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New Columnist
Guidelines

How to Become a Rock Star
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Overview |
So you want to be a PIC columnist, eh? Hey, I don't
blame you, I've had more sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll than I can
handle since starting this gig. And that's not counting that time in
Amsterdam (totally unrelated to the website).
First Rule of Write Club: Have at least
3 articles
published on the front
page.
This means we've acquired a taste for your writing style, and the
PIC audience has gotten a chance to know and enjoy you. These are
good indicators that you might be qualified to be a rock star
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Guidelines |
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Okay, let's say you've had at least 3 articles
published. Suddenly, you start to feel a void in your life if you're
not writing on a weekly basis, right? Fine, go sign up for a
LiveJournal
jackass.
AHAHAHAHA, just kidding. You're a hardcore
writer's writer and the thought of anything less than comedy
disgusts you. Perhaps you're also an attention whore who demands no
less than one large, glossy photo of yourself in the corner of
millions of people's computer screens, and the only way you could
accomplish that previously was a regrettable pose for a trashy porn
site. Yes, that photo will probably turn up later when you're
famous, sorry.
But seriously, if you've passed the First Rule of Write Club, and
you're willing to make a weekly commitment, gather your wits and
email the following to :
1. A proposal for a column theme/style/something that sets
you apart.
2. A description of your column in the format of
our current column
descips.
3. Potential column titles.
4. Potential creative elements, if you think they would
enhance your column. We like to call these "schticks." For instance,
snippets, word of the day, pic/caption, or any consistent creative
element.
5. 2-3 column samples (Word docs preferred).
Don't worry about getting it all right the first
time; we'll work with you to edit and refine your ideas into the
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Benefits |
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With over half a million people reading the site
every month, our columnists receive a lot of exposure. As a result
of writing for PIC, columnists have received book deals, written for
major magazines, competed in a national
IM competition, won their college's English Major of the Year
award, partied
harder, met people in bars/online, hooked up with some of those
people, engaged drunken fans in
conversation, overcome
school censorship, learned things about themselves they never
knew, and picked up more Facebook friends than they asked for. No
one has ever died as a result of writing for PIC, although
one person still remains missing.
So that's it. With any luck, we'll have a guitar in your hands, an
amp at your feet, and a bunch of rowdy college kids drenched in beer
screaming your name.
-Court
Sullivan
Editor, Points in Case |
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