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Original Writing: General Guidance
Quick Editing and Proofreading
Power of Information
Review Writing
Book Reviews
- The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken review – all about my mother, The Guardian
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- The Biggest Revelations From Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’, Vogue
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TV Reviews
- Example One: Wednesday on Netflix review, Evening Standard
- Example Two: 'The Last of Us' Review: All Flesh, No Bones, Slant Magazine
- Example Three: ‘Squid Game’ first look review, NME
Food Reviews
- Defamation through Online Reviews in the UK, Kitsons Solicitors
- Example One: Block Soho restaurant review, The Guardian
- Example Two: The Giggling Squid restaurant review, Great British Life
- Example Three: Food you can't find anywhere else at Plymouth's newest restaurant, Plymouth Live
Music Reviews
- Example One: Review: Bath Symphony Orchestra at Wiltshire Music Centre
- Example Two: The Sixteen review – a glorious celebration of Renaissance polyphony, The Guardian
- Example Three: Arcade Fire mesmerise Hyde Park, Evening Standard
- Example Four: F***ed Up review, The Guardian
Writing for the Web
Writing a Blog
- Substack
- Patreon
- Substack vs Patreon, Become a Writer Today
- Example One: Oreo Cupcakes, Chocolate Covered Katie
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- Example Two: Top 25 Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Peru, Global Grasshopper
- Example Three: Anti-Racism Network, Amnesty International UK
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Social Media Posts
- Why I hate Facebook, Daily Mail
- The top 10 reasons people use social media, Prestige Online
- Tesco Twitter
- O2 Twitter
Writing Online Articles
- #BBCtrending: How FouseyTUBE became a YouTube star
- Roald Dahl’s books are nasty by nature, The New Statesman
- The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism, The Spectator
- A winter break in Lithuania, The Guardian
- Sharp as a chef, The Economist
Analytical Writing
- Thailand: the road to all-out political battle, Varsity
- Who’s to blame in the Ukraine-Russia standoff? It depends on perspective, The Conversation
Feature Writing
Testimony
- I survived a plane crash ..then someone tried to eat my arm!, The Mirror
- Ruby Wax: ‘I’ve spent a lifetime giving the illusion all is well. It wasn’t and it isn’t’, The Guardian
Fact box / Timeline
- Poland profile - Timeline, BBC
- United States profile - Timeline, BBC
- Slavery in the USA - History, Spartacus Educational
Behind the scenes
- My week as an Amazon insider, The Guardian
- I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it, Big Issue
Interview
- Jung Chang: The author of 'Wild Swans' on ruthless empresses, English pubs, and why email monitoring is nothing new to her, The Independent
- John Bercow: ‘I may be pompous and an irritant. But I am completely authentic’, The Guardian
- Maggie Gyllenhaal: ‘I’m claustrophobic, it’s taken years to be OK on the subway’, The Guardian
Profile
Real Life
- 'I don't regret becoming a mum at 16 - it's nothing like MTV's Teen Mom', The Mirror
- Liz Jones's Diary: In which I finally push him away, Mail Online
- Liz Jones's Diary, Daily Mail
Obituaries (Obits)
Synopsis
- Othello, the Moor of Venice, Shakespeare Resource Center
- Translations, Wikipedia
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Belgrade Theatre Coventry
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner Summary, Shmoop
- “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Parts I-IV, Spark Notes
- Tennyson's Poems Summary and Analysis of 'In Memoriam A.H.H.', Grade Saver
- The Reader's Guide to Wuthering Heights
- Brideshead Revisited, Goodreads
- Tender is the Night Notes & Analysis, Book Rags
- Atonement (2007) Plot, IMDB
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Plot, IMDB
- The Lady, Tribute
Power of Persuasion
Editorial and Op-ed
Editorial
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- Talk to the men: Incumbent on services brass to make women in uniform feel safe, The Times of India
- The Ukraine war anniversary: a terrible toll, with no end in sight, The Irish Times
- Surveillance vs snooping, The Independent
- Searching for the truth on child abuse, Evening Standard
- Combating cyberbullying in the interests of society, The Irish Times
- Biden needs to step up military aid for Ukraine — fast, New York Post
- Save Britain’s Rivers: Why we’re campaigning to rescue UK waterways, New Scientist
- Tackling the sports-related concussion crisis, The Lancet
- UK Newspaper Guide, Paperboy
- Understanding the political spectrum, Unifrog
Op-ed
- Op-eds, McGill
- Workshops, The OpEd Project
- It’s time to recycle Belfast’s old buildings instead of building new ones, Belfast Telegraph
- The heroism of the murdered Good Samaritan proves society needs both justice and compassion, the Independent
- Matthew d'Ancona: The days are gone when power could mean immunity, The Evening Standard
- Bored of the Rings: the Tolkien industry has gone far enough, The Spectator
- The Lessons of George Zimmerman’s ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict, Time
- Daniela Elser: Embarrassing ticket price to hear Prince Harry speak, NZ Herald
- Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten, New Scientist
Pitch and Proposal
- Good Examples of an Effective Sales Pitch, Buzzle
- How to write a sales letter (strategies and examples), Zendesk
- How to Write a Book Proposal [+ Template], Reedsy Blog
- Example Guru Project Proposals, Guru Insights
Sales Letters
- The Greatest Sales Letter of All Time, Copy Blogger
- World's Worst Sales Letter?, CBS News
- Sample Relay fundraising letters
Investigative Journalism
- What Is Investigative Journalism?, Writer's Digest
- Vulnerable, British and black? Now that’s enough to have you face deportation, The Guardian
- Nick Davies Articles
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- Articles on Investigative journalism, The Conversation
- Phone-hacking trial explained, BBC
- 1914: ‘How It Feels To Be Forcibly Fed’ Like A Suffragette By Djuna Barnes, Flashbak
- Stacey Dooley Investigates
- Stacey Dooley Investigates - Canada's Lost Girls
Persuasive Speech
Manifestos
- Four Types of Manifestos, Geoff Mcdonald
- Famous Manifestos, Geoff Mcdonald
- How to Write a Manifesto, Students' Union UCL
Charity Appeals
- Current Appeals, Penny Appeal
- 3 Best Fundraising Scripts, Contact Space
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- Football United Against Domestic Violence, Women's Aid
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Power of Storytelling
Biography
- Fat and Thin, Project Gutenberg
- Untold's Write Afghanistan Project
- Best Film Speeches and Monologues, Film Site