Emerson shows freelancers how to write the kind of short, snappy articles today's magazines want by dividing the work into segments of 30 minutes or fewer.Emerson reveals: -- how to use "throwaway time" for generating ideas and casually interviewing people-- why short pieces can be a foot in the editorial office door-- the types of quickly written articles freelancers can sell -- miniprofiles, one-pagers, personal essays and others-- how to match the work to the market-- how to expand from short articles to columns, and even books