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WRITING STORIES [5 records]

Record 1 2026-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Ever heard of creative writing jogging? What? Never? I agree, it is a relatively unknown sport but essential for your creativity! And creativity is a muscle that needs to be trained on a daily basis. The principle of creative writing jogging is simple : a short, repeated workout. The students write for a maximum of [seven] minutes and a few volunteers present their texts to the class. The aim is not to write stories, but short texts that meet a specific set of instructions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Exercice d'écriture régulier et fréquent, qui consiste pour un élève à rédiger un écrit court dans un temps bref.

OBS

entraînement d'écriture : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 21 novembre 2024.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
  • Writing Styles
  • Literature
CONT

New Journalism [is] an American literary movement in the 1960s and the [1970s] that pushed the boundaries of traditional journalism and nonfiction writing. The genre combined journalistic research with the techniques of fiction in the reporting of stories about real-life events.

OBS

Instead of employing traditional journalistic story structures and an institutional voice, [writers] constructed well-developed characters, sustained dialogue, vivid scenes, and strong plotlines marked with dramatic tension. They also wrote in voices that were distinctly their own.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Presse écrite
  • Techniques d'écriture
  • Littérature
CONT

Qu'est-ce que le nouveau journalisme? [...] Une manière plus littéraire d'écrire un reportage, avec une narration au «je». Les faits sont respectés, mais la narration est subjective.

OBS

Le nouveau journalisme a vu le jour dans les années [1960] et a connu son âge d'or dans les années [1970].

Key term(s)
  • néojournalisme américain
  • néojournalisme

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
  • Writing Styles
  • Literature
CONT

Literary journalism, sometimes called narrative journalism, is a style of reportage that presents true stories in a more narrative way, using storytelling techniques to create a gripping and personal form of journalism. Literary journalism is a type of creative nonfiction that is similar to(and sometimes overlaps with) the personal essay, travel writing, and long-form journalism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Presse écrite
  • Techniques d'écriture
  • Littérature
DEF

[...] pratique d’écriture journalistique qui utilise consciemment et à dessein les ressources de la fiction pour analyser et interpréter des faits et les retransmettre dans un second temps à un public.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
CONT

What is meant by the inverted pyramid, basically, is that you lay out the facts in descending order of importance. It is the standard narrative, inverted. Instead of beginning with a problem, such as a murder in a mystery story, and ending with the resolution, you tell the resolution in the beginning, then move steadily backwards to where the narrative normally would begin.... A major reason for writing news stories in the inverted pyramid form is so the bottom can be cut without eliminating some crucial detail.

CONT

In the inverted pyramid, ... the first paragraph usually summarizes.

Key term(s)
  • inverted-pyramid form
  • inverted-pyramid style

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
OBS

Rédaction journalistique où l'on met tous les renseignements essentiels dans les premiers paragraphes, ajoutant les autres renseignements par ordre d'importance de façon à permettre de réduire la longueur de l'article par le bas en fonction de l'espace disponible dans le journal.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
CONT

Investigative reporting may be the most glamorized position in journalism, but the writing of investigative stories can be deadly dull.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
  • Presse écrite
OBS

Activité spécialisée de journalistes dans le but de poursuivre des recherches qui aboutiront à la découverte ou à l'éclaircissement de scandales politiques ou autres.

Spanish

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