This is The Email Freelance Writers Want to Get From Potential Clients

Last week I received the ideal email.

A managing editor I’ve worked with a few times reached out to me with a marketing writing project, and in five sentences I had all the details I needed to decide if it was a good fit for me.

Five sentences.

Today on the Web Writing Advice blog I’m diving into those five sentences so other managing editors, marketers, publishers and writer-hiring folks know what we freelancers really want to learn when you reach out to us about a project. Let’s go!

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Here’s How to Pitch a Project to a Freelance Writer

As a freelance writer, I field project proposals weekly. Some align. Some don’t. But, the ones that really set the collaboration off on the right foot are concise, detailed and direct.

Here’s an email I received last week about a project — that I accepted. Rob got straight to the point and shared the key details that matter to me (and most…