Selling your story - supply & demand

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Polaris302
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Hello,

I was thinking about selling stories about either myself or a family member to boost my income. Where would I look to find out what kind of stories are in demand at the moment and who to sell them to?
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  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 17,643 Forumite
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    Some women's magazines will pay for true life stories.
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  • antrobus
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Some women's magazines will pay for true life stories.

    Take a break?

    There's always piles of 'em in my GP's waiting room. My baby was born with two heads. My husband was a cross dressing voodoo priestess. That sort of thing.:)
  • Browntoa
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    They only pay £50-100 a story.

    And as pointed out above they are normally looking for the unusual or a unique twist
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  • lincroft1710
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    antrobus wrote: »
    Take a break?

    I think a lot of them do (or used to)
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  • qwert_yuiop
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    I’m told anthea turner’s autobiography was mostly a source of pulp, the publisher having vastly overestimated its likely popularity.
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  • qwert_yuiop
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    antrobus wrote: »
    Take a break?

    There's always piles of 'em in my GP's waiting room. My baby was born with two heads. My husband was a cross dressing voodoo priestess. That sort of thing.:)

    True life stories?

    There’s a man in this town who claims to be the real king of France. A few years ago he worked out he was the tsar of Russia. Somehow I don’t believe either claim was true, never mind both.
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  • mjm3346
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    Some of them pay up to £2,000, a few recent classy stories include


    Sister KILLED my perfect baby on boxing day

    He stuffed another bird at Christmas so I roasted his chestnuts

    I walked in on them! My GROOM was stark NAKED with the BRIDESMAID

    She bit off my bits for not wanting a three-in-a-bed romp

    Blowtorch maniac -Why did I give him a second chance?


    This are some of the sites

    TAB and That's Life

    https://www.thestorypeople.co.uk/

    Bella

    https://www.bellamagazine.co.uk/real-life-stories/

    Loveit Magazine

    https://www.loveitmagazine.co.uk/sell-us-your-story/
  • mikep22
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    mjm3346 wrote: »
    Some of them pay up to £2,000, a few recent classy stories include


    Sister KILLED my perfect baby on boxing day

    He stuffed another bird at Christmas so I roasted his chestnuts

    I walked in on them! My GROOM was stark NAKED with the BRIDESMAID

    She bit off my bits for not wanting a three-in-a-bed romp

    Blowtorch maniac -Why did I give him a second chance?


    This are some of the sites

    TAB and That's Life

    https://www.thestorypeople.co.uk/

    Bella

    https://www.bellamagazine.co.uk/real-life-stories/

    Loveit Magazine

    https://www.loveitmagazine.co.uk/sell-us-your-story/

    Doesnt sound like the trade off is worth it to me, tbh. :eek:
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  • Browntoa
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    Only had 1 story printed by a magazine , no payment as it was a smallish niche.

    And it wasn't a " chickens stole my brother " sensational type story
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  • trailingspouse
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    Google 'Writers' and Artists' Yearbook'. Go for the 2019 edition, as it's out now.
    If you're a good writer, then it doesn't just have to be about your family. If you're not a good writer, then no-one will be interested in what you write about your family.



    And by 'good writer' I don't just mean knowing how to string a sentence to together: I mean understanding word counts, style guides, tone of voice, and what the market is looking for. If you've just read an article about 'aliens stole my husband', and think 'Wow, that happened to me, I could write about that' - think again. They've just done that story, they don't want another one, they want something different.



    But it definitely works for some people. The yearbook is full of useful hints and tips on becoming a writer, as well as providing addresses and rates of pay for all magazine publishers.
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