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Category Archives: Column Writing
On Language Patrol: Avoid These Expressions
I’ve been keeping track again of stale language I’ve read in newspapers and magazines these past few weeks. Feature writers and columnists shouldn’t resort to using these hackneyed terms and phrases: 1) pork barrel 2) acid test 3) bone of … Continue reading
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Writers of All Genres: Get Back to Basics and Get a Reality Check
No matter what genre we write in, most of us struggle at certain points with motivating ourselves through writer’s block and the revision process. When we find ourselves languishing, often it’s time to start considering the basics again. Even an … Continue reading
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Feature Writers: Avoid Stale Language
When writers resort to using stale expressions and words, that signals that they are getting lazy. Below are some stale expressions that I’ve run across in newspapers and magazines, that have no place in writing: 1) better half 2) better … Continue reading
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Feature Writers and Columnists: Make Your Writing Shine
As feature writers and columnists, keep these tips uppermost in your mind. 1) If you don’t know what to write about, look around you, go out and do something, and observe. Drive past something–a business or an organization, and write … Continue reading
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Tagged "You Can Be A Columnist", Beginners' Guide to Writing & Selling Quality Features, Beginning Writers, Creative Writers, Freelancers, Journalism, Magazine Writing, Non-Fiction Writing, Writing Articles, Writing for Newspapers, Writing for Publication, Writing style
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Prolific Poet Combines His Art with a Cooking Column
Curtis Dunlap, an information systems administrator at a community college in North Carolina, frequently writes when he’s not on the job. He’s not only a prolific poet, but he writes a cooking column and combines it with his poems that … Continue reading
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Tagged "You Can Be A Columnist", Beginning Writers, Book Writers, Creative Writers, Journalism, Journalists, Non-Fiction Writing, Poetry, Poets, Writing for Newspapers, Writing style, www.tobaccoroadpoet.blogspot.com
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