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ONLINE
CLASS
How to
Get Freelance Work
With
Eric Butterman
February
16-March 16
Weekly
chats: 7-8 p.m. CST on Tuesdays, February 16, February 23, March 2, March, 9,
and March 16
$149
members/$209 nonmembers
With publishing
companies laying off workers, freelance writers offer them a cheaper
alternative — yep, you might actually
make more money. The sad truth is the
success of a freelance writer isn't usually just based on quality of work or
marketing. It's often about who's the most organized, has a clear plan for
future goals, and understands how to best execute it.
In this course, you’ll learn pitching
from actual pitches that sold for $1,000 or more, and we'll write pitches
together and analyze them for a better chance at landing assignments. Instructor
Eric Butterman will also show you how following up on the phone could double
your writing business.
Each Monday a lecture will be e-mailed
out, followed by everyone meeting in a chat room every Tuesday night. There
will be optional homework each week — and I do mean optional. If you don’t have
time, you can just learn from the analysis of other student’s work, which the
instructor will do live in the chat room. No need to worry about doing evaluations
of your fellow students, and there’s nothing to bring to the first class other
than an open mind!
The takeaways of the course:
·
How to write a pitch efficiently
·
How to utilize phone follow-ups to improve your
chances to sell
·
How to organize interviews and writing time to
get your work done faster
·
How to turn one assignment with a client into
many
We'll look at how to make the most of
literally every hour you devote to your freelancing career. This covers
everything from finding the balance between pleasing clients and getting new
ones to creating a "career map," which will allow you to see where
you want to be a year from now. Change can come fast — if you're moving in the right direction!
Who
Should Attend?
·
Writers interested in finding out how to develop
a freelance career
·
Experienced freelance writers seeking ways to
develop their career
·
Writers who want to build their platform through
freelance writing
Eric Butterman is a freelance writer and teacher who's written for more
than 50 publications, including Glamour
and ESPN.com.
His articles have allowed him to do everything from chatting with Venus Williams about her killer serve to finding out
that action film Director John Woo would actually
love to direct a musical. His students have credited his courses with helping
them sell an article for as much as $4,000 and make four-figure deals before
the course was even over. He's been a freelance instructor for the Editorial
Freelancers Association, JournalismJobs.com, and Ed2010.com. In addition, he
has lectured at
New York
University and Harvard.