TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martinez Standring,Suzette
TI  - The art of column writing: insider secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill and other great columnists 
SN  - 9781933338262
AV  - PN 4784 M385a 2008
U1  - 070.44 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oak Park, IL
PB  - Marion Street Press
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Journalists
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Newspapers
KW  - Sections, columns, etc
KW  - Periodismo
KW  - Periodistas
KW  - Periódicos
KW  - Secciones, columnas, etc
N1  - 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
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