Post by Catherine on Jul 11, 2014 20:36:20 GMT -6
Hello everyone! My name is Catherine, Cat for short. Headmistress Annabelle is letting me run the Weekly Prophet! It is our job to provide the members of Lumos Maximas with detailed, up to date, fun, active, and exciting news from the all over the wizarding world! I am the editor and so I will send out the post each week. I would like to have the post come out on Mondays (american time). That means I need your articles in no later than Sunday Night ( american time).
Let's look over what is a good article VS a bad article.
Good Article
Gringotts Bank to open new MUGGLE WING
Due to the overflow and turn out of all the muggle borns and magical folk that marry muggles, Gringotts Bank has released information that they will be opening a new wing of the bank just for muggles. The entrance will be in the muggle fashion. This meaning that there will be no goblins there to hold the doors and the doors work in a way that muggles expect. Once inside, muggles will be greeted by witches and wizards instead of goblins. They will talk with a witch or wizard, who will in turn talk to the goblin in charge. The goblin in charge or GC will then go in a special area that houses muggle vaults separate from the magical communities vaults. If you ask me it sounds like a lot of work, but some say it is worth it. Grimeblink, the Head of Gringotts Bank, was quoted saying..."With all the muggles and muggle born or married families flooding the halls of Gringotts the hallways are cramped. It wouldn't be bad if they knew what they wanted, but they don't. How can they be expected to? So to help move bank traffic through and still provide the level of service that everyone has come to expect, we have decided to open the Muggle Wing. It is our hope that this will not only put the muggles and muggle born at ease while inside our bank, but will also allow witches and wizards to get in, get their gold, and get on their way a lot faster. "
Will this new risky venture work? Will the magical community accept such a big change to their prized and loved Gringotts Bank? How will the Goblins handle the over flow of business they can expect? Answers are sure to come in the future. We will keep following this story so you can watch the progress of the construction week by week.
- Catherine
Please notice how this article is fun and has a lot of content fluffed with imagination. I've invented a quote from someone, and signed the article with my name.
BAD ARTICLE
Gringotts Bank opens new Muggle Wing
Gringotts vault is opening a new muggle wing of the bank. It is supposed to be open soon. The goblins in Gringotts hope that this will open the traffic of the bank and make muggles and muggle borns more comfortable in the bank. A lot of people are worried that the bank will change too much if they do this. We will keep you updated.
-Catherine
Notice how it is SHORT, DRY, and BORING. These are bad articles.
We have several areas open to for people to write about. Here is a short list
Gringotts Bank
Diagon Alley
Ministry of Magic
St. Mungo's
Gossip Collumn
Advice Collumn
Education
This is just a short list of course. We also need several support columnists
To apply to write for the Weekly Prophet please fill out this form below and send it with your owl to me.
Name:
House:
Year:
What area would you like to write about?
What kind of articles can we expect from you?
Can you meet the deadline for the paper?
Can you make sure that your articles are edited for grammar and spelling errors?
Please provide a brief preview of an article for us so we can see what your writing style is like?
Let's look over what is a good article VS a bad article.
Good Article
Gringotts Bank to open new MUGGLE WING
Due to the overflow and turn out of all the muggle borns and magical folk that marry muggles, Gringotts Bank has released information that they will be opening a new wing of the bank just for muggles. The entrance will be in the muggle fashion. This meaning that there will be no goblins there to hold the doors and the doors work in a way that muggles expect. Once inside, muggles will be greeted by witches and wizards instead of goblins. They will talk with a witch or wizard, who will in turn talk to the goblin in charge. The goblin in charge or GC will then go in a special area that houses muggle vaults separate from the magical communities vaults. If you ask me it sounds like a lot of work, but some say it is worth it. Grimeblink, the Head of Gringotts Bank, was quoted saying..."With all the muggles and muggle born or married families flooding the halls of Gringotts the hallways are cramped. It wouldn't be bad if they knew what they wanted, but they don't. How can they be expected to? So to help move bank traffic through and still provide the level of service that everyone has come to expect, we have decided to open the Muggle Wing. It is our hope that this will not only put the muggles and muggle born at ease while inside our bank, but will also allow witches and wizards to get in, get their gold, and get on their way a lot faster. "
Will this new risky venture work? Will the magical community accept such a big change to their prized and loved Gringotts Bank? How will the Goblins handle the over flow of business they can expect? Answers are sure to come in the future. We will keep following this story so you can watch the progress of the construction week by week.
- Catherine
Please notice how this article is fun and has a lot of content fluffed with imagination. I've invented a quote from someone, and signed the article with my name.
BAD ARTICLE
Gringotts Bank opens new Muggle Wing
Gringotts vault is opening a new muggle wing of the bank. It is supposed to be open soon. The goblins in Gringotts hope that this will open the traffic of the bank and make muggles and muggle borns more comfortable in the bank. A lot of people are worried that the bank will change too much if they do this. We will keep you updated.
-Catherine
Notice how it is SHORT, DRY, and BORING. These are bad articles.
We have several areas open to for people to write about. Here is a short list
Gringotts Bank
Diagon Alley
Ministry of Magic
St. Mungo's
Gossip Collumn
Advice Collumn
Education
This is just a short list of course. We also need several support columnists
To apply to write for the Weekly Prophet please fill out this form below and send it with your owl to me.
Name:
House:
Year:
What area would you like to write about?
What kind of articles can we expect from you?
Can you meet the deadline for the paper?
Can you make sure that your articles are edited for grammar and spelling errors?
Please provide a brief preview of an article for us so we can see what your writing style is like?