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The only
difference
between the
writing you do in
this class and an
English class is
that here, your
writing WILL BE
READ.
Be a journalist!
+Your notes should be 4 times
as long as the copy you write.
Listen for repeated words. Throw away your thesaurus and save
your SAT words for the test.
Rewrite those sentences and do it again. And again. Until its right.
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Step 2: Look for summarized or
implied dialogue.
Rewrite the actual exchanges that took place.
Observation of the class this
If you werent there, interview as many people as possible to
whole first paragraph. But
get as much information as possible to put it together. This is
these descriptions SHOW the
journalistically sound.
passion she has.
______ tucked the unruly wisp of hair back into place
with her mud-caked hands. She had battled with her bangs
for the last 30 minutes as her bowl took shape on the pottery
wheel. Anybody got like a clippe? ______ said to no one in
particular in her Art 1 class third period.
Her feet kept the wheel in a steady rotation with
alternating tapping as the bowl became rounder and rounder.
My grandma will love this bowl, Alexis said. It has
to be like absolutely awesome.
Done from an interview. Its a mix of what you observe and what
you get in an interview.. What a great copy caption!!
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Step 3: Circle all the adverbs.
Look near your verbs for ion nouns. These are verbs
in drag.
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Step 5: Spell check and
grammar check with Word.
This is editing.