Writing For Online Magazines by Allison Symes
Image Credits: Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay images. As well as writing flash fiction, I wear a non-fiction hat too. I write for two online magazines ( Chandler’s Ford Today where I have a weekly column and Writers’ Narrative , where I contribute monthly). Online magazines are another way of getting your work out there. As with any publication, you should know your intended audience. Writers’ Narrative is written by writers for writers. Other online outlets like Chandler’s Ford Today have different columnists, so when you come across a magazine like this, look at the columns that most interest you. This will show you what the online magazine thinks its market is. My column is aimed at other writers (though there is a gardening column, a local history one and so on here). Can you write something which would fit in with the chosen online magazine? Could you produce work for them regularly? Consistency matters. You need to consider presentation. Huge blocks of t...