s e a r e v e n d o r s y o u a r e d o i n g b u s i n e s s w i t h , y o u r i m m e d i a t e e n v i r o n m e n t , a n d s o c i a l f u n c t i o n s t h a t s e e m a l i g n e d w i t h y o u r w o r k . G o o u t s i d e o f y o u r u s u a l b o u n d a r i e s , e x p e r i m e n t i n o t h e r s o c i a l v e n u e s , a n d t a l k t o p e o p l e a s o f t e n a s p o s s i b l e . I l o o k f o r s t o r y i d e a s w h e n I m o n a s s i g n m e n t w i t h a s t o r y . B e c a u s e I w r i t e d a i l y , I k n o w t h a t o n e s t o r y w i l l i n e v i t a b l y l e a d t o a n o t h e r . I a l s o p i c k u p s t o r y i d e a s i n t h e b a r , a t t h e u n i v e r s i t y w h e r e I w o r k a s a t e a c h e r , f r o m o t h e r c l i e n t s , f r o m s t u d e n t s , l o c a l a c t i v i s t s , o r d u r i n g o u t d o o r g r o u p a c t i v i t i e s s u c h a s h i k i n g a n d c a m p i n g . I l i s t e n c l o s e l y t o w h a t p e o p l e s a y , a n d I c a r r y a r o u n d m y f a v o r i t e p o c k e t b o o k s i z e d b u n g e e n o t e b o o k t o r e c o r d m y t h o u g h t s a n d s t o r y i d e a s . W h e n I h a v e a n e d i t o r o n t h e t e l e p h o n e , o r a m l u c k y e n o u g h t o m e e t o n e i n p e r s o n , I a c t l i k e I d i d w h e n I p l a y e d b a l l : I j u s t s t a r t p i t c h i n g . < / P > < P > T o o l s o f t h e T r a d e < / P > < P > O n c e , I h a d a b e a d c o l l e c t i o n I a c q u i r e d f r o m a f r i e n d w h o w a s s i c k o f b e a d i n g . S h e s a i d t o m e , i f y o u j u s t l o o k a t t h e c o l l e c t i o n l o n g e n o u g h , y o u l l h a v e i d e a s . T h i s i s w h a t I d i d , a n d t h i s i s h o w I m a d e m y n e c k l a c e s . < / P > < P > F o r w r i t e r s , I r e c o m m e n d t h e y l o o k a t a s m a n y h a r d c o p y a n d o n - l i n e p u b l i c a t i o n s a s p o s s i b l e . D o n t f o r g e t t o o b t a i n a c o p y o f t h e c u r r e n t W r i t e r s M a r k e t . I t s a u s e f u l p u b l i c a t i o n f o r p r o f i l i n g b u y i n g p u b l i c a t i o n s . I s u g g e s t t h e b u d d i n g w r i t e r l o o k i n t o p u b l i c a t i o n s i n s y n c w i t h t h e i r p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t s . F o r e x a m p l e , I e n j o y b a c k c o u n t r y h i k i n g a n d c a m p i n g . I w o u l d p r o b a b l y w a n t t o c o n t a c t o u t d o o r s m a g a z i n e s t o p i t c h t h e m s o m e s t o r i e s . I a l s o h a v e a n i n t e r e s t i n l o c a l n e w s p a p e r s , t r a v e l , e d u c a t i o n a l , a n d h o l i s t i c h e a l i n g m a g a z i n e s . I v e p i t c h e d t o a l l o f t h e s e t y p e s o f p u b l i c a t i o n s . W h e n y o u f i n d a p u b l i c a t i o n y o u r e a l l y l i k e , w r i t e d o w n t h e e d i t o r s n a m e , e - m a i l , p h o n e n u m b e r a n d s t a r t t o p i t c h . T h e r e s a l s o a g r e a t w r i t e r s s i t e c a l l e d < A h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . w r i t i n g f o r m o n e y . c o m " t a r g e t = _ n e w > w w w . w r i t i n g f o r m o n e y . c o m < / A > . F o r $ 8 p e r m o n t h y o u c a n r e v i e w a n i n t e r a c t i v e o n - l i n e l i s t i n g o f p u b l i c a t i o n s w h i c h a r e c u r r e n t l y b u y i n g n e w w o r k . W i t h t h e s e l i n k s , y o u c a n v i s i t t h e p u b l i c a t i o n s d i r e c t l y , r e a d a b o u t t h e m , a n d e - m a i l t h e e d i t o r y o u r p i t c h . T h e l o n g e r y o u l o o k a t t h e s e t o o l s o f t h e t r a d e , t h e m o r e i d e a s w i l l p e r c o l a t e . < / P > < P > H i t a H o m e R u n < / P > < P > Y o u w a n t t o h i t a h o m e r u n w i t h a n e d i t o r a n d l a n d a s t o r y ? W e l l , t r y g o i n g t o b a t w i t h t w o t o t h r e e s t o r y i d e a s i n s t e a d o f j u s t o n e . O r t h e s t o r y y o u v e d e v e l o p e d c a n b e p i t c h e d a t d i f f e r e n t a n g l e s , w h i c h m a y m a k e i t m o r e s u i t a b l e f o r y o u r p u b l i c a t i o n o f c h o i c e . M a k e s u r e t o v i e w a t l e a s t s e v e r a l a r t i c l e s f r o m t h e p u b l i c a t i o n i t s e l f b e f o r e p i t c h i n g a n e d i t o r , s o y o u c a n h a v e a n i d e a o f t h a t e d i t o r s t a s t e i n m a t e r i a l a n d s t y l e . A l l o f t h e s e t i p s s h o u l d h e l p y o u l a n d a g r e a t s t o r y , a n d e v e n m o r e i n t h e f u t u r e . A s w i t h b a s e b a l l : p r a c t i c e . W i t h p r a c t i c e , y o u l l l e a r n h o w t o p i t c h l i k e a n e x p e r t . < / P >
Author: Elizabeth Kirwin
 
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