Article planning documents

article genre (purpose, type)	This article will be aimed to inform my readers about body issues by using a first-hand experience to describe what it is like. The purpose is to bring this topic to light as you don’t usually read about it and I feel it is something a lot of young women suffer from. It doesn’t have to be as extreme as actually having an eating disorder, just having body hang-ups and a really distorted/negative view of themselves. This is something which isn’t usually discussed and I think it should be as it will help people know that they are not alone, it is completely normal and help is always available.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will use a 1st person narrative for this article as it will be the subject telling her story. I think this was the best way to present this article as it makes it a lot more personal and helps bring emotion to the pages, it is more effective to write ‘I’ rather than writing ‘She’.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The article will be a mixture of formal and informal. It will be formal because it is a serious retell of a bad experience, however it will be informal as if my subject were speaking to my readers as a friend; it will be simple to follow and understand. The language won’t be so much colloquial in the sense that I will be using any taboo or slang words, but there will be no confusing terms used and everything my audience reads will be easy and suitable.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I think my article in itself is quite strong simply because of the topic and the issue it is dealing with. I have chosen to use strong, bold and effective wording for my title and my insert-quote as this helps draw attention and highlights the most important parts of the story.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of address is serious in a ‘young’ kind of way. The article demands a serious tone, yet it had to be presented in an appealing way in order for my target audience to understand and enjoy it. It
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	It will be quite a slow pace because I want the readers to be absorbing the story and the information whilst they are reading, instead of following it at a rushed pace and not remembering the important bits ten minutes later. The paragraphs are a reasonable length, about an average of 30 lines per paragraph, which sounds a lot but when presented on the page it doesn’t look as much as it sounds. In conclusion to this article I have ended with a small ‘help’ box, which offers ways in which readers, who are affected by the article, can seek help.

This is the planning document outlining the idea for my first article. It explains what I propose my article to acheive, which narrative voice I will be writing in and how my article will be presented, for example reading pace and stylistics.

article genre (purpose, type)	The purpose of this article is to give tips and ideas to my readers on how to help them look and feel their best and more beautiful. It is all about making the most of what they have and encouraging a positive feeling and outlook. The tips are more focussed on creating a more positive energy and view of the self by enhancing their best features and doing things which are small and give simple pleasures, like spending some time on themselves and having a long bath or doing a comfortable amount of enjoyable exercise to release endorphins.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will be using a 2nd person narrative voice for my article, as it will allow me to speak directly to my audience and identify them through use of ‘you,’ which makes them feel singled out and hopefully has more of an effect.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	This will be a rather informal article as it will be like a girl sharing her beauty tips to her friend, it will be girly yet sophisticated and will consist of language which my audience can relate to; a elegant kind of slang.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I have underlined a few words within my article to create emphasis, for example ‘you’ or ‘beautiful’. I think this draws attention to the certain word whilst they are reading it and makes the text sink in a lot more when the odd word is meant to stand out amongst the rest.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone will be relatively ‘matey’ because like I said, I want it to come across like the friend (article) is sharing tips to their friend (reader). Therefore it will be laidback and easy to read, giving the article a very relatable feel to the readers.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The article should be read at relatively fast pace, because although there is information to be absorbed, it isn’t heavy or serious, its more light-hearted and information which the readers are going to want to take in any way as it is for their own benefit. The paragraphs are very short because the structure of the ‘how to’ article means there are 5 fairly short paragraphs spread across a double page, the articles are on average about 15 lines long.

This is my planning sheet for my second article, outlining the same kind of features as article 1.