Launch Your Freelance Writing Career! There are thousands of print and digital publications and markets, and the majority of them are looking for writers. Whether a publication produces new content daily, weekly, quarterly, monthly, or by issue--they need a consistent, constant stream of content to fuel their product. With The Writer's Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing, you now have the tools to make yourself marketable and productive to the magazines you want to write for. Veteran freelancer Kerrie Flanagan--who has written hundreds of published articles for such publications as the Chicago Tribune, FamilyFun, and Better Homes & Gardens--will guide you on this journey by showing you how to:Develop a steady stream of ideas to pitch to magazines.Perfect a query letter that grabs an editor's attention.Organize your freelancing life to track submissions and payments.Use magazine writing to develop an author platform.Filled with magazine article examples-including front-of-the-book pieces, roundups, how-tos, profiles, and more--and the voices of writers who make a full-time job out of freelancing, this book is your roadmap to building a writing career and earning more assignments.