The Essential Feature: Writing for Magazines and Newspapers / Edition 1

by Vicky Hay

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231068871
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	01/17/1991
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	289
Product dimensions:	6.92(w) x 9.98(h) x 0.76(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

One of the most thorough and usable guidebooks for freelancers of newspaper and magazine features.

Quill & Scroll - &

Full of solid advice sparked with stories about her own experience on both sides of the editor's desk.

Journalism Educator

One of the most thorough and usable guidebooks for freelancers of newspaper and magazine features.

Quill & Scroll

Integrating features of a writing guide, a file of examples, and a style manual, this guidebook to feature writing for prospective journalists concentrates on research, accuracy, and the skills needed to tell a story, not just report news. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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