It wasn't the kind
of victory non-writers can appreciate. But if you've ever spent
keyboard time seeking just the right illustration, you can
understand.
In a couple months,
at the CLASS writers conference in Albuquerque, I'll teach a
multi-part class on writing for periodicals. It's a class I've taught
for years. One segment dates to the late 1980s.
Over that span,
I've always kept looking for better examples to illustrate my
teaching points.
This
morning while checking email, I found a four-leaf clover. Amid the
website's feature articles was the perfect example for my session in
Albuquerque on how to write reviews and how-to articles.
The
name of the article by Yahoo's associate food editor Rachel Tepper:
“Eat
Like a Local: Albuquerque, New Mexico.” It not only shows how
to write a review and a how-to, but it also serves as a model of how
to blend the two.
I
expect my writing students in Albuquerque will appreciate it as a
class handout, even if they don't visit the best lunch place in town
(The Grove Cafe & Market) or enjoy the carne adovada
at the best hole-in-the-wall (Mary & Tito's).
Meanwhile,
the discovery was too good to keep to myself until October.
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