The Power of Words: Online Lessons on Writing

The staff of The Providence Journal offers The Power of Words, a series of online lessons on the craft of newspaper writing. Whether you are a journalist, writing for a newspaper, or a blogger, you can benefit from this delightful and educational learn-to-write series.

Here are some recent highlights from their lessons:

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• Edward Fitzpatrick: Choosing the telling details from a familiar, and tragic, story
• Scott Mayerowitz: Spending time on preparation pays off
• Felice J. Freyer: Telling a tragic story by engaging, but not overwhelming, the reader – or the writer
• Amanda Milkovits: Simple questions can reveal the telling details
• Bob Kerr: Resonating with the reader — and yourself
• Andrea Stape: Adding bite to a numbers story
• Ged Carbone: Engaging the readers empathy from the start
• Edward Fitzpatrick: Choice of comic-book heros quote a tale worth telling
• Edward Fitzpatrick: Finding a string of words that ties story together
• What do you do when you have too many quotes?
• Whittling down when you have too much stuff
• G. Wayne Miller: Searching the Past for Sources
• Ariel Sabar: Sometimes, ignorance makes for blissful writing
• Sometimes a good story is right under your nose
• What to do when you have writers block
• Gerald M. Carbone: Learning how not to structure a story
• Tips on handling a lot of proper names in a story
• Ariel Sabar: Assume nothing, and let everyone read it
• Daniel Barbarisi: Hitting the reader over the head with a pun
• Bob Kerr: Using old memories to write a new column
• Bryan Rourke: Finding the point of the story
• Brian C. Jones: Polished interviews make rocks into gems
• Gerald M. Carbone and David Herzog: Balancing story and information without killing either
• Dan Barbarisi: Sound too offbeat to be true? Check it out
• Mark Arsenault: Treating a tough subject with humor
• Brian Jones: Cut the fat; It will read better
• Bryan Rourke: How to make a bird-brained idea fly
• Lynn Arditi: Getting a jump on a numbers story helps bring it to life
• Telling stories from a different point of view
• Memory is fiction
• Zachary R. Mider: Making fact out of mystery
• Scott Mayerowitz: Persistence pays off in getting to the man behind the message
• Michael P. McKinney: Finding a fresh idea among the old

The Providence Journal has been publishing these almost weekly lessons on writing and journalism since 1997. The staff’ produces these lessons to help readers and writers understand how a story is written, the relationship and responsibilities of writers and editors, and how to improve your writing. What an amazing gift.

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