Tahir Magazine are delighted to have worked alongside the Amoomi department in Majlis Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya to prepare a short Zoom course training Junior Journalists. The first lesson takes place today and and we will be learning George Orwell’s six rules of writing:
- Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- Never use a long word where a short one will do.
- If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
- Never use the passive where you can use the active.
- Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
- Break any of these rules sooner than say anything barbarous.
We will also be learning the mantra:
“There is no such thing as a good writer, only good re-writers”.
Homework
TASK: Write 100-200 words on a subject of your choice for Tahir Magazine
DEADLINE: 6pm on Sunday
SEND HOMEWORK TO: tahirmagazine@atfal.co.uk
TITLE EMAIL: “Thursday Class Homework Week 1”
The best article will be chosen for publication on the Tahir Magazine website