Talent and skill are important for a writer, but a winning mindset propels a writer to success. Discover the key attitudes you must have in order to keep being productive and get your work published. In this free online workshop, Marlene Legaspi-Munar, a professional writer for more than 20 years, will discuss ways to change…

7 Days to a Byline that Pays explains how to tell stories that audiences will read and editors will pay you to write. Dr. Michael Ray Smith, an award-winning writer, communications and media professor, and MTI board member, shared the first few chapters of his book to help you work fast, smart, and get paid for…

By Carla Foote, Fine Print Editorial After a full day of research on her assigned topic, Ann Wroe says, “I have to go out and walk—to get the first paragraph—and decide how to start the article.” Her weekly topic is confirmed at an editorial meeting at noon on Monday. She does research the rest of…

by Mike Bennett, Life, Hope, & Truth Sometimes pastors are accused of only having one sermon that they give in hundreds of different ways. Some probably think that about my articles. No matter the subject, my underlying theme seems to always return to hope! And has hope ever been needed more than over the last…

From time to time a Christian publishing professional like you serves as a guest blogger on our Magazine Training International blog. You may share a publishing difficulty you have overcome, an experience from your publishing journey, new ways you have found to engage your readers during the pandemic, or a description of how your magazine…

7 Days to a Byline that Pays explains how to tell stories that audiences will read and editors will pay you to write. Dr. Michael Ray Smith, an award-winning writer, communications and media professor, and MTI board member, shared the first few chapters of his book to help you work fast, smart, and get paid…

We’ve rounded up all the resources you might have missed! Here are our best on-demand workshops and e-books of 2020: [e-book] Advertising sales management [workshop] Social media: Marketing or mission? [e-book] Understanding how to communicate [workshop] Magazine comics: How and why to use them [e-book] How to select manuscripts [workshop] Journalism and the law: Fair…

Writing for mass media is different from fiction, yet the best non-fiction relies on fictional techniques such as drama and dialogue. The most outstanding difference is that mass media writers never suffer from writer’s block, the inability to formulate a developed idea. In mass media, the material for the assignment is defined by the assignment;…

By Carla Foote, Fine Print Editorial In September I received an email from the University where I earned my Master’s degree. I regularly get updates from them, so I wasn’t surprised to get the email, but the subject line of the email caught my attention: End of School Year Updates. The content of the email…

7 Days to a Byline that Pays explains how to tell stories that audiences will read and editors will pay you to write. Dr. Michael Ray Smith, an award-winning writer, communications and media professor, and MTI board member, shared the first few chapters of his book to help you work fast, smart, and get paid…