Your Questions About Freelance Writing For Magazines

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If you charge that much, you won't get much business. Most freelance writers who take 'contracts' either get the contract for the 'finished piece' at a negotiated price, or uses a 'per page' charge of anywhere from $1.50-10.00 per page, depending on size and content.

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I know it's tough to get started when you don't have a portfolio yet but there are some things you can do to get that started.

You could consider writing small pieces that don't pay just to get some published work under your belt and you can usually find these type of offers on Craig's List under the writing opportunities or writing gigs sections.

You could consider starting your own blog and write good articles/posts so you can showcase published work there.

As for where to find the work there are all kinds of places on the internet for this - http://www.freelancedaily.net compiles job offers daily and they offer a free trial so you should check that out too.

Good luck!

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Writing for DOLLARS! It a website which allows you to find out the guidlines of various publishers in various fields. This link, http://www.writingfordollars.com/GuidelinesDB_Lookup.cfm, will put you in touch with the sites history section. You can then scroll through to find various book and magazine pubilishers and check what their guidlines are.

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The payment compensation for your work would truly depend on whatever agreement that you reached with the newspaper publisher. Many small scale newspapers pay a flat fee of $5-$50 per article. Other freelance writing jobs, however, get paid by the word, usually $.01 to $.05 per word.

Have you not tried to contact them about employment at their company? Unfortunately, they will be the only ones who can tell you exactly what your compensation would be.

If you are interested in finding out about some reputable sites online, check out The E-ZMoney Guide. Although it's a small list, I have made about $2,000 over a period of months were I often worked only 1-2 hours a day.

Best of luck!

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