Thursday, November 15, 2007

Magazine story pitch

If I were writing for Cosmopolitan's website, I would want to do a feature on readers' best and worst date stories. The headline would read, "Enchanted evenings to nightmare dates -- readers tell all." This would attract Cosmopolitan's readers because the magazine's audience is comprised of young women who are experiencing the "dating scene." These women could relate to other readers' stories of horrible and fantastic dates. The summary or tease would read, "Do you think you've experienced the worst date of all time? Or, have you had the most romantic date in history? Cosmo's readers share their personal date stories -- from best to worst." The site would ask readers to send in their stories via email, phone, or video. It would be great to have some videos of the people actually telling their stories. This way, the audience could both see and hear the person describing their date. I would encourage both men and women to submit their stories. It is important to get their male perspective on dates as well, so women could see what men consider a good date. Readers would also be encouraged to comment on the date stories and take a quiz or two. One quiz might be, "What kind of date are you?" Results of the quiz might tell readers they are a 'fun date,' 'boring date,' 'cheap date,' or a 'hot date.' The story would also feature advice for the dating scene and how one can be a good date or turn a bad date into a great one.

No comments: