Last Chance to Sign Up for Magazine Writing Basics E-Course
Elaine Grant’s e-course Magazine Writing Basics starts on Monday, May 4.
If you’ve always wanted to write national magazine features but haven’t known how to get started – or if you’ve tried your hand at it and want to learn more – this course is for you. In Elaine’s course, you’ll learn about:
- The various kinds of stories, from front-of-the book items and service pieces to profiles and trend stories. For the truly adventurous, Elaine will offer an introduction to narrative features.
- The reporting process: where to dig up the best stats, studies, and information, how to tell the difference between reliable and unreliable data, how to find expert sources, how to tell good sources from bad sources, how to develop interview questions that get the best quotes, how to deal with difficult interviewees, the all-important fact-checking process, and more.
- Basic writing and editorial issues like ledes, description, dialogue, conflict, endings, and “entry points.”
- How to navigate the magazine publishing world — working with editors, handling deadlines and revisions, overcoming writers block, learning how to write fast, and finding your passion.
There are still a few spots left. Sign up today!
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