Digital Clinic – Features Clinic
Date:
With:
Jenny Valentish
Rating:
EARLY, EMERGING
Summary:
Want to write articles for magazines, websites or newspapers? By the time this course is through, you could be earning through your writing. Submit a monthly feature, on any topic, that you would like to see published. Detailed feedback will demonstrate how to structure and edit your feature, from the opening hook to the satisfactory conclusion.
Details
You’ll also receive advice on how to pitch your story and to whom. You can also receive feedback from your fellow course participants.
Stories of up to 1,500 words due midnight Wednesdays 20 July, 17 August, 21 September, 19 October and 16 November.
You will learn
• the challenges of editing both long form and short copy to size
• about finding an angle that makes your feature stand out
• about avoiding clichéd language and ideas
• interviewing techniques and how to use quotes effectively
• about pitching to publications, when to follow up and what fee to expect.
This workshop develops employment-related skills.
About Jenny Valentish
Jenny Valentish has been the editor of ‘Time Out Melbourne’ and ‘Triple J Magazine’. She has written for women’s titles – ‘Cleo’, ‘ELLE’, ‘Frankie’, ‘Marie Claire’ and ‘Yen’ – and men’s titles – ‘Ralph’ and ‘Men’s Style’ – as well as ‘The Big Issue’ and ‘The Monthly’. She regularly contributes to ‘The Age’, ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ and ‘The Saturday Paper’. She is the author of novel ‘Cherry Bomb’ and a forthcoming non-fiction book.
Read a Q&A with Jenny Valentish on feature articles.
Online courses
Check out our other online courses:
- Digital Novel Intensive with Phillipa Martin, from July to December 2016
- Q&A Day (Online), August 2016
- Beginners Short Story Clinic with Demet Divaroren, from August to December 2016
- Intermediate Short Story Clinic with Steven Amsterdam, from August to December 2016
- Advanced Short Story Clinic with Laurie Steed, from July to December 2016
- Poetry Clinic with Terry Jaensch, from July to December 2016
- Features Clinic with Jenny Valentish, from July to December 2016
- The Freelance Life webinar with Jackey Coyle, October 2016