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Charles H. Harrison (Author)
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November 30, 2001 020531743X 978-0205317431 1

This book serves as a practical guide to the basic tools of magazine article writing: knowing the marketplace, brainstorming, researching, querying editors, and writing to get published. Offers readers a step-by-step methodology to writing for magazines, including significant coverage of trade, professional, and Web magazines. Readers will learn to master the basics of magazine article writing through hands-on exercises and commentary from current and successful magazine writers and editors. Unique Trade and professional magazine coverage provides readers with information on this large and important segment of the industry that is often ignored in other books. Readers also receive important insights into the "dos" and "don'ts" of writing from editors who work with staff and freelance writers everyday. Anyone interested in a career in professional writing, with emphasis on Professional and Trade Magazines.


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/* 1743L-4, Harrison, Charles H., How to Write for Magazines: Consumer, Trade and Web */ This book serves as a practical guide to the basic tools of magazine article writing: knowing the marketplace, brainstorming, researching, querying editors, and writing to get published. Offers readers a step-by-step methodology to writing for magazines, including significant coverage of trade, professional, and Web magazines. Readers will learn to master the basics of magazine article writing through hands-on exercises and commentary from current and successful magazine writers and editors. Unique Trade and professional magazine coverage provides readers with information on this large and important segment of the industry that is often ignored in other books. Readers also receive important insights into the "dos" and "don'ts" of writing from editors who work with staff and freelance writers everyday. Anyone interested in a career in professional writing, with emphasis on Professional and Trade Magazines.

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (November 30, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 020531743X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0205317431
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Survival Kit, November 5, 2004
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Otto Yuen (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Write for Magazines: Consumers, Trade and Web (Paperback)
Do you want to write salable articles for magazines? Do you know what your editors want? How can you verify your article is salable? You will find all the answers, hints, and tips in this book. The author shows you the whole process of writing salable articles for magazines. From making sound ideas, choosing a great title, writing a query letter, to writing, rewriting, editing the article, and becoming a freelance writer.

This book is a pure "How-to", it addresses the common mistakes as a freelance writer, and demonstrates how to improve your chances of coming up with ideas that may lead to salable articles by applying a six-way test. It also provides some concise and helpful advices on magazine article writing. By using rich examples, you will know the differences and proper usage of: Active vs Passive voice, Verbs vs. Adjectives, Steer Clear of Cliches, and Avoid Syntax Sinkholes, etc. At the end of each chapter, you will find couples hands-on exercises that lead you to the right directions for practicing what you've just learnt in the chapter. Even you're already a good writer, I am sure you may also find great benefits from this book.

(Reviewed by Otto Yuen, 6-Nov-2004)
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