Learning Hour: How To Get Published in Magazines
Join me and award-winning writer and commissioning director of Cosmopolitan Catriona Innes, as we discuss the craft of magazine writing & how to write a winning 'pitch'
WHERE: Via Zoom (link below)
WHEN: October 18th
TIME: 8pm (GMT)/ 3pm (ET)/12pm (PT) 6am (AEST)
You have the idea. You’re ready to start writing it. You know where you want to have it published. But you’re too afraid (or unsure) about how to sell your story to a national publication. If this is you, then you’re not going to want to miss this first Learning Hour with Cosmopolitan Commissioning Director, Catriona Innes.
Catriona has been commissioning stories for the national press for over a decade. We used to work with one another when I edited Cosmo and she had an uncanny ability to spot memorable, award-winning features almost instantly.
We’ll talk a little about Catriona’s career (she is also an award-winning writer, author and writes an incredible Substack called Crocuses In The Snow), what it’s like to work on a magazine in 2022 plus examine what makes a great pitch. Plus founding members can help shape the flow of conversation by submitting their questions to me which I’ll ask on your behalf. (Founders please email your questions directly to me. You can also suggest people you’d like to hear from on the usual email.)
Since this is the first Learning Hour I’ll use the first fifteen minute to go round the room and give everyone a chance to introduce themselves since I know many of you have already been chatting in the threads. Catriona will then join us at 8.15pm and we will try and leave five minutes at the end for questions.
You don’t have to be a writer or part of our writing group to join, but you do have to be a paid subscriber to get access to our Learning Hours. We will be doing one a month and all are welcome. The guests will largely include those from a creative background who will join me to talk about their craft. If this sounds like something you or someone you know would like to join then you can do so by upgrading your subscription below
If you have a classic membership (£6 a month/£50 a year) and want to upgrade to a founding membership (£250 a year with a signed book, a private tuition class and editing from me, plus the ability to help shape some of our Learning Hours) then you can do this by following the below instructions:
Go to your Settings page
Click on Subscriptions and choose Things Worth Knowing
Navigate to the ‘plan change’ and select ‘change’
Choose Founding Membership and then press ‘Change Plan’
This should be a fun and informative session where we’ll all get to know one another better, plus take away a huge amount of helpful tips to set you on your way. Zoom link to join is below. I hope you can make it!
Farrah x