About this episode
This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne are joined by Vivienne Pearson, who specialises in Opinion Writing. Vivienne talks about:
- What makes opinion writing different from regular journalism
- How and when to pitch to editors
- The topics that work for opinion writing
- Whether you can make a living from this style of writing
Find out more about Vivienne at https://viviennepearson.com/
Information about her course with the Australian Writers Centre is here: https://www.writerscentre.com.au/store/courses/opinion-writing/
Don't forget... If you're an Aussie freelancer, please take our new pay rates survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6CSXSNV
Find us:
Rachel's website https://rachelsmith.com.au/
Lynne's website https://lynnetestoni.com/
Rachel's List https://rachelslist.com.au/
As always, thanks to Rounded https://rounded.com.au/ for sponsoring The Content Byte!
Episode edited by Marker Creative Co www.markercreative.co
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