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Concentrated
Courses
To Nourish
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Do you want to improve
your writing skills while earning extra money? Sounds
ideal, right? But it's not easy, especially if time
and finances are at a premium.
We
have the solution. Our short-term Concentrated
Course: Articles That Sell delivers the expertise
and quality you've come to expect from the Jerry B.
Jenkins Christian Writers Guild comprehensive two-year
program. Articles That Sell will
give you real results in less time — and for
a substantially smaller investment.
Responding
to requests from writers like you, we've created this
Concentrated Course and limited the
focus specifically to article writing. You'll study
our 12-lesson Articles That Sell
via email correspondence with a mentor personally
approved by Jerry B. Jenkins, bestselling author of
Left Behind, The Jesus Chronicles,
and Riven. You can start any time.
Meet our
Mentors for Articles That Sell.
Stay on schedule and
you could be selling articles before you complete
the six-month course.
We
aim to help you move closer to your dream of becoming
a professional (and paid!) writer. All it takes is
Articles That Sell and lots of hard
work. Find out more today
1-866-495-5177.
Articles That Sell
A CWG Concentrated
Course
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This
course starts by helping you pin down your Big
Idea — clear concepts you'll use to pitch
and sell articles to interested editors. The
12 lessons in this Concentrated Course
provide practical instruction on writing 10
kinds of marketable articles for magazines,
newspapers, and websites — from the Inspirational
Article to the Feature Article.
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Lesson
1: Finding Big Ideas That Sell
What
sources do you have for usable, publishable
ideas? How do you frame them, focus them, and
then shape your Big Ideas to impact your reader?
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Lesson
2: Marketing Your Articles
You've
got to know who's buying — and what's
selling. We show how to do a market analysis,
polish your manuscript, and write a query
letter. We also introduce you to writer/editor
etiquette and record-keeping. |
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Lesson
3: Inspirational
Learn
to recognize an inspirational idea or experience.
We'll teach you how to develop your idea
for maximum reader appeal, what magazines such
as Guideposts want in an inspirational
article, and how to pitch your piece to editors. |
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Lesson
4: Devotional
Discover
the three key elements of a good devotional
and how to use imagery to strengthen your writing. |
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Lesson
5: Personality
Personality
articles feature people others want to know about.
Examine life situations that generate articles, learn
to identify and develop a story,
and where to market personality articles. |
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Lesson
6: How-to
Have
your eyes opened to an amazing diversity of
how-to articles, where to find how-to article
ideas, and what the how-to article needs to
make it salable. |
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Lesson
7: Expository
Expository
articles may require more research, but they
provide unique opportunities to explore a process,
the meaning of a word, a concept, a scripture
passage. Learn to draw on personal experience
to help readers understand scripture. |
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Lesson
8: Seasonal
What
events suggest a seasonal article? How do you develop
a new twist on an old idea? How important is timing?
Discover how to make multiple sales with the same
seasonal theme. |
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Lesson
9: Humorous
Humor
packs a spiritual wallop because it packages truth
in unexpected ways. Learn to develop a sense of humor,
where to look for humor, what abilities will be needed,
and the steps to developing a humorous article. |
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Lesson
10: Investigative
Search
for truth about actions people are trying to
conceal. Consider the biblical foundation for
such investigative articles, learn to verify
information, and discover how to write a compelling
article. |
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Lesson
11: Argumentative
When
should you write an argumentative article —
and what should be its tone? Learn how to write
to inform, to lay out truth, to persuade, and
to respond to attacks. We'll also show
you how to generate ideas for articles.
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Lesson
12: Feature
Feature
articles provide a complete and balanced perspective
on a specific topic, person, organization, or
event. Learn the elements of an outstanding
feature, how to build an effective beginning,
middle, and end, and how to convince an editor
to publish your article. |
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