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Preface xi
A Note to the Student xv
Chapter 1 On the Path to Becoming a Freelance Writer 1
Why Seek the Path of a Freelance Writer? 2
What Distinguishes a Good Freelance Writer? 2
Where Are You Now? 3
So, You Want to Become a Columnist? 6
Basic Characteristics of Mass Communication Writing 7
Human Nature and Reality 10
Journalist and Scientist Methodology 10
Being Attentive to Your Audience 11
Tracking a Feature: Using Imagination and Reason 11
News Interpretations May Differ 13
Audiences Dictate Different Vocabularies 14
A Word on Ethics and Libel 14
Why Is All This Important to You? 15
Summary 15
Exercises 16
Chapter 2 On Defining a Newspaper Feature: Dog Bites Man-Dog Dies 19
What Exactly Is a News Story? What Is a Feature? 20
Long News Stories-Long Feature Stories 26
A Follow-up Feature 27
Ideas for Features: Where Do They All Come From? 29
Episodes in Your Life 30
Summary 31
Features for Discussion 32
Exercises 37
Chapter 3 Writing the Newspaper Feature 39
Some Feature Story Characteristics: A Recap 40
Feature Leads and Analyses 40
Short Feature Analyses 42
Long Feature Analyses 45
Two "Coattail" Features 54
Summary 58
Features for Discussion 58
Exercises 65
Chapter 4 Writing Investigative and Survey Features 69
Features Based on Surveys 70
The Feature Assignment 74
About Those Feature Conclusions 80
Writing the Investigative Feature 80
Summary 87
Features for Discussion 87
Exercises 94
Chapter 5 Magazine Writing and the Reader Interest Plane 99
What Is a Magazine Article? 100
The Magazine Scene 101
Magazine Article Ideas 103
Magazine Article Leads 105
What's in a Title?108
The Reader Interest Plane 108
Charting the Reader Interest Plane 125
Summary 130
Articles for Discussion 130
Exercises 141
Chapter 6 Commentary: Editorials, Columns, Essays, Reviews 143
Preparation for the Commentary 144
Ideas: Again, Where Do They All Come From? 144
Three Broad Editorial and Column Categories 146
The Essay 169
Reviews 172
Summary 181
Commentaries for Discussion 182
Exercises 187
Chapter 7 The Art of Writing: The Echo of Words 189
Aspiring to the Level of Poetry 190
Discipline 191
Variations in Sentence Patterns 193
A Triad of Paragraph Patterns 198
Triads, Triads, Triads 199
Some Common Errors of Commission: Part I 202
Some Common Errors of Commission: Part II 205
Analogies 206
Language and Imagery 207
Weaving Figures in the Carpet 208
Show, Don't Tell 210
Wedding Sense to Sound: The Echoes of Words 211
The Importance of Revision 215
Putting "Proper Words in Proper Places" 215
The Mental Block: Plumbing the Deep Well 217
Summary 219
Articles for Discussion 219
Exercises 221
Chapter 8 The Art of Interviewing: The Only Wheel in Town 225
Central to All Media Writing-Interviewing 226
Reality and Human Frailty 228
A Preliminary Interview 229
Preparation for the Interview 231
Conducting the Interview 231
Role Playing in the Interview 232
Still More Role Playing 233
The Reluctant Dragon: Part I 234
The Reluctant Dragon: Part II 236
Off the Record 237
Listen to the Answers 238
The Last Interview Question 239
Telephone Interviews 240
Celebrity Interviews 241
The Question-and-Answer Interview 241
The "Let Them Do the Talking" Interview 245
A No-no Interview 246
The Mini-profile Interview 246
Summary 248
Interview for Discussion 248
Exercises 251
Chapter 9 The Search for Information 254
A Preliminary Primer on Research 255
Needed: An Inquiring Mind 255
Libraries 256
You Can Get Most Anything You Want ... 257
Government Offices 261
Political and Civic Groups 263
Professional Groups 263
Private Sources 264
Research Organizations 264
Summary 266
Features for Discussion 266
Exercises 268
Chapter 10 Focusing, Outlining: Pulling it all Together 270
An Introduction to Outlining 271
The Short Feature Structure 271
The Long Feature Structure 271
The Magazine Article Outline 272
Outlines for Commentary 273
The Value of Outlining 273
The Master of the Outline 277
Summary 277
Features for Discussion 278
Exercises 280
Chapter 11 To Market, to Market: The Business Side of Freelancing, Part I 281
Selecting Markets 282
Take Five (Markets) 285
What Is a Query Letter? 286
To Query or Not to Query, That Is the Query 288
A Cover Letter Is Needed 289
Why Mention Articles in the Editor's Magazine? 291
Packaging Your Article: Manuscript Format 291
The Editor Accepts 292
What Have You Sold? Copyrights 292
Rejections: Surviving the Aftermath 293
A Wasteland of Literary Rejections 294
Multiple Submissions: To Do? Or Not to Do? 295
While You Are Waiting: The Editor at Work 296
Beware of Editors Bearing Ill Tidings 296
Expanding Your Publishing Horizon 298
A Final Word to Keep You Writing 299
Summary 299
Exercises 300
Chapter 12 Home Again, Home Again: The Business Side of Freelancing, Part II 301
Failing to Itemize Costs Taxpayers Money 302
Does the IRS Play the Fear Factor? 303
Do You Have to Publish to Deduct Expenses? 304
Establishing Freelance Writer Status 306
What About an Audited Return? 306
Should You Employ an Income Tax Consultant? 308
A Taste of IRS Guidelines 309
Summary 309
Exercises 309
Appendix A Common Sense Approach to Punctuation 311
Appendix B Words Commonly Used and Abused: A List to Aid Spelling and Usage 313
Appendix C The Associated Press Top Ten Myths About Rewriting Someone Else's News Reporting 316
Appendix D The Associated Press Copyright Guidelines 318
Appendix E Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics 320
Appendix F The Associated Press on Libel 323
Appendix G Public Relations Society of America: Member Code of Ethics 2000 325
Appendix H Checklist for Revision/Grading 331
Appendix I Symbol Sheet for Revision/Grading 332
Credits 335
Index 337
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