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Writing as Craft and Magic, Second Edition, outlines a compelling approach to conceiving, reporting, organizing, and writing articles for today's media. The book revolves around the central idea that writers improve most quickly by combining the powers of technique ("craft") with creativity ("magic"). Applying this method to news and feature writing--both print and online--it focuses on leads, organization, transition, clarity, drama, and other elements that drive good writing toward excellence. Aimed at students in upper-level undergraduate writing and reporting courses, Writing as Craft and Magic provides a clear and succinct instructional system--with practical models, a wealth of examples, and step-by-step guides--to help students understand and apply craft and magic to daily assignments. Author Carl Sessions Stepp, a seasoned journalist at the national level, structures his system in three parts. He first evokes the art of writing, then applies that art to standard journalistic writing, and concludes with a strong section on advanced writing techniques for features. He also offers advice and tips on how newsrooms currently operate in the age of multimedia journalism. This revised edition includes an expanded exercise section at the end of each chapter, more coverage of the demands of multimedia journalism (convergence), and updated chapters on incorporating the Internet into research and writing for the daily news cycle.
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (September 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195305779
ISBN-13: 978-0195305777
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 0.6 x 6.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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this is required reading for my journalism Feature Writing class. i love this book! i graduated college nine years ago, and have been writing for local publications, but just winging it. i haven't had a technique to fall back on. this book has been so helpful in helping me to understand basic tips and techniques to write stories. i have bought a lot of writing books over the years, but this one simplifies things so you can actually go down a check list and do them.
Im not in to journalism, but we use this book for a class Im taking and it is pretty good. Has some great insight for writing journalistic pieces. Came in decent condition.
It was what I expected
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