The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write it

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Indiana University Press, 1997 - 247 sidor

"... this is surely one of the more thoughtful books on magazine journalism. Highly recommended." --Library Journal

"An excellent how-to, guaranteed to satisfy requests from would-be authors." --Booklist

"... provides writers with hundreds of ideas to help stimulate their creative approach to magazine article writing." --WRITERS' Journal

"All kinds of writers will want to keep this volume on their handiest reference shelf." --Arts Indiana

"For any aspiring magazine writer, or even a practiced one, this book is a treasury of inspiration and solid, eye-opening instruction." --Herald-Times

"More than just another writer's guide to marketing an article, or coming up with salable ideas, [the book] is actually an idea promoter in that it illustrates the basic principles of good magazine article writing, uses examples from well-known publications, and offers strategies for leading into an involving piece." --The Midwest Book Review

In this indispensable text, veteran journalist Peter Jacobi offers students hundreds of ideas to help them become more creative in their approach to thinking, planning, and writing magazine articles. Packed with useful advice and top-notch examples, this book takes a practical, hands-on approach to help beginning writers turn everyday subjects into compelling features.

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Where Ideas Come From
19
Matter and Manner Count But First Think
30
Information Gathering
46
Structure the Blueprint of an Article
59
The Writing Begins
78
Leads and Endings
90
Narration and DescriptionHumanization
115
Exposition the Meat of Most Articles Makingit
136
Additional Techniques Compression
162
Behind Some Words Essential Concepts Throb
171
A Couple of Case Studies
182
In Expansion The Essay and Other Hybrids
199
Some Concluding Remarks Providing Those
229
Permissions
236
Index
242
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The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write it
Peter Jacobi
Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 1997

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Om författaren (1997)

Peter P. Jacobi is Professor of Journalism at Indiana University. He is a consultant for magazines, a specialist in speech coaching and media training, and author of several books, including Writing with Style: The News Story and the Feature and The Messiah Book: The Life and Times of G. F. Handel's Greatest Hit.

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TitelThe Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write it
FörfattarePeter P. Jacobi
Utgåvanytryck
UtgivareIndiana University Press, 1997
ISBN0253211115, 9780253211118
Längd247 sidor
  
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