WRIT 382 Writing for Magazines

College of Art, Media & Design School of Film

3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

This course develops the skills of writing for print publications, especially magazines. Students write and edit articles of the following types: features and “soft” news, Op-Ed letters, first-person narrative essays, profiles, and reviews. In addition to working on their writing through revision, editing, and collaboration, they learn how to identify a target magazine, how to brainstorm publication ideas, make a pitch, meet deadlines as well as be introduced to the business life of the freelance writer.

Prerequisites WRIT*204

This course is not repeatable for credit.