By Susan Johnston
Pining for writing clips? Don't despair!
When I teach freelance writing, students often ask what they should do if they don’t have any published clips (which is another name for writing samples). Often they feel discouraged or overwhelmed by the fact that they haven’t published anything yet, so how can they demonstrate to editors that they can write?
Truthfully, it might be tough for an unpublished writer to land a plum assignment with The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal, but I do know freelancers who’ve managed to break into national magazines without any other credits to their name.
Here’s how to get around that catch-22 of not having any clips.
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