If you want to become a successful feature writer, Writing Feature Articles is your essential guide. It covers the practices and opportunities of writing feature articles and getting published in consumer magazines, trade magazines, online publications, and newspapers. It takes you step by step through the process from start to finish.
ISBN 978-1-885219-44-2
Chapters
1 Magazine Writing Today
2 Writing Features for Newspapers
3 Writing for Online Publications
4 Writing for Trade Publications
5 The Magazine Article
6 The Writing Process
7 Generating Ideas
8 Marketing Your Writing
9 Query Letters
10 Research & Interviews
11 Writing a Feature Article: Structure
12 Outlining, Drafting, Revising
13 Writing a Feature Article: Style
14 Final Steps to Publication
15 Business, Legal, & Ethical Practices
Special Features:
21 Writing Advantage sidebars
12 Q&A writer interviews
Sample query letters
Sample feature articles
Learning exercises with every chapter
About the Author
Cheryl S. Wray is a full-time freelance writer. She has written six books and more than 1,500 articles in a wide variety of publications. Writer’s Digest chose her earlier book, Writing for Magazines, as a special selection for its Book-of-the-Month Club. She has taught college courses in beginning and advanced feature writing, and she is a frequent conference speaker. She has an M.A. degree in magazine journalism from the University of Alabama.
Chapters
1 Magazine Writing Today
2 Writing Features for Newspapers
3 Writing for Online Publications
4 Writing for Trade Publications
5 The Magazine Article
6 The Writing Process
7 Generating Ideas
8 Marketing Your Writing
9 Query Letters
10 Research & Interviews
11 Writing a Feature Article: Structure
12 Outlining, Drafting, Revising
13 Writing a Feature Article: Style
14 Final Steps to Publication
15 Business, Legal, & Ethical Practices
Special Features
21 Writing Advantage sidebars
12 Q&A writer interviews
Sample query letters
Sample feature articles
Learning exercises with every chapter