Notes from My Desk at Writer's Residence

Notes from My Desk at Writer's Residence

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My first successful pitch
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My first successful pitch

A word-for-word transcript of the emails that led to my first paid writing commission

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Monica Shaw
Aug 11, 2023
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One of the most popular topics I see in writer’s communities is how to get your first successful paid gig (and then how to keep getting them). So I wanted to share a word-for-word transcript of my first successful pitch - including the pitch itself and the email exchange with the editor that finally led to the go-ahead (the go-ahead itself reads like s…

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