Zines are electronic (online) magazines. Because the printing and distribution costs associated with print magazines are eliminated, zines cost much less to produce. Zines cover just about any topic you can possibly imagine. There are zines that focus on fiction, art, business, hobbies, music, and there are also zines that are primarily promotional in nature.
Writing, editing, and publishing a zine will take more time than we have this semester, so instead, for project #2, I would like you to locate a zine that interests you, and then to write an article that would be appropriate for that venue.
Writing articles for a zine requires general knowledge about writing for the Wed. Most major zines provide a number of examples for writers to imitate, and sometimes even a style guide. Be sure, then, to read around in several "issues" of the zine before embarking on your own article.
For this article, you will need to consider both what you write and how you organize the content. You'll want to think about the use of white space, high resolution images, headings, and other layout possibilities. Remember too that your readers will most likely encounter your article using a standard size monitor, so you need to design the article with that size space in mind. This is not to say that your article should be the length of one screen, but that you will want to keep design in mind.
As Alpine points out in chapter 8, there are various forms which articles for zines usually take. For this project, I would like the article you develop to follow what she calls the "Mighty Meaty" zine article. (See page 68). For this project, I want you
to expand upon one or more of your blog posts and develop an article suitable for one of the many zines now circulating in cyberspace.
Minimal Requirements
In short, the piece needs to be well-written and appropriate for the zine you've selected.
Due: October 7, 2004