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999			_c9422 _d9422
001			18382403
003			OCoLC
005			20170220111155.0
008			880802s1988 nyu f 000 0 eng
010			_a88025307
020			_a0452261589
020			_a9780452261587
035			_a(OCoLC)18382403
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBAKER _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dCCV _dEXW _dITJCU _dBDX _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dMTU
050	0	0	_aPN4784.F37 _bB58 1988
082	0	0	_a808/.02 _219
092			_a808.02 _bB658a
100	1		_aBlundell, William E.
245	1	4	_aThe art and craft of feature writing : _bbased on the Wall Street Journal guide / _cWilliam E. Blundell.
260			_aNew York : _bNew American Library, _cc1988.
300			_axii, 259 p. ; _c21 cm.
505	0	0	_tThe disorganized, debilitated reporter -- _tLearning to function more efficiently -- _tThe major commandment: Make it interesting -- _tRaw Materials -- _tHow and where to get ideas -- _tPicking the proper subject matter -- _tThe need for files -- _tFinding and cultivating sources -- _tThinking about story ideas: Extrapolation, synthesis -- _tAdvancing story ideas: Localization, projection, viewpoint switching -- _tWhat readers like and don't like: Dogs, people, facts, observers, numbers -- _tWhy the ideas with action in them are the best ideas -- _tShaping Ideas -- _tThe importance of forethought -- _tRange of the story: Keeping it narrow -- _tTheme of the story: The importance of the main theme statement -- _tDeveloping the theme of a general profile or a microcosm profile -- _tApproach of the story: The limits of the profile and the roundup -- _tTone of the story: Why it is important -- _tStory Dimensions -- _tTime: The importance of the past and the future, as well as the present -- _tScope: The quantity, locale, diversity and intensity of a development -- _tVariety: Using various source levels and internal proofs -- _tMovement: The built-in kind and the alternation of opposite elements -- _tThe reporter's role: Neither lawyer nor scholastic nor objectivist nor formula follower. But what then? -- _tPlanning and Execution -- _tA six-part guide for the reporter -- _tHistory: Does the main theme development have roots in the past? -- _tScope: How widespread, intense and various is the development? -- _tReasons: Why is it happening now? -- _tImpacts: Who or what is affected-and how?.
650		0	_aFeature writing _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aTechnical writing _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aAuthorship.
655		7	_aHandbooks, manuals, etc. _2fast
730	0		_aWall Street journal.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1206/88025307-t.html
942			_2ddc _cBK