TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blundell,William E.
TI  - The art and craft of feature writing: based on the Wall Street Journal guide 
SN  - 0452261589
AV  - PN4784.F37 B58 1988
U1  - 808/.02 19
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New York
PB  - New American Library
KW  - Feature writing
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Technical writing
KW  - Authorship
KW  - fast
N1  - The disorganized, debilitated reporter --; Learning to function more efficiently --; The major commandment: Make it interesting --; Raw Materials --; How and where to get ideas --; Picking the proper subject matter --; The need for files --; Finding and cultivating sources --; Thinking about story ideas: Extrapolation, synthesis --; Advancing story ideas: Localization, projection, viewpoint switching --; What readers like and don't like: Dogs, people, facts, observers, numbers --; Why the ideas with action in them are the best ideas --; Shaping Ideas --; The importance of forethought --; Range of the story: Keeping it narrow --; Theme of the story: The importance of the main theme statement --; Developing the theme of a general profile or a microcosm profile --; Approach of the story: The limits of the profile and the roundup --; Tone of the story: Why it is important --; Story Dimensions --; Time: The importance of the past and the future, as well as the present --; Scope: The quantity, locale, diversity and intensity of a development --; Variety: Using various source levels and internal proofs --; Movement: The built-in kind and the alternation of opposite elements --; The reporter's role: Neither lawyer nor scholastic nor objectivist nor formula follower. But what then? --; Planning and Execution --; A six-part guide for the reporter --; History: Does the main theme development have roots in the past? --; Scope: How widespread, intense and various is the development? --; Reasons: Why is it happening now? --; Impacts: Who or what is affected-and how?
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