The essential feature writing for magazines and newspapers
This helpful guidebook for prospective journalists provides the skills needed to be a successful magazine or newspaper feature writer. The Essential Feature is a writing guide, a file of examples, and a style manual all in one book. The author concentrates on those aspects of nonfiction writing that...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
cop. 1990
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| Sumario: | This helpful guidebook for prospective journalists provides the skills needed to be a successful magazine or newspaper feature writer. The Essential Feature is a writing guide, a file of examples, and a style manual all in one book. The author concentrates on those aspects of nonfiction writing that editors find wanting in beginning journalists: research, accuracy, and the skills needed to tell a story, not just report news. This book tells novice writers what editors want them to know. The Essential Feature explains how to apply research and literary techniques to journalistic writing; provides eight examples of successful prize-winning published articles; combines approaches to writing with practical advice on working as a staff or freelance writer; and supplies publishing tips to give the beginning writer a better understanding of the market. |
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| Descripción Física: | xviii, 289 p. : il. ; 27 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780231068864 9780231068871 |
