WHAT IS AN ARTICLE?

HOW TO WRITE A MAGAZINE ARTICLE.

A magazine article is a piece of non-fiction writing targeted at a specific interest group. Writers who have magazine features or articles published in magazines enjoy the benefit of seeing their by-lines and (in most cases) receiving payment for their work. Magazine publishing is a business and it can be difficult to break in. The first step is learning how to write a magazine article that sells.

Writing you own magazine article

1) Formulate an idea. 

Many beginning writers adopt the well-known writer's premise to "write what you know."

While "writing what you know" is good advice, it is also possible to write a good magazine article through a strong interest and a willingness to learn through research and interviews.

Sometimes a freelance writer's background makes him or her an expert for a magazine article. For example, an accountant has an advantage when writing about "10 Ways to Save on Your Taxes."

 2) Give your ideas an angle: 

The angle of an article has to do with the way the topic is approached. For example, New Year's resolutions have been written about many, times, but give the idea a fresh angle - such as using social networking to succeed at keeping resolutions - and you might make a sale.

3) Identify your market

Read several issues of a magazine that is a potential market. Get a feel for the types of magazine features and the style. Can you slant your idea for a publication's audience?

An article idea can be slanted for different types of magazines based upon the audience and your approach.

Once you have identified markets, check the magazine's web site for writer's guidelines.

4) Query the editor of a targeted market:

 Most magazines prefer a proposal or query, where you spell out your idea in a one-page letter or email.

Think of the query as a sales letter from a freelance writer asking an editor for the assignment.

Remember to follow the publication's guidelines when submitting a query and/or a manuscript.

5) Research your article

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Arrange for interviews with experts. Good quotes can make all the difference in a magazine feature.

6) Create an outline.

Freelance writers find that most nonfiction writing lends itself to sections. Go ahead and write catchy subheadings for these sections.

7) Grab the reader's attention with a dynamite opening paragraph.

Immediately after catching a reader's attention, make certain the point of the article or the theme is evident.

8) Proceed with writing the body of the text, with or without the lead. If you've tried unsuccessfully to come up with a fantastic lead, set it aside for a while and write the article. You might be surprised to find that your lead will come to you later.

Keep the theme in mind as you write the body of the article. Everything you write should support the theme.

9) Compose the conclusion.

You might return to your opening paragraph so that you come full circle.

Some conclusions summarize the main points or leave readers with an anecdote that illustrates the theme.

10) Revise your article until it's ready for submission. 

Is the point clear?

Does the article follow a logical sequence?

Have you chosen strong verbs and specific nouns?

If you're like most nonfiction writers, you can find ways to make your article stronger.

Here you are a video, this is an example which teaches how to write or create the perfect Magazine, I hope you like it. 

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Magazine-Article 

Link of the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAZB2PSm5UU)

The Massai and the lions.

There is no doubt that the relationship between African’s lions and people from Massai in Kenia never was the best due to lions were finishing off with their livestock. For this, people opted for killing those carnivores in order to stop with that tragedy they had to face almost twice or there times per week.

Auspiciously this has changed for the benefit of the habitants and of the lions too. Nowadays, the community share their properties, defend and protect the animal’s rights. There, nobody hunts lions, nobody can do it because in case someone does it will be penalized. But, why do they do this? This is an answer which can be answered easily given that they realised that wild animals are significant in the human life.

Lion’s guardians keep working constantly on this issue in the interest of educating people, especially children about the wildlife considering that they are the future generation. But, the most catching aspect is that most of those guardians were in the past hunters of lions and nowadays they live for assuring and safeguarding the lion’s rights.

Those guardians have been also benefited given that they are considered heroes in that region, they are highly respected and everybody listen to them carefully given that they explain to them the importance of lions not only to culture but also to tourism. Each summer families and travellers decide to travel to Massai as a result of knowing somewhat more about lions and Massai’s customs and if there are not wild animals they won’t go never again.

These changes have contributed to the improvement in Massai, now there exist communication between the citizens, the oldest talk to youngest in order to instruct them not to kill carnivores. On the other hand, the culture is taking another perspective, things are advancing, children receive lion’s names what makes their culture be more interesting and fascinating.

There is too much for learning about this story, especially about respect because sometimes people think they cannot live surrounded by wild animals, most of human beings have a bad perspective about them and it has to change. These situations can be managed and the citizens can adapt their culture to the different changes that life offers everyday without forgetting their identity and their origin.

ENRIQUE NIETO SIERRA