Showing posts with label The Gothamist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Gothamist. Show all posts

Friday, June 24, 2011

Website doesn't know how it feels about this whole writing thing...



...but it'll let you know once it reads your stuff.

Gothamist.com, a website aimed largely at 20 and 30-something New York City-ites with a readership of over a million, has decided it might, maybe, possibly, potentially like to publish long-form non-fiction. It's not sure what kind of long-form non-fiction. Just that it meets the criteria of being both:

1.) Long-form.

2.) Non-fiction.

Really. That's about it. They're as awkward about this as a Sadie Hawkins Dance, and only half as sexy. According to Gothamist, they want the article to "be something relevant to our audience" with a "shelf-life of over a week" that's adaptable to having "photos or infographics" on it. Maybe. Only if it works. If it sounds good.

Your guess is as good as mine. It's 20/30-something New Yorkers. Write about something Woody Allen-esque, about subways and Brooklyn and young love. About skyscrapers and rent prices and making it in the big city.

In other words, pretend your article is a Sophia Coppola film with fewer cigarette references.