Creativity isn't always make-believe. It's often
making the most of a subject, rethinking it and
massaging it, taking a different point of view in order
to make it original and inventive. Here you'll find
hundreds of ideas to help you become more creative in
your approach to thinking, planning, and writing
magazine articles. You'll also find detailed information
on everything from slanting your subject to gathering
information to writing leads and ending to fine-tuning
your articles.Peter Jacobi, a veteran professor in the
School of Journalism at Indiana University, takes a
hands-on classroom approach to teaching article writing
and showing you through example rather than by preaching
writing theory. He offers concrete principles for you to
explore and use in your writing. You'll begin by
exploring eight writing techniques and then you'll
practice those techniques in your article writing.
You'll learn by example, analyzing award-winning
articles from top publications, including ''The New
Yorker'', ''Playboy'', and ''The Atlantic Monthly'',
just to name a few.You'll also find new ways to turn
everyday subjects into compelling article ideas,
thirteen blueprints to use as your master plan for
outlining an article, and helpful suggestions for using
storytelling techniques to humanize your article.In
addition, this book will teach you to take a closer look
at the world around you, finding significance in people,
objects, places, events and especially ideas that will
help you make a subject the most it can be. |
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