"That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment. "
Dorothy Parker, 'But the One on the Right,' in New Yorker, 1929
Creative Writing Examples
Memories of Stories: Reading, Writing and Chocolate
A profile provides an intimate view of a person or business by exploring who the subject is with the intent of conveying what is most interesting about the subject. The profile must look at the subject's chronology and answer questions about who, what, when and where and how with the intention of enlightening the reader about how those elements influenced the subject of the profile.
Profile Examples
The most successful reviewers put the interests of their readers first and last throughout the review. In the opening statement, they capture the reader's attention. After introducing the work (by author, producer), the reviewer needs to specify the type of work (for example, fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography) to help the readers participate in the review.
Review Examples
Review of Internet Market Scams
Arizona Stories Living
and working in
Arizona has made it possible to see and imagine the landscape and
history in ways visitors never come to know themselves
Jr Rangers, an adventure for all ages at Arizona State Parks
Tie-n-Knots at the Territorial Prison
Destination Wickenburg: The Hassayampa River Preserve
Gender Bending In The Old West
Families Gather Along The Colorado River
Public Relations A
solid public
relations plan projects the merits and values of your business image as
well as the products and/or services you offer. Many believe the public
relations part of their marketing plan is a non-advertising
communication, and often the focus of public relations materials
appears news making rather than revenue increasing. But, you can
increase your press coverage without costly advertising.
Example Press Releases
Feature Stories
Writers cover
many different kinds of stories, and they use specific frameworks for
organizing their stories. Some stories are told chronologically. Other
stories start in the present, and then flash back to fill in details
important to understanding the story. While all the frameworks
available represent good approaches, at the heart of most news articles
is the "inverted pyramid." ·
Feature Stories Examples
IAP’S SEASON OPENER FORETELLS BOTTOM’S DREAM
FAMILIES GATHER ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER
Graduate Hires and Other Droppings
The essay structure confuses student writers. Sometimes the problem is simply no previous exposure to the format, but more often students just do not understand the format. Struggling to make my students understand that paragraphs are not about the number of sentences and essays are not about the number of paragraphs, I realized I had to make them grasp that both elements of the essay are tools for argument.
Essay Writing Examples