- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press; New edition edition (1 Feb 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0253332656
- ISBN-13: 978-0253332653
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #56 in Books > Reference > Writing > Newspapers & Magazines
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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 - 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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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is probably the most focused, practical book on the market. Full of ways to find writing ideas, organize them, and get them down on paper in a captivating way. For anyone searching for a resource written just for writers, you'll find it here. Great book, Peter!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Despite being written over twenty years ago, the content seems to me to be as relevant and applicable to today's environment as it was when it was written. The book provides a good many examples of 'how to write a good article' and very much leaves you in the mood to 'have a go'.
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
What a disappointment!
29 May 2001
Format:Paperback
This book was totally the opposite of what I was expecting - namely, practical down-to-earth steps in preparing a magazine article. Instead, it was filled with samples that could be called "motivational" but not the practical tips I seeking. I found the "Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing" by Jean Frederette to be much more of the nuts and bolts that I was looking for. Perhaps a more experienced writer would appreciate the powerful examples in this book; however, as a novice I need to know more tecnique than theory. My book will be shoved to the back of the bookcase for now.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Essential reading for the aspiring or established writer
3 Sep 1997
Format:Paperback
Magazine writing is a breed different from any other journalistic style. Peter Jacobi's book explains and inspires, in plain English, how to captivate readers, remain focused, and appeal to an audience. As important a reference as Elements of Style
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
A Great Resource!
5 May 1999
Format:Paperback
This book is probably the most focused, practical book on the market. Full of ways to find writing ideas, organize them, and get them down on paper in a captivating way. For anyone searching for a resource written just for writers, you'll find it here. Great book, Peter!
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