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Monetize Your Writing

4.7 (5)

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3 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Find writing gigs in markets across the world, grasp the art of pitching and make income from your writing.

Course overview

Monetize your freelance writing

Stop wasting your time browsing the classifieds for a writing gig, instead, reach prospects directly and pitch them your winning ideas.

Who is this course for

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Freelance journalists who want to expand the network of places they pitch to and diversify their writing income.

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Content creators who want to learn how to turn their text into sellable products.


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Writers who want to find diverse ways of making income from their craft.

Key outcomes

Create pitches that get results

You will compose pitches with solid ideas that will get you a response.

Connect with editors across the globe

You will expand your search and think not only locally, but also regionally and globally to find clients across all continents.

Set your rate and make income from your writing

By the end of the course, you will determine your rates and never sell yourself short again.

Organize your freelancing life

You will choose tools that can save you time and streamline your relationship with editors.

This course includes

Interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

5 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Sep 16—Sep 22

    Overview of ways you can monetize your writing skills

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    Pitching templates

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Week 2

Sep 23—Sep 29

    Writing for publications

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    The five-step roadmap map to getting published

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Week 3

Sep 30—Oct 4
    Nothing scheduled for this week

Post-course

Bonus

    The five-step roadmap map to getting published

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    Setting your rate

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    Streamline your process

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    Building your brand

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        This course helped me immensely and introduced me to so many alternative monetizing platforms. I am forever grateful to Natasha for this great course!
Christina Paschyn

Christina Paschyn

 Multimedia journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker. S
        If you're a freelance writer, you MUST take this course. You will learn so much from Natasha, who willingly gives up so many of her secrets! This course has definitely impacted my career for the better and given me the skills I need to keep growing.
Isabella Meibauer

Isabella Meibauer

Freelance writer
        I truly enjoyed learning from Natasha. This was such a good course to take as I'm transitioning to freelancing. It gave me greater confidence in my abilities and also encouraged me to pitch to people in a smarter, more organized way. Natasha is such a giving instructor, and I'm going to use a lot of what I learned from this course moving forward.
Eunice Beatrice Braga

Eunice Beatrice Braga

Freelance writer
        Wise thinking. Good advice. Clever tricks. Working with Natasha to set up a regular writing practice and overcome my obstacles has been incredibly useful. I’ve gotten a ton of value from our time together. She is realistic, funny, and intelligent. She made me feel like my project was completely do-able and gave me the confidence to move forward. I
Naomi Malka

Naomi Malka

Writer
        I got more value than I paid for and Natasha showed up every session ready to teach us what she took years to learn. Building a Personal Brand was helpful to learn about from Natasha, who has established herself on Twitter. I also gained value from learning about setting your rates and how to diversify your income streams as a writer.
James Seykot

James Seykot

Freelance writer
        I joined Natasha's inaugural cohort, and it was a blast! The content was on point for anyone looking to start monetizing their writing. It was actionable, with tasks to complete to move you forward in your journey. Natasha also shares her extensive experience generously, which helps a lot for someone just starting out.
Adity Atheverma

Adity Atheverma

Ghostwriter
        Natasha has a sharp intellect. She developed our online learning program, which has been a tremendous success.
Joyce Barnathan

Joyce Barnathan

Journalist, and former president, International Center for Journalists
        Natasha is one of the most professional people I have worked with. She oversaw numerous training courses that I gave.
Hoda Osman

Hoda Osman

Executive Editor at Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism
        Natasha's passion for digital media, citizen journalism, and everything social are contagious, and I can definitely credit her for a big part of my digital passion, back when she started the FIRST local online portal of the MENA region in 1997.
Duri AlAjrami

Duri AlAjrami

Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Moneris
        Natasha has inspired me to blog about my travels and adventures. I know that she is one of the strongest advocates for free media in the Middle East as well as in North America.
Elliot Roper

Elliot Roper

Technical Support Associate at Amazon Web Services
        Natasha was born to make a difference in the journalism industry across the globe. "
Larbi Megari

Larbi Megari

Journalist at Algerian Television

Meet your instructor

NatashaTynes

NatashaTynes

Natasha Tynes is a Jordanian-American author and journalist with over two decades of experience.

 

She has been published in the Washington Post, Nature, Elle, Esquire, Aljazeera, The Huffington Post, The New Arab, among others.


She appeared on several TV programs, including CNN's Larry King Live, PBS’s Foreign Exchange, CNN's Paula Zahn Show, CBS’s Morning Show, MSNBC's Scarborough Country, and the BBC’s Up all night.


She is also a fiction author, with one novel published and another coming soon.


Tynes is the recipient of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award Literary Conference · Oct 2018 for her short story Ustaz Ali.


Tynes has a Master's Degree in International Journalism from the City University of London in the United Kingdom.

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Learning is better with cohorts

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Active, not passive

This course focuses on live workshops and hands-on projects

Learn with a cohort of peers

You’ll be learning in public through breakout rooms and an engaged community

Learn with a cohort of peers

Surround yourself with like-minded people who want to grow alongside you

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Course schedule

3=5 hours per week

  • Live sessions

    Mondays & Wednesdays 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Live sessions will run on Mondays and Wednesdays.

  • Guest speakers

    Fridays 12:00 PM

    Guest speakers will run their live sessions on Fridays at noon.

  • Weekly assignments

    Assignments will be posted in the student portal. Students have one week to submit them.