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S5 Ep44: Raven Smith, columnist and memoirist
In Writing with Hattie Crisell
How to Pitch Ideas to Your Editor
I've never been a careerist. I couldn't tell you where I'm going to be in five or 10, 15 years. But once I have an idea in my head of what I want, I'm like, that's what I want. So I was quite dogged. She replied saying, we don't really need a columnist. And she was like, let's just try it. The first piece that really kind of turned things for me was the day after Trump got elected. They're not like it's not heavy rewriting. No, the Sunday supplements are rigorous. You pitch on a Tuesday night and then write on a Wednesday. It's normally not a lot of their edits
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