Writing Articles About the World Around You [Hardcover]

Marcia Yudkin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0898798140 | ISBN-13: 978-0898798142 | Publication Date: January 1998

Writing Articles About the World Around You shows you how to generate hundreds of innovative and salable story ideas using what you know, who you know, where you live, and what you've experienced. As an established writer and teacher, Marcia Yudkin shares her own experiences along with those of her colleagues to give you inspiration and true-life guidance through every step of the writing and publishing process. With this book's instruction and encouragement, you'll use what you know to write fascinating, informative and inspiring articles, and you'll begin a rewarding career with limitless possibilities.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 218 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898798140
• ISBN-13: 978-0898798142
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #618,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Author of 16 books, Marcia Yudkin has been turning words into money since 1981, when her first freelance article appeared in the New York Times. She is the author of 6 Steps to Free Publicity and Web Site Marketing Makeover, among others. She has landed publicity in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Women in Business, USBanker, and dozens of newspapers around the world. Marcia lives part of the year on Maui and the rest of the time in the woods of Western Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An inspiration-packed, practical guide to selling articles, May 26, 1998

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Robert M. Bittner "rmbittner" (Charlotte, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writing Articles About the World Around You (Hardcover)

I found the title lackluster and vague, but the contents themselves are first-rate. The book is jammed with brainstorming ideas and practical tips for selling articles of national interest---no matter where you live. Yudkin certainly brings her own expertise to the topic, but she also includes a generous sampling of quotes and helpful advice from other real-life freelancers and writing professionals. There are fewer than half-a-dozen writing books I return to year after year for inspiration and refreshment; this one will certainly join that select number.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars shows you how to turn your ideas into cash, September 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Writing Articles About the World Around You (Hardcover)

By looking around and using the stuff of your every day life, you've got fodder for dozens of articles -- and this book tells you how to turn them into query letters and articles that will have editors asking you back for more.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book with endless suggestions of where to submit your work, November 16, 2001

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Julie A. Saffrin (Excelsior, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writing Articles About the World Around You (Hardcover)

This is a must have book for the beginning writer. Yudkin takes one idea for an article and twists and turns it into a half-dozen for you. Her suggestions generate idea after idea. Even if you're not a beginner, you'll find yourself refreshed and resurged to look for the unique way to sell your articles. I highly recommend Marcia Yudkin. She's a supreme marketeer.