This is a terrific book! Buy it! You'll use it and enjoy it. This is a tell & show book. First, Blundell tells you what is important and why. Then he supports each assertion with an example in the form of a well written piece. The examples alone are worth reading.\ This the best book I've ever read about writing.
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Good instruction here, with lengthy writing examples well worth analysis. I really wish he hadn't included some of his own stuff as exemplary, though. His writing contains summit moments, and he earned his place on the staff of a famed paper, but I don't believe Blundell is among the top hundred or so feature writers of the past half century. Had his editor found a tactful way to make a bit less of Blundell himself, this could have been a great work, not merely a good work. Still, if you can acquire it for... more info
Absolutely Reliable Book:
This book is a true gem.
Set aside the absolutely helpful thoughts on generating ideas, structure, and the nexus of reporting and writing (all of which are invaluable).
The idea that there is a triad of elements upon which all good feature stories are based is an extraordinarily useful one.
Base a story on action, quotation and narration (i.e. the basic information necessary to the story) and go from one element to the next and so on, building the story block by block, says the author.
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Excellent book for journalists:
This book shows the nuts and bolts about good journalism: writing and interviewing techniques, how to get good story ideas, etc. It has a great deal of examples too. Every journalist should read it at least once. The best thing would be to revisit it every two or three years.
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