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2018-19 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EN 414 Writing and Editing for Magazines
The course offers a practical introduction to the consumer magazine industry and aims to equip students with the basic skills and understanding necessary to pursue a full-time or freelance career as a magazine writer or editor. Students examine all forms of magazine writing from short front-of-book items to department stories to features, perform critical analyses of individual magazines, learn how to develop story ideas into compelling magazine prose, and write effective query or pitch letters. In addition to an overview of the industry, the course also provides an understanding of the basic structure of magazines, the different types of stories magazines publish, and the economic forces driving magazine publishing today.
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