Writing Solutions: Beginnings, Middles and Endings

by Thomas Fensch

Overview

This book is ideal for beginning and intermediate writers -- it shows 25 techniques for beginning any writing project, with examples for each; four key articles structures for writing complete articles and 14 types of effective endings.
The book has examples on virtually every page and advisories indicating which technique is effective in which article subject (i.e. - - effective beginnings for sports articles, or self-help or personal "I" form articles and many others.)

A university journalism student once told the author that the student sold every textbook at the end of each semester, but this was the only textbook he ever kept.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990826439
Publisher:	New Century Books
Publication date:	11/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	285
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

	Preface	13
	Acknowledgments	15
Chapter 1
	Beginnings: What They Are, What They Do	23
	The Newspaper (Television & Radio) News Lead	27
	The Statement Beginning	31
	The Descriptive Beginning	36
	The Narrative ("Action") Beginning	40
	The Anecdote Beginning	47
	The Multiple Anecdote Beginning	50
	The "I" Beginning	54
	The "You" Beginning	63
	The Quotation Beginning	65
	The Question Beginning	68
	The Parody Beginning	72
	The "Classified Ad" Beginning	79
	The Paradoxical Beginning	83
	The Comparison Or Contrast Beginning	90
	The Literary Reference Beginning	93
	The Simile Or Metaphor Beginning	101
	The "False" Beginning	106
	The "Memo To" Beginning	114
	The "Dream" Beginning	117
	The Historical Beginning	121
	The Astonishing Beginning	126
	The "Biographical Capsule" Beginning	131
	The Mosaic Beginning	136
	The Combination Beginning	139
	The Unconventional Beginning	149
	Instant Checklist For Beginnings	152
Chapter 2
	Middles: Moving Through the Article	157
	Transitional Signals	162
	Four Key Story Structures	164
	The Front-Page Newspaper or "Inverted Pyramid" Structure	165
	The Diamond or News-Magazine Form	172
	The Wall Street Journal Structure	199
	Modified Forms	210
Chapter 3
	14 Types of Effective Endings	220
	The Summary Ending	222
	The Descriptive Ending	224
	The Anecdote Ending	228
	The "I" Ending	230
	The "You" Ending	232
	The Quotation Ending	234
	The Question Ending	236
	The Parody Ending	238
	The Literary Reference Ending	240
	The Simile Or Metaphor Ending	243
	The Editorial Ending	245
	The Emotional Ending	247
	The "Future" Ending	250
	The Combination Ending	252
	Instant Checklist For Endings	254
	Selected Readings	258
	References	259
	Index	267
	About the Author	278