Post by DrLeftover on May 27, 2017 15:01:09 GMT -5
This was done for a member of my 'inner circle' who had to write and article, and had no idea how to do it.
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Paper Writing Basics
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There are some things common to writing anything beyond a shopping list or a bookie slip. And if there is one thing the Desk is an expert at, it would be common things.
You see, the Media Desk, one Dr. Leftover, is very common.
His credentials have been issued solely due to years of Doing It. He is, after all, A Professional.
"Professional What?" Somebody just asked.
... Nevermind.
So, starting there the Desk will run down some basics needed for writing an article, a paper, an essay, even a paragraph about... whatever. Fiction or Non-Fiction. Journalism or Editorializing. There are simply certain things you need to tell us, the readers.
After all, if you are writing about nothing, there is nothing to write about.
Journalists everywhere, even Gonzo Journalists stomping around some sort of special event looking for a fresh angle to cover, obey the Rule of the Five W's. Of which there are now six, but the name has stuck nonetheless.
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW.
If you can answer those, you have told us everything we need to know about whatever it is you are writing about.
Now, instead of waxing poetic about its adoration of the W's, the Desk is going to use an example. Others can pass judgement about whether it is a good or bad example.
SEE ATTACHMENT: Desk article on the 2002 America's Cup Challenger Series themediadesk.com/files7/america.htm
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the rest of it:
themediadesk.com/files7/writing.htm
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(quoted)
Paper Writing Basics
©02 The Media Desk
themediadesk.com
[Presented as a Public Service by The Media Desk. themediadesk.com Permission to re-use or re-publish with credit to the Desk is hereby given. Direct all comments, suggestions, and hate mail to Dr. Leftover, owner/author/webmaster of The Media Desk.]
There are some things common to writing anything beyond a shopping list or a bookie slip. And if there is one thing the Desk is an expert at, it would be common things.
You see, the Media Desk, one Dr. Leftover, is very common.
His credentials have been issued solely due to years of Doing It. He is, after all, A Professional.
"Professional What?" Somebody just asked.
... Nevermind.
So, starting there the Desk will run down some basics needed for writing an article, a paper, an essay, even a paragraph about... whatever. Fiction or Non-Fiction. Journalism or Editorializing. There are simply certain things you need to tell us, the readers.
After all, if you are writing about nothing, there is nothing to write about.
Journalists everywhere, even Gonzo Journalists stomping around some sort of special event looking for a fresh angle to cover, obey the Rule of the Five W's. Of which there are now six, but the name has stuck nonetheless.
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW.
If you can answer those, you have told us everything we need to know about whatever it is you are writing about.
Now, instead of waxing poetic about its adoration of the W's, the Desk is going to use an example. Others can pass judgement about whether it is a good or bad example.
SEE ATTACHMENT: Desk article on the 2002 America's Cup Challenger Series themediadesk.com/files7/america.htm
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the rest of it:
themediadesk.com/files7/writing.htm
.