Writing Feature Articles, 4th Edition

Appendix 1 Suggested responses to assignments

CHAPTER 3

Assignment 3

The style is that of an academic essay rather than that of a feature article. It is very wordy. Apart from that, it sounds like a pitch to an editor. Have you removed such expressions as:

the primary question is …

this article attempts to explore

it is my personal belief that …

And have you removed most of those ‘I’s’ and ‘this’s’?

Suggested start:

(First, perhaps, a brief anecdote about a patient who was the subject of euthanasia and the people involved.) Then:

At some time in their careers most nurses will have thoughts of euthanasia. They will meet patients without hope of regaining much quality of life. I talked to two nurses, with opposing points of view. Philippa … Anne ...