According to conventional wisdom, if you write daily and submit a steady stream of articles to markets, you'll eventually get published. Author Diana Barnum reveals insider tips that you can add to your daily writing ritual to turn editors into friends and get your nonfiction published now! Learn how to decipher editorial guidelines, know when a "final" draft is ready to mail, and how to improve your edge over other writers in a highly competitive field. The course will teach you how to turn ideas into salable stories, how to ask for (and act on) feedback, how to cope with rejection slips, and better yet, how to avoid them. You will also learn about a variety of indispensible tools used by working writers — most are affordable and some are free! No instructor critiques will be given in this course but weekly writing assignments and roundtable-style feedback from classmates will help students build confidence, develop their own distinct writing style, and polish their prose — three vital ingredients in the recipe for successful nonfiction writing. Curriculum: 5 week course. No textbook required. No prerequisites. CLOSE WINDOW REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS