How to boost your online presence
While books, magazines and newspapers are likely to be around for years to come, there’s no denying that the internet is increasing powerful when it comes to getting your message across. Here social media expert and founder of online magazine EGL Magazine Angeline Trevena offers her top tips for boosting your online presence.
The week ahead at EssentialWriters.com
Whether you write journalism, long or short fiction, non-fiction, poetry or plays, you’ll find a target to aim for this week at EssentialWriters.com. I’ll be chatting with a literary agent and finding out about a writing competition, while other contributors will share their news and advice. If you want to contribute to EssentialWriters.com, get in touch!
Perfect your freelance feature pitch
Punteha Yazdanian is a full time freelance journalist. Previously she was a staff feature writer with INS, a news agency that provides news and features to the national newspapers and women’s magazines. As a writer with a finger on the pulse of most major UK commissioning editors, here she offers her advice on perfecting your pitch.
The week ahead at EssentialWriters.com
This week at EssentialWriters.com is all about opportunities, from calls for submissions to advice on writing the feature pitch that will secure a commission. With school holidays just beginning, the streets and parks will be full of children, so stay home, switch on your computer or grab a notepad and pen and devote some time to writing!
Capture the Scene - a creative writing exhibition
Back in April I collaborated with poet Joanna Butler to run a free writing workshop in Bristol called Capture the Scene. Each person who attended produced a spontaneous piece of writing about the sea, and to celebrate the wealth of talent demonstrated by participants we’re displaying them here in an online exhibition, with paintings by abstract artist Anna Young.
The week ahead at EssentialWriters.com
This week at EssentialWriters.com we’re thinking about writing for film, sports and literary events, and looking at ways you can make the most of your writing. From calls for submissions to freelance writing work to literary grants, there are plenty of opportunities out there for you to take advantage of, and we’re happy to point you in the right direction!
How to choose your short story anthology for optimum results
The publishing world seems to be awash with anthologies, so how do you choose which one to submit your work to? Emma Bragg, short story writer, poet and journalist, has had to make those decisions herself, and has a short story in the Flax anthology The Road We’re On. Here she offers some sound advice.
The week ahead at EssentialWriters.com
This week at EssentialWriters.com is all about submissions, ensuring you have plenty of choices about where to send your poems, short stories and feature ideas. From publishing houses to literary festivals to online magazines, you should find the perfect vehicle to take you on to the next stage of your writing journey.
