Land Big Bylines by Writing for Columns with Courtney Kocak—March 29

Writer Courtney Kocak got her best bylines by placing essays in popular columns.

These columns are constantly looking for fresh content, so it’s a great way to break in and uplevel your writing career. In this workshop, Courtney will explain the crux of popular columns for top publications. She’ll give you 10 targets and generative prompts, brainstorming and drafting exercises for each, and a lesson in how to pitch. You’ll receive a list of potential columns and editor contact information for each, so that you leave with a game plan for landing your best bylines yet!

Workshop takeaways

• A strategy for pitching and selling columns to top publications, such as The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and many others

• Decoding the premise and angle of popular columns

• Identifying article ideas that would be a good fit for existing columns 

• Pitching best practices

Additional info

This workshop will be recorded for the convenience of those unable to attend live. The recorded session will be emailed to participants the following day.

About the Instructor

Courtney Kocak is a writer, podcaster, and comedian based in Los Angeles. She wrote for Amazon’s Emmy-winning animated series Danger & Eggs and Netflix’s Know It All podcast. She’s produced a slew of highly-ranked podcasts—including The Bellas Podcast, which debuted at #1 on Apple Podcasts, PayPal’s Never Stand Still, and Girlboss Radio—and currently hosts three of her own: Private Parts Unknown, about love and sexuality around the world, with over 1.5 million downloads to date, and The Bleeders, about book writing and publishing, and Podcast Bestie, a best friend to podcasters trying to grow and monetize their shows (and a popular Substack). As a writer, her bylines include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, BUST, Bustle, InsideHook, and more. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter at @courtneykocak.