{"id":361,"date":"2012-02-16T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/fibro-qa-will-a-features-editor-steal-my-idea\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T17:01:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T06:01:51","slug":"fibro-qa-will-a-features-editor-steal-my-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2012\/02\/fibro-qa-will-a-features-editor-steal-my-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Fibro Q&#038;A: Will a features editor steal my idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-300x300.png\" alt=\"Untitled design\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-610x610.png 610w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled-design.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of the questions I&#8217;m most often asked by freelancer writers who are starting out is this: will a features editor really consider my idea when I have no experience?<\/p>\n<p>My answer is always yes &#8211; if your pitch is strong enough, if your idea is good enough, if you give him or her enough reason to think that you can.<\/p>\n<p>But why take my word for it?<\/p>\n<p>My friend Alex Carlton is the Associate Features Editor, and Wellness Editor, at <i>marie claire<\/i> magazine here in Australia. I asked her to give me a job description to make my life easier, and this is what she wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I help come up with the features well each month [<i>fyi, this is the bank of features that make up the middle of a magazine &#8211; the meat<\/i>], making sure we have the right mix to keep our readers interested. Features come from our own heads, from the news, from other publications (we buy a story or two here and there) and from our freelancers. Along with the rest of the features team, I commission, edit and write (and then re-edit and rewrite in a crescendoing frenzy as deadline approaches).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I attempt to read and digest every single word written by every journo, blogger, writer or publication on the entire planet every day, so I can do my best to know as much as it is humanly possible for one person to know about what&#8217;s going on in the world. *collapses*&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tough job, but she&#8217;s the person to do it. She&#8217;s smart, funny, a great writer herself&#8230; and she&#8217;s the gatekeeper for that idea of yours. So, to help make it a bit easier, I thought I&#8217;d invite her over to ask her some of the questions I know you want answered.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Q&amp;A with a features editor<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><b>What does a freelancer need to do to catch your eye with their pitch?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>AC<\/b>: &#8220;There are no magic tricks here. I&#8217;m not going to tell you <i>not <\/i>to send me chocolate and flowers, of course (in fact, send me some now. Now.), but the idea is key. If you send a kick-arse idea, I&#8217;ll consider it. But I do mean <i>kick-arse<\/i>, especially if I haven&#8217;t worked with you before. It would need to be a fresh take on a topic I&#8217;ve never considered, access to a real person I would struggle to find myself, a tale that will make me shout &#8220;WHAT THE HELL?!&#8221; out loud so my colleagues leap from their seats and crowd round my desk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d also advise that one fabulous idea is much better than 10 so-so ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What are the qualities that you look for in a freelance writer?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>AC<\/b>: &#8220;marie claire has extremely high standards for its writers. We need our freelancers to understand that we have a definite style, and they need to be able to adjust their own way of writing to suit our guidelines. For our hard-hitting stories, we need solid, extensive reporting, making sure we cover every angle. For our lighter stories, we want it to be fun, clever, zeitgeisty. We also love a twist or a surprise (for example, our first spread will often pose a question&#8230; then the turn will answer it in a way that you don&#8217;t expect). Surprise us with your pitch!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before you pitch to any magazine, you should grab at least three recent copies, and pay particular attention to what we call the &#8216;slug&#8217; at the top of the story. That&#8217;s the descriptor in the top corner of each feature. Looking at a recent issue, some of our slugs have included: crime report, society, sex lives, challenge, special report. It&#8217;s essential to think about where your idea fits, and mention that in the pitch. Doesn&#8217;t fit? It&#8217;s not right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also ask yourself this: what does this story give the marie claire reader? What will it make her feel? Will it make her laugh, cry, gasp or learn?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shorter pitches are better than longer &#8211; if the idea is good, it should be immediately obvious. But it&#8217;s always advisable to suggest how you intend to structure a piece &#8211; what the main body would be, any break-outs, and even how you could imagine it being illustrated. Again, refer to recent copies of the magazine. We do things the way we do things for a reason &#8211; and if you can demonstrate that you understand that, and that your story will work in our format, then you&#8217;re halfway there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What if a writer has a great idea, but little or no experience? How can they convince you to take a chance on them?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>\u00a0AC:<\/b> &#8220;I&#8217;m so glad I can tell you this scenario <i>is<\/i> possible. Just recently, I was sent a well-written story by a stranger. The story itself was a very old idea, but I kept reading because the reporting and tone were good. Then, in the second-to-last par, I discovered the seed of a <i>very<\/i> good story. However, I wasn&#8217;t 100 per cent convinced I could rely on this woman to give me the story I wanted, as her experience was minimal. So we agonised for a while, and in the end I contacted her and came to an arrangement. I&#8217;m going to the write the story based on her idea. She&#8217;s going to come on the story with me and provide all the additional reporting, for a small fee and a byline. Then, if that goes well, I&#8217;ll commission her properly for more stories in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>When freelance writers are starting out, they&#8217;re often worried about protecting their ideas &#8211; any advice on how they can ensure that a mag won&#8217;t simply take the idea and get a staff writer to do the story?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>AC<\/b>: &#8220;Personally, I&#8217;ve never worked anywhere where this has happened. We&#8217;re real people and we do have ethics! In the case of the woman mentioned in the previous question, I was very torn. I loved her buried idea, but it would involve a costly shoot and I didn&#8217;t feel comfortable trusting it to someone I hadn&#8217;t worked with. So I was very upfront and came to the arrangement I did, which she was very happy about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes, a magazine is already planning a story when someone pitches the same, or a similar idea. This leads some people to think their idea has been &#8216;stolen&#8217;, when it&#8217;s far more likely it was one of those magic ideas floating around in the collective consciousness anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I advise people not to worry about it too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Is marie claire looking for any particular types of stories right now? And anything you don&#8217;t want to see?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>AC<\/b>: &#8220;We&#8217;re always looking for fun, stunty pieces. We love a relationship challenge. And grown-up sex stories. I do mean grown-up though &#8211; no &#8216;how to give him a blow job&#8217; stuf! 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