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HansenFreelanceWords
Buisness freelance writing vocab words.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Query letter | less than 300 word sales pitch |
| Editors (types) | editor in chief (highest position of power) - assistant- section editor (portion) business or advertising editor |
| Bionote | short paragraph about the author |
| Byline | print authors name with article |
| Caption | description for pictures |
| Clips or tearsheet | previous writings that author has done, put into query letter |
| Cover letter | opening paragraph with request date (about you) |
| fair use | reproduce others work with giving them credit |
| honorarium | don't get paid money |
| kill fee | if they cancel the article they pay you a percentage of the original |
| lead time | how far ahead the company works |
| libel | printed a false truth about someone, they can sue company & you |
| model release | You have to get people's permission to print photos of them |
| ms. (manuscript) | article |
| payment on acceptance payment on publication | paid on the query letter pain on publication |
| Pen name (pseudonym) | fake name to go by in publications |
| plagiarism | not crediting the owner of the work |
| primary vs. secondary sources | witness vs. reporter (police) |
| reporting time | how long it takes to respond to a query letter |
| rights of the writer | when you write it you immediately own it, then can sell |
| SASE | Self addressed stamped envelope |
| slush pile | garbage can, your query letter goes if you did something wrong |
| unsolicited manuscripts | sending the complete article before wanted |
| anecdote | short descriptive story to prove a point |
| galleys or proofs | a print out of the article to go through and make corrections before going into print |
| getting back rights to your manuscripts | buy them back, or after 35 years past rights given |
| ghostwriter | a writer that gets paid but the credit is given to someone else |
| Hi-lo | high demand, low reading level |
| puff personal interview combative personal interview | softball pitch questions, the person cant look bad trying to expose person |
| on spec | after writing the whole article the company decides |
| public domain | anything with no copy-write |
| round-up articule | general topic that many people comment on |
| sidebar | mini article on side of main article that relates to the main one |
| syndication | write an article and give to a syndicator, then the article goes out to other papers, get paid more. |
| what items are't copyrightable | titles and ideas |
| slant | the style of writing, target audience |
| simultaneous submissions | submitting the same article to many magazines, then picking 1 |
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jessica.k.cookson
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