Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
1986
Abstract
Freelance writing for magazines is an uncertain business; that is, one cannot specifically school oneself to guarantee even a modicum of success in this career. A writer may, of course, learn the "proper" procedures for preparing and submitting an article by reading any of several reference books written by those who have "made it" in the business. These procedures vary, however, with each author; also, they say little or nothing about the actual business of writing well. Ultimately, then, a writer must test the waters of freelance magazine writing by trying and failing and trying again.
This paper details the process by which an article on 19th Century American painter Thomas Eakins was conceived, completed, and sent to various magazines with the hope of publication. The paper includes the article and its accompanying photographs, as well as any correspondence with magazines and revisions of the article made subsequent to the completion of the initial project. The paper may be viewed more aptly as an account of an individual endeavor rather than an authoritative document on the procedures of article-publishing. At the time of the completion of the project, publication of the article in a magazine was not an outcome; this point should be considered irrelevant to the importance of the project itself.
Recommended Citation
Hempel, Elise, "Trying to Publish an Article on American Painter Thomas Eakins" (1986). Masters Theses. 2636.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/2636
