Ways to Impess an Editor

Robert Lee Brewer

Writers who want to get published have to deal with editors, whether they're writing for magazines, websites, or other publishers and media. In this tutorial, Writer's Digest Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer shares strategies for writers to impress editors so they can find more success as freelancers. Writers will learn his number one tip for dealing with editors, red flags to avoid in pitches, how to handle contracts, negotiating tips, and more.

Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.