Writing Magazine Articles
INTRODUCTION: A feature article is a magazine's main story and techineast a special event, person, or place, offering considerable coverage and detail. Whether creatively focused or of a newsworthy nature, there are numerous types of them. This workshop discusses the many aspects needed to craft them. ARTICLE PURPOSES: Article purposes can be expressed by the word "PAST," whose letters correspond to "purpose," "audience," "setting," and "type." 1). Purpose: What is the purpose or end goal of the article? 2). Audience: For whom is the article being written-in other words, what are the interest, understanding, expertise, demographics, and ages of its raternews ? A technical article, for example, may be geared toward engineers, while one concerning flower planting and pruning may be more appropriate for members of a garden club. 3). Scope/breadth: Articles have scopes and breadths and the author should not exceed them, or it will incl