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How to write journalism: News writing
You've gathered the information, done the reporting. You've interviewed all the people involved, the eye witnesses to the explosion, the police, etc, etc. And now you have to write the story. You have...
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How to write journalism: Peter Cole, Lynn Barber and Peter Bradshaw on...
Most of the news writing advice applies equally to features, although the intro and structure will be different. Feature is a broad term. Some news stories, even major front page stories, are written...
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How to write journalism: Peter Cole and Michael White on writing columns
The great growth area in journalism, and a product of fatter newspapers. Columns, like features, come in many forms. They are defined by ownership; the column "belongs" to its author who has that...
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How to write journalism: Style
Competent, effective, functional, engaging journalistic writing can be learnt, and some advice has been provided in this online series. Brilliant writing for newspapers has a plus factor which is hard...
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Writing for journalism: Checklist
Before you startHave I got a plan? Have I sorted through all the information I have gathered, rejected the unimportant and irrelevant, prioritised the most important and necessary? Have I sorted...
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Writing for journalism: What next?
Do you have the energy, flexibility and ambition it takes to be a journalist? Sean Dooley has some things you need to think about before beating a path to the editor's doorA dour regional daily editor...
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How to write books for children: Editor David Fickling gives advice on what...
Don't want to end up on publishers' slush piles? Read out loud before you get read, advises editor David FicklingNot everyone can sing. Not everyone can write. Even fewer people can sing...
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How to write books for children: The final steps to finishing a successfull...
This is an essential part of writing, and should be enjoyable. You'll only improve your writing if you're self-critical; if you develop a sense of the best writing, and tune your ear. This is the time...
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How to write books for children: Writer Linda Newbery on creating perfect...
Opening pages are so important. You can capture a reader's interest, or immediately lose it. (And before you have any chance of reaching readers, your work must catch an editor's interest.) Where does...
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How to write books for children: Writers Linda Newbery, Michael Lawrence and...
The main characters in fiction for children and teenagers tend, not surprisingly, to be children and teenagers, though it's not hard to find exceptions, such as Philip Pullman's Once Upon a Time in the...
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How to write books for children: Writers Linda Newbery and Nicola Davies...
"Where do you get your ideas from?" Every author who gives talks to children or adults has been asked this question hundreds of times, and of course there's no simple answer. Ideas are everywhere - the...
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How to write books for children: Writer Linda Newbury on the variety of...
Children's books cover a huge range, from books for babies up to young adult fiction. You can easily get a sense of the various ranges by looking at publisher websites or catalogues, and by looking at...
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How to write books for children: Writing for children is not an easy route to...
Writing for children is not an easy route to becoming published, today's tutor Linda Newbery explains whyBooks can change lives - we know that. And if you're lucky enough to write and publish books for...
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How to write books for children: Writing for children means thinking about...
Writing for children means thinking about your own past, while staying in touch with young people now, says Michael RosenWe've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us...
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Tips for travel writing
If you fancy entering this year's travel writing competition, launching tomorrow in Saturday's Guardian – or just want to improve your work – check out these handy tips from the Guardian Travel team...
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How to write journalism: News writing
You've gathered the information, done the reporting. You've interviewed all the people involved, the eye witnesses to the explosion, the police, etc, etc. And now you have to write the story. You have...
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How to write journalism: Peter Cole, Lynn Barber and Peter Bradshaw on...
Most of the news writing advice applies equally to features, although the intro and structure will be different. Feature is a broad term. Some news stories, even major front page stories, are written...
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How to write journalism: Peter Cole and Michael White on writing columns
The great growth area in journalism, and a product of fatter newspapers. Columns, like features, come in many forms. They are defined by ownership; the column "belongs" to its author who has that...
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How to write journalism: Style
Competent, effective, functional, engaging journalistic writing can be learnt, and some advice has been provided in this online series. Brilliant writing for newspapers has a plus factor which is hard...
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Writing for journalism: Checklist
Before you startHave I got a plan? Have I sorted through all the information I have gathered, rejected the unimportant and irrelevant, prioritised the most important and necessary? Have I sorted...
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