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In Follow the Story, bestselling author and journalist James B. Stewart teaches you the techniques of compelling narrative writing. It is the indispensable guide to writing successful nonfiction books, articles, feature stories, or memoirs. Stewart provides concrete directions for conceiving, reporting, structuring, and writing nonfiction -- techniques that he has used in his own successful books and stories. By using examples from his own work, Stewart illustrates systematically a way of thinking about and executing stories, a method that has helped numerous reporters and Columbia students become better writers. Follow the Story examines in detail: - How an idea is conceived
- How to "sell" ideas to editors and publishers
- How to report the nonfiction story
- Six models that can be used for any nonfiction story
- How to structure the narrative story
- How to write introductions, endings, dialogue, and description
- How to introduce and develop characters
- How to use literary devices
- Pitfalls to avoid
Learn from this book a clear way of looking at the world with the alert curiosity that is the first indispensable step toward good writing.
The promotion and dissemination of knowledge is a crucial part of
the academic community. This is accomplished through the
publication of new research through both traditional and emerging
venues. Scholarly Communication and the Publish or Perish Pressures
of Academia is an authoritative reference source for the latest
material on methods and available networks for the publication of
contemporary academic research. Highlighting innovative writing
styles, ethical considerations, and marketing avenues, this book is
ideally designed for researchers, upper-level students, scholars,
professionals, and practitioners actively involved in the
publication of academic research.
Between the 1880s and the 1940s, opportunities for southern white
women writers increased dramatically, bolstered by readers' demands
for southern stories in northern periodicals. Confined by magazine
requirements and social expectations, writers often relied on
regional settings and tropes to attract publishers and readers
before publishing work in a collection. Selecting and ordering
magazine stories for these collections was not arbitrary or
dictated by editors, despite a male-dominated publishing industry.
Instead, it allowed writers to privilege stories, or to
contextualize a story by its proximity to other tales, as a form of
social commentary. For Kate Chopin, Ellen Glasgow, Marjorie Kinnan
Rawlings, and Katherine Anne Porter-the authors featured in this
book-publishing a volume of stories enabled them to construct a
narrative framework of their own. Arranging Stories: Framing Social
Commentary in Short Story Collections by Southern Women Writers is
as much about how stories are constructed as how they are told. The
book examines correspondence, manuscripts, periodicals, and first
editions of collections. Each collection's textual history serves
as a case study for changes in the periodical marketplace and
demonstrates how writers negotiated this marketplace to publish
stories and garner readership. The book also includes four tables,
featuring collected stories' arrangements and publication
histories, and twenty-five illustrations, featuring periodical
publications, unpublished letters, and manuscript fragments
obtained from nine on-site and digital archives. Short story
collections guide readers through a spatial experience, in which
both individual stories and the ordering of those stories become a
framework for interpreting meaning. Arranging Stories invites
readings that complicate how we engage collected works.
As audiences are provided opportunities to "feel" the news through
new technological advancements in the field, the very nature of
journalism is changing. These advancements in journalism have
provided a way to reach and connect with unique communities in
innovative and inclusive ways. As in-world journalists have sought
to inform and engage unique communities within the context of their
worlds, real and virtual, issues relevant to the mainstream have
been played out in virtual culture. Redefining Journalism in an Age
of Technological Advancements, Changing Demographics, and Social
Issues investigates the impact of emerging technologies in
journalism and how audiences engage with these technologies and
news content in innovative ways. Identity and community are
analyzed historically and culturally within the larger body of
cultural and media studies. Covering topics such as audience
demographics, robotics, and immersive journalism, this book is a
dynamic resource for journalists, sociologists, politicians,
students and educators of higher education, computer scientists,
communications professionals, researchers, and academicians.
Re-Inventing the Book: Challenges from the Past for the Publishing
Industry chronicles the significant changes that have taken place
in the publishing industry in the past few decades and how they
have altered the publishing value chain and the structure of the
industry itself. The book examines and discusses how most
publishing values, aims, and strategies have been common since the
Renaissance. It aims to provide a methodological framework, not
only for the understanding, explanation, and interpretation of the
current situation, but also for the development of new strategies.
The book features an overview of the publishing industry as it
appears today, showing innovative methods and trends, highlighting
new opportunities created by information technologies, and
identifying challenges. Values discussed include globalization,
convergence, access to information, disintermediation,
discoverability, innovation, reader engagement, co-creation, and
aesthetics in publishing.
Writing and Reporting News in the 21st Century: The Speed at Which
We Travel introduces students to the fast-paced and ever-changing
landscape of modern media. The text highlights the importance of
embracing technology and social media while abiding by the ethical
considerations that aspiring journalists must follow. The first
section of the book presents students with guiding principles for
practicing accurate and fair journalism, as well as the various
codes of ethics used across journalistic mediums, namely print,
digital, and broadcast. The second section provides an overview of
the basics for writing news for online, print, radio, and TV
outlets. It also posits valuable advice that will help new
journalists conduct an effective interview, pose meaningful
questions, and capture what the source has to say accurately. The
final section demonstrates the myriad ways the study of journalism
can lead to successful careers in marketing, public relations,
full-time reporting, editing, or producing. Writing and Reporting
News in the 21st Century is ideal for introductory courses in
journalism. It is also a valuable supplemental text for
foundational courses in marketing, public relations, and technical
writing.
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