Article Inspiration

These are articles from The Crack's website. The writers of the articles use personal pronouns such as 'I' a lot, informal language such as 'snuggle' and 'erm', and a repeated sue of exclamation points to make the article sound more exciting and to replicate the writer's feelings of excitement/astonishment. This all makes the articles sound more friendly to the reader, thus making them more enjoyable. However, there is still polysyllabic language such as 'purloined' and 'homogenised' to show that the writer is professional, which makes the reader more likely to take the information and opinions in the article seriously. 

In my own articles for my magazine and website I will have to replicate this balance of informal and polysyllabic language, as it is appealing to my target audience. 

Layout Conventions

Many magazines layout their article by having a large image on one page and the text on the other. This is a simple yet effective as both aspects of the page are visible and are not empowering over the other. However, I think will subvert this convention by having my text wrap around the images, as it will suit my magazine's aesthetic, but will still mean my images and text are visible.

Q&A Conventions

As shown in these examples, Q&A articles typically have an introduction before the Q&A. The questions are also bolded or italicised, and there may be pull quotes to interest readers even further. I will also conform to these conventions, so my article is appealing and professional.