Journalist's Craft : A Guide to Writing Better Stories

This manual by journalists for journalists aims to illustrate fresh ways torite stories that will enchant and compel readers. Nineteen essays frometeran professional news and feature writers bridge the worlds of classroomnd newsroom to provide inspiration and instruction to everyone from studentso professionals. Readers are taken through the entire process of writing, asssays break down the various stages of reporting, writing and revising tohow the improvements that can be made at each level. Particular aspects ofriting are also illuminated, such as finding story ideas; structuringtories; creating cadence, rhythm and voice; using metaphor, foreshadowing orymbol to enrich stories; or developing effective strategies for revisions.he guide should be useful for anyone who writes for newspapers, magazines,ublic relations, in-house publications, scientific or business sources, ornyone simply interested in learning sharper ways to write non-fictionarrative.