Getting started as a freelance writer is more than watching a few YouTube videos and hooking up your laptop. In this class, you’ll learn how to pitch stories, how to write a pitch letter, and how to manage the business of writing. At the end of the class, you’ll have not only a pitch letter to use as a template, but a portfolio, a cover letter, a sample story, and an idea of where to pitch to as well.

This class is suitable for beginning and intermediate levels.

Liz Carey has been a freelance writer for nearly a decade, after spending years as a reporter and winning more than 30 national, regional, state, and local awards for her writing and reporting.

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The Carnegie Center reserves the right to cancel a class if minimum enrollment is not met. It is best to register early to help our instructors prepare and to ensure the class does not get cancelled. We evaluate registration numbers 62 business days before a class starts to decide whether we can hold the class. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be cancelled six–two business days prior to the first class meeting. All participants will be notified by email and will receive full refunds.

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