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Big Time Experience with Small Time Publications
When you start writing, you may have ambitions of getting your name on the front page of newspapers and on feature
stories in magazines, but you will soon find out that it takes time to get there. Even the best writers have to
make their way through the ranks before making it to headline status. Don’t be discouraged though. Even though you
may have been rejected more times than you could have ever imagined, there are still many places that will be
accepting.
Even if you feel like you’ve exhausted all of your creative power, there are publications that
are ready to help you develop even further. The buildup is not leading towards riches or fame, but writing
newsletter articles can be a great step in that direction. The first thing that any writer should realize is
that there is more to learn. Even knowing all of the grammar and all of the clarity rules will not make you a
good writer. Only experience can bring you to that place. Newsletters are a great place to start getting
cleaning up your writing and to start learning to write for different audiences.
Who Prints Newsletters?
Why are newsletters such a great place to start earning publications? There are plenty of organizations and groups
that print them. The printing money and the circulation are already in place. The other great thing about writing
newsletter articles is that there is almost always a high demand for newsletter writers.
The pay is not great and is most often non-existent, but the newsletters must go out all the
same. Hit up any organization in town that you know prints a newsletter. Some of the printing is done
nationally for the larger organizations, but many will be done locally. Try volunteer and non-profit
organizations as well as university and church groups. These organizations will all have news that they need
to get to the public. Many of them survive based on public donations. What that means for you is that there
is plenty of demand for talented and interesting writers.
The Expert in Print
If you have any sort of claim to expertise along with your writing skills, you will be a fantastic candidate for
writing newsletter articles. One great draw for a reader is the pull of a well researched and authoritative
article. Imagine the thrilled group of environmentalists when you approach them with evidence that the
developmental process for non-stick pan coating is connected to the decreasing population of Asian tortoises. You’d
have a job in no time. Regardless of whether or not you got paid for your work, you can expect that you’d get
repeated assignments, growing experience and bylines galore for your next step of job applications. Being
knowledgeable about a certain subject will give you many writing opportunities. If you have any experience in a
subject area, be sure to add it to your resume. As you write newsletter articles, you’ll only add to you’re your
expertise.
Other Newsletter Articles
If you don’t necessarily believe that you have an area of expertise that is not a problem. There are many other
ways to get into writing newsletter articles. A big part of newsletter content is just content. Newsletters need to
be made up of interesting and varied articles. There are usually volunteers that head up the projects and they in
turn hire various writers to fill in the titles that they choose. If you can be flexible in your writing and if you
can find a newsletter that works with a topic you care about, you will be well on your way to building your resume
with bylines and great circulation.
Writing newsletter articles will probably not be a career in itself because of the low pay scale, but it will take
you closer to a lucrative writing career. Think of writing newsletter articles as a type of community service. Even
after you have added paying pieces to your repertoire you may continue to write for the newsletters that you care
about.
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