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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE DEDICATION CONTENTS PREFACE 1 WRITING FEATURE ARTICLES

MAGAZINES NEWSPAPERS PERIODICALS AND CORPORATE PUBLICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS WRITING STYLES DEFINING FEATURE ARTICLES PURPOSE AND TECHNIQUE FEATURES AND FICTION THE FEATURE WRITER SUMMARY EXERCISES

2 BEING A PROFESSIONAL WRITER

PHYSICAL SPACE THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE TWO DESKS YOUR HEALTH CUTTING COSTS MAKE TIME AND SET GOALS MEETING DEADLINES DON’T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB—YET ALLOW TIME FOR RUNNING A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEWING GOALS DEFAMATION, COPYRIGHT AND ETHICS SUMMARY EXERCISES

3 STUDYING THE MARKETPLACE

THE EDITOR’S BABY THE SEARCH BEGINS DIRECTORIES THE INSIDE INFORMATION FURTHER AFIELD PUBLICATION PROFILES—KNOW YOUR MARKET INTIMATELY INTIMATELY SUMMARY EXERCISES

4 GOOD IDEAS

START WITH WHAT YOU KNOW MOVE ON TO WHO YOU KNOW STUDY YOUR MARKET KNOW YOUR READERS PUT YOUR IDEAS ANTENNAE UP WRITE YOUR IDEAS DOWN TREAT IDEAS KINDLY DON’T TALK YOUR IDEA AWAY PRIME YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND TRY SOMETHING NEW LOOK ACTIVELY FOR OTHER SOURCES OF STORY IDEAS SELECT WHICH IDEAS TO WRITE ABOUT CONGRATULATE YOURSELF WHEN SOMEONE BEATS YOU TO IT SUMMARY EXERCISES

5 TYPES OF ARTICLES

PROFILES TRAVEL PROFILES AS-TOLD-TO STORIES INSTRUCTIONAL ARTICLES LIST ARTICLES NEWS FEATURE STORIES PROMOTIONAL ARTICLES FIRST-PERSON ARTICLES COMMENT PIECES REVIEWS SUMMARY EXERCISES

6 RESEARCH

YOUR ANGLE DICTATES YOUR RESEARCH TYPES OF RESEARCH SOURCES FOR RESEARCH RESEARCH RULES RESEARCH LEADS TO MORE STORY IDEAS SUMMARY EXERCISES

7 INTERVIEWING

BACKGROUND BRIEFING ARRANGING QUESTIONS MAKING THE APPOINTMENT WHERE TO INTERVIEW DRESS AND APPEARANCE PUNCTUALITY THOSE FIRST FEW MINUTES THE INTERVIEW PROPER DUMB QUESTIONS, NOT STUPID QUESTIONS TAKING NOTES THINKING ON THREE LEVELS PAUSES, SILENCES AND INTERRUPTIONS RELIABLE EQUIPMENT THE LAST FEW MINUTES AFTER THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIBING PHONE INTERVIEWS ON-LINE AND E-MAIL INTERVIEWS THE RELUCTANT INTERVIEWEE VETTING THE STORY ENJOYING THE INTERVIEW SUMMARY EXERCISES

8 WRITING SKILLS

WRITE WELL KEEP YOUR READER IN MIND BE CONCISE AVOID POMPOUS WORDS PRUNE EMPTY WORDS AVOID TAUTOLOGIES USE CONCRETE WORDS KEEP YOUR WRITING LIVELY CHOOSE STRONG NOUNS AND VERBS USE ACTIVE VOICE WRITE FOR RHYTHM AND MEANING SUMMARY EXERCISES ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

9 DRAFTING AND CRAFTING

WRITE A DRAFT WRITE FIRST, EDIT LATER READ YOUR RESEARCH NOTES REVISIT YOUR ANGLE/THEME STRUCTURE YOUR STORY CHOOSE QUOTES MAKE QUOTES FLOW SHOW, DON’T TELL DRAFT AND REDRAFT SEEK FEEDBACK SET UP A WRITERS’ GROUP SUMMARY EXERCISES

10 THE TOP AND THE TAIL OF THE STORY

THE LEAD TITLES PRECEDES ENDINGS SUMMARY EXERCISES

11 ADDING VALUE TO YOUR STORY

SIDEBARS POSTSCRIPTS QUIZZES PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES SUMMARY EXERCISES

12 PRESENTING AND SELLING YOUR WORK

QUERY LETTERS A SUCCESSFUL QUERY LETTER FOLLOWING UP THE QUERY LETTER CHANGING FOCUS MIDSTREAM PRESENTING QUERY LETTERS AND ARTICLES REJECTIONS REGULAR WORK SELLING A STORY MORE THAN ONCE NEGOTIATING PAYMENT SUMMARY EXERCISES

13 YOU ARE A PUBLISHED WRITER

THE IMPORTANCE OF SUBEDITING THE NEXT STORY, AND THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT . . . SUMMARY EXERCISE

APPENDIX 1: SELECTED ARTICLES

‘MCGRATH’S GUITARS’ ‘PAYING THE BILLS WITH ARTISTRY’ ‘HOW TO STOP PUTTING IT OFF ’ ‘PUTTING IT OFF ’ ‘GEORGIANA’S PASSION’ ‘WOMEN IN RACING’ ‘PREJUDICE RUINS A DREAM’ ‘UNDER THE SUN IN KELLY COUNTRY’ ‘DOG DAYS’ ‘BOURKE TO COLLINS: TALES OF THE CITY’

APPENDIX 2: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES

DEFAMATION AND DEFENCE OF DEFAMATION COPYRIGHT THE AJA CODE OF ETHICS

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