The insider secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill and other great columnists Martinez Standring, Suzette creator text ilu Oak Park, IL Marion Street Press 2008 monographic eng

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200 p. ; 23 cm Table of contents -- Preface by Don McNay -- Prologue -- Introduction: The quest for a column -- Section one: the how-to of column writing -- Point of view -- Voice -- Beginning -- Telling the story -- Putting endings first -- Column length -- Writing tips from two columnists -- The big, bad, blank screen -- On copyright -- Working with editors -- Self-editing: your machete or mine? -- Elements of a Pulitzer prize-winning column -- The making of a columnist -- Section two: specialty columns -- The humor columnist -- The lifestyle columnist -- The metro columnist -- The opinion columnist -- The religion columnist -- Niche columnist -- Pictures -- Section three: a columnist's inner world -- Who are these people? Ethics -- Can a columnist [h]ave friends? -- Section four: what lies beyond the column -- Oh the places you'll go with a column -- Syndication -- Blogging -- Radio: on the air with columnists -- Journalism and standup comedy: there is a difference -- Onward. Suzette Martinez Standring Journalism Journalists Journalism Authorship Newspapers Sections, columns, etc Periodismo Periodistas Periódicos Secciones, columnas, etc PN 4784 M385a 2008 070.44 9781933338262 1933338261 170905 20230410130721.0 126565