Professional Feature Writing

by Garrison; Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780805847666
• ISBN10: 0805847669
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"Professional Feature Writing provides the basics of news media feature writing and establishes a solid foundation for students and writers making feature writing their career. This fourth edition offers a thorough and up-to-date look at newspaper, magazine, newsletter, and online publications, with emphasis on daily newspapers and consumer magazines. It serves as a comprehensive introduction to feature writing, emphasizing writing skills, article types, and the collegiate and professional writing life. With a wide variety of perspectives and experiences of both young and experienced writers, editors, publishers, and professors, the text is filled with practical guidance for writing a wide variety of features." "Each chapter includes excerpts and complete articles from the nation's leading publications." "Building on introductory writing and reporting skills, this text is appropriate for upper-division journalism students learning feature writing and advanced writing topics. It will also serve as a valuable resource for freelance writers."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

About the Author	ix
Preface	xi
I The Basics	1	(112)
Feature Writing in the 21st Century	3	(12)
A Career as a Feature Writer?	15	(18)
Finding a Good Feature Article Idea	33	(23)
Researching Feature Article Ideas	56	(26)
The Writing and Editing Process	82	(31)
II Types of Articles	113	(288)
Descriptive and Color Writing	115	(21)
The Human-Interest Article	136	(19)
Profiles and Personality Sketches	155	(28)
Seasonal Features	183	(24)
Entertainment Features and Critical Writing	207	(39)
Aftermath, Follow-Up, and Depth Series Articles	246	(20)
Travel Writing	266	(31)
Service Features	297	(24)
Personal Experience Articles	321	(20)
Writing Humor in Feature Articles	341	(27)
Writing Science and Technical Features	368	(33)
III The Collegiate and Professional Writer	401	(73)
Writing Feature Articles on Campus	403	(21)
Freelance Writing and Marketing	424	(30)
Surviving in the Freelance Business	454	(20)
Appendix A. World Wide Web Resources	474	(2)
Appendix B. Pennsylvania Angler & Boater Guidelines for Contributors	476	(4)
Appendix C. Vermont Life Magazine Writers' Guidelines	480	(3)
Appendix D. Operations & Fulfillment Magazine Writer's Guidelines	483	(4)
Appendix E. Operations & Fulfillment Magazine Content and Style Guidelines	487	(3)
Appendix F. Operations & Fulfillment Magazine Story Evaluation Checklist	490	(2)
Appendix G. Freelance Letters of Agreement	492	(8)
Appendix H. Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists	500	(3)
Appendix I. American Society of Journalists and Authors Code of Ethics and Fair Practices	503	(4)
Appendix J. Protecting Yourself in the Magazine Recession (or Any Other Time)	507	(2)
References	509	(11)
Index	520