Media Arts & Communication Studies
Article Writing
Course Outline
Upon completion of this course you will be able to answer questions and solve problems within article writing and write articles of various types. The course covers fundamentals, tone, focus, page secrets of style as well as types of article: personal experience, nostalgia, advice, humor and essays and sketches. Contents of the course are used daily, on the job, by professional article and feature writers. This is a single stream course consisting of 10 lessons and 10 examinations.
Topics of study covered within this course include the following:
• Writing From the Heart
• The Magic of Getting Ideas
• Personal Experience
• Marriage Parents and Children
• Nostalgia and Memoirs
• Controversial Topics
• Advice and Self-Help, Humor
• Essays
• Sketches and Columns
• The Fine Fundamentals
• Tone
• Focus and Pace
• Three Surefire Ways to Organize What You Say
• Six Ways to Make Your Articles Better
• Two More: Good Titles and Quotes
• Twelve Secrets of Style
• Methods and Markets
• Making the Most of Your Talent
Duration
Approximately 20 hours
Text Books
The text books required for this course are outlined below and can be purchased through any online book supplier:
ISBN#: 0-89879-988-0
ISBN#: 1-58297-334-2
Prerequisites
None
Cost
$699.00