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How to stop chasing work

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Anita Makri
Mar 10, 2023
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It doesn’t happen overnight.

When you’re trying to make a living through commissions as a freelance journalist, you just have to persuade editors that your idea is worthwhile—and that you’re the right person to execute it.

That’s the basic process. Finding a compelling idea that’s the right fit for your target publication, and going for the pitch. And then doing that again and again.

But how do you get past it, to become that person the editor will keep coming back to?

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