Harrison: How Write for Magazines_p1

by Charles H. Harrison

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020531743X
• ISBN13: 9780205317431
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Good Survival Kit

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)