Feature writing for freelances

TWO DAY COURSE

This short course gives you the fundamentals of writing features for magazines and newspapers with a special focus on working as a freelance writer. It covers not only writing skills and style but also offers practical advice and tips on how to sell your work.

Among the topics covered are:

• how to get editors interested in your ideas
• how to research the style of different magazines
• how to plan the perfect feature
• understanding your target house style
• developing feature ideas
• tightening your writing
• forward planning: getting ahead of the pack
• pitching it to a commissioning editor

We give you the tools to create powerful introductions and conclusions, and methods of linking ideas within your feature.

Plus, how to make your work cost-effective once you have developed your feature idea - the business of being a freelance

Email info@jtc.co.uk for the date of the next open course.

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