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Offered my story to a paper, advice please!
Hello, I thought someone here might be able to give me some advice!
I have offered a story to a large national newspaper, who seem very eager and interested. They have arranged to send somebody (apparently they are flying from London) to meet with me and have a chat about things.
I have made it clear to them that I want to sell this story for the best price I can. They obviously want to know as much about it as they can and claim they can't offer me a price until they have the nuts and bolts, so to speak. Hm? :confused:
I am not a journalist, I am an individual with an interesting story. I really do not know what I am doing here, and any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated!
I have offered a story to a large national newspaper, who seem very eager and interested. They have arranged to send somebody (apparently they are flying from London) to meet with me and have a chat about things.
I have made it clear to them that I want to sell this story for the best price I can. They obviously want to know as much about it as they can and claim they can't offer me a price until they have the nuts and bolts, so to speak. Hm? :confused:
I am not a journalist, I am an individual with an interesting story. I really do not know what I am doing here, and any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated!
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MickeyFinn
Messages count : 120Likes count : 0Registration : 30 October 2006Well they must be interested if they are flying someone down - sounds like it could be worth a lot to them!
It will depend on the story as to how much they are willing to pay. Is the story time critical? i.e. does it need to be in print in the next week or so to be of highest value or would it still have the same impact if printed in three months time? If not time critical then don't be in a rush. Try getting two or more papers involved and see what they all offer and then see if you can bid them off against each other. Don't go overboard on this and be careful as you could lose all interest from the papers!
If it is time critical then try and get the best bargain you can. Never accept the initial offer, even if it is more than you hoped for, always try and bump them up a bit :)
Not sure if anyone on here got any direct involvement with current pricing but you never know. If you pop an alert on this thread you will be emailed with any further replies.