researching articles...

Now I have decided on the style of magazine I want it helps me understand the style of writing I would like my magazine to be written in. Not only the visual style of the text but also the language in which the text is written in (language as in style not language as in french, spanish, english etc!!).

I looked at articles in different magazines and discovered that they all had their own individual ways in which they wee written. Some used 'slang' whereas some used very articulate ways of writing. I believe that this shows who the magazine's target audience is. For example, the magazines which have been written in 'slang' might be focussing towards a younger audiences maybe between the ages of 13-16. Whereas magazines which are still within the 'slang' range might have some more complex words within the articles so these may be focussed towards the older end of the teen years such as ages 17-21?

Here are a few chunks of text from various magazine articles to show how I came to the conclusion about the different styles of writing:

Back to school....

Since having the christmas break I have been thinking of all of the different possibilities when it comes to my magazine.....

The last blog entry I posted shown how I had decided on which title and how to present it on a magazine cover. I benefited from this because it helped me see how my magazine would look in real life an not just in my mind.

After ding this I then began to research into different articles in music magazines to help when it came to beginning to write one of my own!