Comments on: Book Review: Writing to Deadline

By: Bad Language / How to budget for, plan and measure writing output

Bad Language / How to budget for, plan and measure writing output — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:39:53 +0000

[...] exposed Richard Nixon. And it is hard to imagine that Donald Murray (guru of mine and author of Writing to Deadline) would have got a Pulitzer if his editors had only looked at quantity not [...]

By: Bad Language / How to make money writing for the web

Bad Language / How to make money writing for the web — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:39:50 +0000

[...] a writer’s bookshelf. I recommend The Pyramid Principle, The Economist Style Guide, Writing to Deadline (also see my 10-minute summary of the book), Stephen King’s On Writing (yes, really!) and [...]

By: Bad Language / 62 ways to improve your press releases

Bad Language / 62 ways to improve your press releases — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:01:20 +0000

[...] press releases or soundbites. Donald Murray explains what a good story is and how to get it in Writing to Deadline (also available as a ten-minute [...]

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:14:10 +0000

I attempted to order this volume from Amazon, but they will not deliver to the US. That’s not very nice!!

By: kusum

kusum — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:18:43 +0000

hello, i am kusum i am very bad in reading and writing in english,i wanted to become a journalist.
Can i ever become, is so what do i have to do about it.Do i have to first read and write lots of books.I have the problem of forgetting wordsin the context and even forget spellings,can you give me some advice. thankyou

By: Bad Language / How to be a freelance journalist

Bad Language / How to be a freelance journalist — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:15:41 +0000

[...] Writing to Deadline, Murray (See also my recent summary of this book) [...]

By: Bad Language / Writing to Deadline in ten minutes

Bad Language / Writing to Deadline in ten minutes — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:43:14 +0000

[...] am a huge fan of Donald Murray’s Writing to Deadline. (Read my review.) It is a practical guide to the art of writing. He is a reporter and it is about [...]

By: Forward Blog » Blog Archive » Forward Podcast #9 :: Writing with Matthew Stibbe

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:16:17 +0000

[...] 00:13: Podcast introduction. 02:08: Marcel Goldstein explains why writing is a critical skill for young PR pros. 04:47: Paull introduces Matthew Stibbe and asks him to outline his writing history and explain how he developed his passion for writing. 08:10: Matthew shares some general strategies for young writers to improve their writing. His first point is to ’see what works for you’. 09:30: Matthew’s second piece of advice - have a look at what some other people suggest and see if it works for you. Suggests The Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto, Writing to Deadline by Don Murray and On Writing by Steven King. 12:18: Matthew’s third tip - read, read, read, read, read. 13:18: Matthew’s fourth tip - focus on proofreading. 15:26: Matthew’s final tip - a couple of pieces of technical advice: focus on your lead, use shorter sentences and words, find a simple way to explain something by pretending you’re at the pub having a beer. 18:57: Paull asks Matthew how young PR professionals can help improve the standard of writing in our profession. 20:43: Matthew outlines what he thinks goes wrong with PR writing. His advice: Don’t let pieces of writing be written by committee and write from the perspective of the journalist and the reader, not your client. 23:40: Matthew rallies against hype-words, jargon and ‘Franken-quoting’. 29:37: Paull concludes the podcast. [...]

By: Bad Language / Surprise and delight: ten tips for writers

Bad Language / Surprise and delight: ten tips for writers — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:19:52 +0000

[...] Write 50 alternatives. My guru Donald Murray (see my review of Writing to Deadline) suggests drafting 50 alternative ledes. [...]

By: Bad Language » Blog Archive » Book review: The Pyramid Principle

Bad Language » Blog Archive » Book review: The Pyramid Principle — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:00:10 +0000

[...] Journalists (see my review of Writing to Deadline) tend to use an inverted pyramid, putting the conclusion at the top and the details afterwards. Minto wants us to put the problem first and the build a case for the proposed solution afterwards. It is, I suppose, the difference between writing to inform and writing to persuade. [...]