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October 2013 Issue 340

Competitions George Orwell on Another young ♦ Another round of writing writing ♦ and photography challenges New Zealander stands near ♦ Six commonsense tips to the pinnacle of her to inspire you. sharpen your prose, Have a go - the applause profession – nominated for ♦ whatever your market. P11 is refreshing. P3. one of the most prestigious

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Te Papa North How important is ♦ Is the national museum maths in school if brand so strong that Job Opportunities, you just want to be Auckland should be simply a for you and you and satellite? And if so, where a road sweeper? ♦ Maybe the one you’re should it be located? What waiting for is here >>> ♦ What if you don’t? P9 about . . . ? P10.

Who keeps their cool when playing top–grade tennis?

And what message does bad behaviour send to their fans? P1

The secret of F8 Job Interviews AC 34 ♦ What special sauce do ♦ Prepare properly, research, ♦ Were we cheated, and professional photographers ask the right questions, what did we learn? use to achieve the dress to impress, and win Who’s up for another round astonishing images that your dream job! P5. with those ‘mericans? P5. WOW us? P9.

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Anger Essay Competition Winner is from NZ management Katherine McIndoe, aged 19, of NZ, won the 2013 Commonwealth Essay wins tennis Competition. She was interviewed on radio. Listen here: matches! www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/2567435 Look on SDB for competitions YOU can I’ve stopped supporting enter. Decide now to be an active writer. Andy Murray, Marcos Baghdatis, Andy Roddick and several others.

I’m over it

Even Roger Federer and Serena by Brian Morris Williams are in my bad books. I'm officially OVER the America's Any match’s outcome is evident to me when a player smashes Cup loss. I flew the flag at half- his/her racquet into the ground mast for two whole days, sipped after losing a point. Yes, the my hemlock, and looked for the women do it too. elusive 'Silver Lining' benefits. If I could put a quick TAB bet I've taken the $500 billion boost against the racquet destroyer to off our nation's list winning that match, I would. of assets. I've cancelled my dreams for a Super-Duper Sailing Sporting stars who can’t control Village in Auckland, with outposts their anger will always lose to players who stay calm under in all other cities and towns with pressure. access to water. Any game comprising two I've stopped surmising what opponents means both players will might have been if US TV execs win some and lose some. had said "Keep sailing - it's This is true in tennis, boxing and exciting - we've extended our darts. schedules by 4 minutes!" We Interestingly, in my research I needed 4 minutes more sailing time to clinch the win and claim couldn’t find any reports or photos of Stefan Edberg, Bjorn Borg, the America’s Cup again. Michael Chang, nor Maria FOUR MINUTES! But the sailing Navratilova smashing their rules didn’t permit an extension. racquets. All were champions. Race nullified! I remember interviewing Edberg I'm officially over it. I'm moving at the 1995 Australian Open and on. Care to join me?  he impressed me as a player at peace with himself and with his game, win or lose. No wonder ATP TXTers please take note: awarded Stefan Edberg their Lazy texters don t bother with ‘1991 Player Of The Year’. ’ When kids see their heroes capital letters. “Caps dont mata,” throwing a tantrum when they lose they say. Yes they do! a point, what message does that send? Consider the serious difference in Not a good one. meaning when capitals are used correctly and when they are not. But it’s a lesson coaches in all sports should tell “He helped Uncle Jack off his their players. horse.” Or “Keep your cool … He helped uncle jack off his and you’ll win.”  “  horse.” Brian Morris  Principal

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Job Interviews: The interviewer doesn't need to Why? know your whole life story. Keep

 Why do we say something is beware the traps! your answers succinct and out of whack? ..... by Alison Doyle focused. 6. Be sure you talk enough What is a whack? from Graduates Club News 917 It's really hard to communicate Reproduced for educational purposes.  Why do "slow down" and with someone who answers a

"slow up" mean the same? question with just a word or two. A When you go for a job interview,  Why does "fat chance" and candidate who answers a question you’re under some stress. That’s with another question is just as "slim chance" .... mean the why you should commit these awkward. It isn't pleasant. So, same thing? suggestions to memory. even though you shouldn't talk too  Why do "tug" boats push their 1. Always prepare much, you do want to be barges? Can you answer this: "What do responsive and fully answer you know about our company?”  Why are they called "stands", questions as best you can. Study background information: when the sports facilities are the company history; their branch 7. Don’t give out fuzzy facts made for sitting? Even if you have submitted a locations; different divisions; and résumé when you applied for the  Why is it called "after dark" their mission statement. Check job, you may be asked to fill out a when it really is "after light"? their ‘About Us’ section on the job application form. Make sure  Why doesn’t "expecting the company’s web site. Study it and you have all the information you unexpected" make the read it again before your interview need WITH YOU to complete an to refresh your memory. unexpected expected? application including dates of prior 2. Dress appropriately  Why are a "wise man" and a employment, graduation dates, Dressing inappropriately can "wise guy" opposites? and referee contact names and work both ways. You will certainly telephone numbers. Everything  Why do "overlook" and want to wear a suit or equivalent if "oversee" mean opposite you are to be interviewed for a should match. That’s why you must bring your copy of your CV things? professional position. to the interview. When interviewing for a more  Why is "phonics" not spelled casual role, such as a summer 8. Don’t give the wrong answer the way it sounds? Make sure you listen to the lifeguard job at a fun park, you  If work is so terrific, why do question. Take a moment to may dress in neat, casual attire. gather your thoughts before you they have to pay you to do it? If you aren't sure, visit the respond.  If love is blind, why is see- organisation and watch employees One interviewer described a sales through lingerie so popular? going into the office/workplace to position to the candidate. She  If you are cross-eyed and see what they are wearing. Match emphasised that cold calling and it. Have freshly laundered or have dyslexia, can you read prospecting were important skills. drycleaned clothes. Ensure you’ve all right? The candidate responded: "I hate fresh breath and no body odour.  Why is bra singular and cold calling and prospecting. 3. Improve your Besides, I'm not good at it." panties plural? communication skills Her response ensured she  Why do you press harder on It’s essential to connect wouldn't get offered the job! the buttons of a remote positively with the person who 9. Don’t badmouth previous control when you know the might hire you. Shake hands employers batteries are dead? firmly, make eye contact, exude confidence, engage the person you Don’t say your last boss was an  Why do we put suits in are speaking with, and ask idiot. Don’t say you hated your job garment bags and garments and couldn't wait to leave. questions which show you’re Criticising the last company you in a suitcase? genuinely interested. This way you worked for won’t help your case.  How come abbreviated is let the interviewer know you’re an The interviewer may conclude such a long word? excellent candidate before you’ve criticise their company in the even answered their questions. you’ll  Why doesn't glue stick to the same way some day. 4. But not too much inside of the bottle? It's a small world and you don't communication  Why do they call it a TV set know who your interviewer might Believe it or not, one job be best buddies with, including when you only have one? candidate, (who didn't get the that boss you called an idiot.  Why do we drive on a job), answered his cellphone when 10. Remember to follow up parkway and park on a it rang during a job interview. Tip: Are you afraid you didn't make driveway? turn it off before you enter the the best impression? Are you sure building. Not to vibrate, OFF! you aced the interview? Either Don’t take coffee, food, pets or way, be sure to follow up with a anything other than your résumé, thank-you letter reiterating your your job application, and your list interest in the position. of references into the room. Finally, even if you do flub the 5. Don’t talk too much There is nothing worse than interview, don't take it to heart. interviewing candidates who go on Learn from your mistakes and and on, usually about themselves. move on to the next possibility. 

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Sports What can we Job Opportunities

Journalists in learn from AC34? Editor, NZ Property Investor by Brian Morris Magazine, Auckland. writers’ heaven Write news and features; Kiwi sports stars are winning at plan content and manage the rugby, rugby league, eventing, magazine. No closing date. rowing, kayaking, sailing, netball and assorted other sports. Journalist/Reporter, Northsouth Sports writers and photographers Multi Media, Dargaville. Seeking an industrious reporter are being worked off their feet – and loving it. with community curiosity and a flair for writing stories about “We’ve trained dozens of sports people and local places. writers and photographers. They We all shared the disappointment No closing date. all enjoy being in the midst of the of Emirates Team New Zealand being pipped at the post. action,” said Brian Morris, Principal Online Visual Demonstrator, of the New Zealand Institute of Now we must learn one of life’s most difficult lessons. What do we Etailer, Auckland. Business Studies. do after a big kick in the pants? Requires skills and experience Players, coaches, dieticians and with studio and product equipment people all have a story Lesson 1: Appreciate our skills and what we achieved. ETNZ got photography and Adobe to tell. into the final when dozens of other Creative Suite. No closing date. “The best part is, there’s always countries didn’t bother to turn up. nationwide interest in how our If a bit of luck had gone our way Weight Loss Coach, Jenny teams are doing. Even junior (four minutes more TV time in race Craig, Whangarei. grade games and minority sports 13) we would have won the Cup. Help people achieve their require match reports and player We were 1km in front. weight loss goals. We know we have top quality profiles to be produced,” said No closing date. people who can perform at the Morris. “Once publishers know you highest level of sailing. are a trained journalist or Lesson 2: We showed the world Reporter, The Oamaru Mail. photographer, they know you can we can build fast boats – we built Develop your journalism and do the job at hand.” them for three syndicates. Our news-gathering skills in small- Sports photographers always marine building industry is worth town New Zealand. $millions in exports. More orders No closing date. will come our way. Lesson 3: We now know aviation Editorial Designer, Fairfax electronics have a place in building Media, Auckland. fast racing boats. We won’t be caught napping again. Work effectively with people Lesson 4: We have produced a from across the business generation of great sailors. Our including photographers, people found places in all the journalists and editors. syndicates. New Zealand sailors Closes 14 Oct. enjoy high season. Whether they are sought-after worldwide so that has to be a positive. work alone or in the scrum of Content Analyst, ACC, Lesson 5: We have created spin- Wellington. photographers, the adrenaline rush off industries, such as TV graphics. Technical writing and editing is a buzz. What we achieved with yachting graphics is now being used to for the web. No closing date. How can you get involved? make other sports more Call 0800- 801994 and discuss understandable and interesting POI Editor, Ministry of Social journalist and photographer work when viewed on television. Development, Wellington. opportunities with the careers Lesson 6: We can evolve and Respond to requests for profit from it. Remember when officer at New Zealand Institute of information made pursuant to sails changed from canvas to Business Studies. the Privacy Act and Official Kevlar and carbon fibre? Now they Information Act. Report #897 “How Tim Clayton want aeronautical wings on boats. Closes 9 Oct. became a sports photographer” is We can adapt and supply them! a free report, available on request. Lesson 7: We must have the mental toughness to evolve, adapt Editor, Southland Times, Contact the Registrar for the and grow with the boating Invercargill. start date of the next NZIBS sports business. There is a big place for Break big stories and grow writer and/or sports photographer New Zealand in the lucrative audiences across platforms. international marine industry. training course. Closes 11 Oct. We shouldn’t walk away. 

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Clubs & Organisations Society of Authors Prepare well for Develop your closing statement The NZ Society of Authors works Successful salespeople know how your first interview to effectively close meetings with in the interests of authors all over by Peter Vogt clients and how to win sales. You New Zealand. The Society (PEN need to learn how to close your NZ Inc) is guided by values of from Graduates Club News 888 interview to win the job - if you fairness, accountability and Reproduced for educational purposes. want it, that is. Something like: responsiveness. “I’ve really enjoyed finding out The mission of the Society is to The stakes are high during job more about the XYZ Company and interviews, especially when you're support the interests of all writers I’d like to be part of the team about to compete for your first job which takes the company into the in New Zealand, and the - the one that could launch your future. I’ve available to start next communities they serve. career. Monday if you need to know that.”

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MEDIA caps for NZIBS graduates notes while we talk?” Bring your résumé  Journalist, Be sure you bring questions you Bring several copies in case  Sports Journalist prepared ahead of time. Jot down several people ask for one.

 Photographer any which occur during the Make peace with any mistakes Travel Writer. interview. Don’t ask questions Your first interview won't go about what holidays or sick days If you’d like one, perfectly. You'll struggle with some please send $10 and off, as these are ME, ME, ME a letter detailing your questions. Instead, ask about the questions and may forget some name, postal address and former company’s activities (which you points you'd hoped to make. It’s a student number. White. One size will have looked up already, so you learning curve. You’ll make fewer fits all. already know part of the answer). mistakes next time.  

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Online Openings NZ’s Eleanor Catton Job Opportunities for editors and proofreaders shortlisted for the Reminder: all the jobs listed here were When searching online, search put on the Student Discussion Board for variations of what you want, Man Booker Prize when we first discovered them. Go i.e: there first as new jobs get posted twice weekly. Look in NOTICEBOARD section.  Proofreading http://www.nzibs.org/forums/f  Proof reading  Book editing orumdisplay.php?f=6

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Photography: If Weegee stuck pretty much to That other great photojournalist, f/8, my opinion is it’s because he Henri Cartier-Bresson, was fond “F8 and be there” found f/8 gave him a good basis to of using the shutter speed of from Graduates Club News 1076 work from and allowed him to be 1/125th and a 50mm lens. within the subject-to-flash distance by Matthew Smeal he preferred. Reproduced for educational purposes In other words, he found what Have you heard this quote: worked best for him and perfected “F/8 and be there”? it. This is a critical point in photography - any type of photography. Other photographers who had similar practises are well known. Edward Weston, a founding member of Group f/64, once made an even smaller aperture for one of his lenses that didn’t stop down far enough.

HCB liked to capture particular moments in time, what he termed ‘the decisive moment’. A shutter speed of 1/125th It's attributed to the famous second would give him the decisive photojournalist Weegee. moment while also giving him a When asked how he took such good range of apertures to work interesting pictures, Weegee would with - for his usual subject matter say, “F/8 and be there.” was in daylight (ie, no flash). “Why f/8”? people ask. “Is there Ansel Adams, another The 50mm lens gives a ‘normal’ something mystical about that founding member of Group perspective, similar to the human aperture and not others? f/64 liked as much in sharp focus eye. HCB wanted to capture “Why didn’t he say: “f/5.6 and as possible. To do so, Adams and exactly what he was seeing. be there”. Or “f/l6 and be there? others working in the ‘straight' Brett Weston, Edward Weston's “Why is no shutter speed style, used the smallest f/stops on son, was never one to talk much mentioned? and so on…” their lenses to attain the maximum about art and technique; he was Photographers are great ones for depth of field. too busy doing it. scrutinising each other’s camera The greatest technical aptitude gear, technique, software, memory isn't worth a damn if you're not cards or whatever, always trying out there actually doing it. to glean some morsel of Weegee simply found a method information we think might make that worked for him; the important us that little bit better. part was: he was there. In doing so we often miss the Adams and Edward and Brett most important point. Weston found what worked best If we take a step back from for them individually and Weegee's quote we may find the developed that. point has a lot more to do with the The photographic historian Nancy second half than the first: Newhall said of Henri Cartier- technicalities aside, you've got to Bresson, “He puts on his Leica as be out there doing it. another man would put on his Weegee worked primarily at coat.” night — with flash. Speed is often HCB spent a great deal of time the key in photojournalism. He Using cumbersome 8x10 view ‘being there’. So the moral of this worked with a 4x5 Speed Graphic cameras and heavy tripods to little story is to get out and make and flash bulbs. Having a seamless support them, photographers like some pictures, find what works for and speedy workflow is crucial to Adams and Weston found you, develop your style and keep at getting the shot. sharpness and a full tonal scale the it. Perhaps we could adapt the

Simplicity is therefore the answer to best way of realising their vision. quote to be: “whatever works best a lot of potential problems. for you - and be there”.  New Zealand Institute of Business Studies ◊ P O Box 282288 Auckland 2147 N.Z. P a g e | 8 Telephone: 0800 80 1994 ◊ www.nzibs.co.nz ◊ Email: [email protected]

Why your children should Gareth Bale or a Job Opportunities learn maths at school by Brian Morris second Harbour Marketing Manager, Vivid You know the reason. I know the Photography, Wellington. reason. But not everyone fully Bridge? Develop and lead the sales and by Brian Morris marketing strategy. appreciates the worth of simple numerical skills. Which do you want? The cost is No closing date. When the cry goes out “Give us a about the same. reasonable wage!” take a close Will someone explain – first WHY, Professional Studio look at who is doing the shouting. then HOW – Real Madrid soccer Photographer, Vivid When my children were young club paid 91 MILLION EUROS to Photography, Wellington. and inclined to not see merit in get the services of Gareth Bale? Shoot and produce print-ready images that will surprise and attending school I took them, in That’s NZD$153 million. delight customers. the rain, to where the men were No closing date. digging drains with manual shovels. Rain was trickling down Technical Communicator, the workers’ necks. It was Farrow Jamieson, Christchurch. necessary but thoroughly Write, edit and proof technical unpleasant work. documents for the NZ I told my children “That’s where Construction Group. you’ll be if you don’t learn maths No closing date. and spelling and stuff at school.” I’m pleased to say both applied Kiwi Can Leaders, Foundation themselves and did well at school. for Youth Development Canterbury. Deliver a life skills and values programme to children in Christchurch. NCD.

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Maybe that LIFE LESSON in the with four years’ experience for a 50 rain did it. Who can tell? Freelance Writer, Alpha hour work week. Publishing, Auckland. A friend told me this story. She Can one footballer really be worth took her daughter to McDonald's Produce commercial articles for 21 new electric trains for Auckland an industry-leading magazine. driveway window and gave the Rail, or 28 times the Christchurch No closing date. cashier a $5 note. transitional cardboard cathedral? Her total cost was $4.25, so she Has the world completely lost its Junior Designer, NEXT also handed the cashier 25 cents. sense of proportion? Magazine, Auckland. Cashier said, “You gave me too Next we wonder HOW the football Collaborate with the Editor and much money.” club, which is €590million IN DEBT Art Director on story ideas, Woman said, “Yes I know, but (that’s nz$997 million), can afford shoot direction, design this way you can just give me a to spend that kind of money on concepts and assigning dollar coin back.” one player. illustrations. No closing date. The cashier sighed audibly and In his last 45 games Bale scored went to get the manager who 26 goals. Very impressive. That’s Local Content Experts, Localist, asked her to repeat her request. .57 goals per game. See it here: Waikato. Take photos and write She did so, and the manager http://tinyurl.com/myputcy content for the website. handed her back the 25 cents with There are other players with a No closing date. “I’m sorry but we don’t do that higher goal scoring rate, however. kind of thing here.” Journalist, Key Media, in The cashier then proceeded to It’s not Bale’s fault that he’s Auckland. Seeking energetic huge demand, but does anyone give her back 75 cents in assorted news journalist capable of coins. ever say “Whoa, Real Madrid, you producing explosive stories, haven’t got the money!” Lesson: Do not confuse people riveting headlines and solid who didn’t stay long enough at Can Bale be sure he’ll see any of leads. No closing date. it? His employer is broke!  school.  New Zealand Institute of Business Studies ◊ P O Box 282288 Auckland 2147 N.Z. P a g e | 9 Telephone: 0800 80 1994 ◊ www.nzibs.co.nz ◊ Email: [email protected]

 Stop talking and A Hundred  Outside Over There, Maurice Sendak start building Good Books  Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey by Brian Morris Graduates Club Newsletter 1070  Owls Do Cry, Janet Frame  Palamino, Elizabeth Jolley TePapa North is a great idea - Reproduced for educational purposes  Pigs in Heaven, Barbara but not plonked in a forlorn List compiled by a librarian. Kingsolver industrial location in Manukau.  Pobby and Dingan, Ben Rice That’s a crazy idea.  A Child's Book of True Crime,  Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow Putting up an iconic building on Chloe Hooper  Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier the Tank Farm site is a great  A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley  Restoration, Rose Tremain  According to Queeney, Beryl  Slow Dance on the Fault Line, Bainbridge Donald Rawley  Any Human Heart, William Boyd  Stet, Diana Athill  Barrel Fever, David Sedaris  Surfacing, Margaret Atwood  Bastard Out of Carolina,  Tales of the City, Armistead Dorothy Allison Maupin  Bel Canto, Ann Patchett  Tess of the D'Urbervilles,  Black Venus, Angela Carter Thomas Hardy  Bonjour Tristesse, Francoise Sagan  The Age of Innocence,  Brick Lane, Monica Ali Edith Wharton  Case Histories, Kate Atkinson  The Bean Trees, incentive to put Auckland design in  Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell Barbara Kingsolver front of the world.  Cloudstreet, Tim Winton  The Bluebird Cafe, Carmel Bird We know Te Papa Museum in  Cod, Mark Kurlansky  The Bone People, Keri Hulme Wellington cannot safely house or  Dirt Music, Tim Winton  The Book of Fame, Lloyd Jones display all the national treasures  Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,  The Complete Works for which it is guardian. Z.Z.Packer William Shakespeare Hence the idea to build a  Drop City, T.C.Boyle  The Colour Purple, Alice Walker satellite museum elsewhere so  East is East, T.C.Boyle  The Complete Stories of Truman more people can see and  Elizabeth Costello, J.M.Coetzee Capote, Truman Capote appreciate our heritage.  Fairy Tales, Hans Christian  The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen Andersen That makes sense.  The Day of the Locust,  Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry Funny how earthquakes make Nathanael West  Florian the Emperor's Horse,  The Debt to Pleasure, us appreciate how vulnerable Felix Salten New Zealand is, especially our John Lancaster  Frost in May, Antonia White  The God of Small Things, need smoke treasures which don’t  Geek Love, Katherine Dunn Arundhati Roy damage, shaking, or flooding.  Gilead Marilynne Robinson  The Garden Party and Other Let’s knock the industrial Wiri  Gould's Book of Fish, Richard Stories, Katherine Mansfield idea on the head before real Flanagan  The Green Grass of Wyoming, money is spent on a stupid site.  Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Mary O'Hara Who would spend an hour driving  Heat and Dust, Ruth Prawer  The Hamilton Case, to an industrial wasteland at  Horse Heaven, Jane Smiley Michelle de Kretser Hayman Park? That’s creating  Hotel World, Ali Smith  The History of Love, Nicole Krauss more unnecessary traffic to clog  Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson  The Liars' Club, Mary Karr Auckland’s roads. International  How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff  The Passion, Jeanette Winterson visitors based in the CBD or off  Human Croquet, Kate Atkinson  The Portrait of a Lady, cruise ships wouldn’t bother going.  In a Fishbone Church, Catherine Henry James A competition calling for Chidgey  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,  In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, suitable designs for a big museum Muriel Spark Ellen Gilchrist on the Tank Farm site would  The Sari Shop, Rupa Baiwa  Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino generate interest among the  The Secret History, Donna Tartt  Life and Death of Harriett Frean,  The Shipping News, Annie Proulx world’s top architects. How much May Sinclair  The Swimming Pool Library, buzz would that give  Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov Allan Hollinghurst New Zealand? Lots.  Love in a Cold Climate,  The Underground Man, Mick Let’s ask Mike Houlihan, Roy Nancy Mitford Jackson Clare, Hamish Keith and others to  Love in a Dry Season, Shelby Foote  The Virgin Suicides, Jeffery assemble the group who will write  Love, Toni Morrison Eugenides the competition BRIEF within three  Mandarin Summer, Fiona Kidman  The Witch's Thorn, Ruth Park months.  Mansfield, C.K.Stead  Time After Time, Molly Keane Allow six months for entries to  Middlesex, Jeffery Eugenides  To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee come in. Three months to find a  My Friend Flicka, Mary O'Hara  Tu, Patricia Grace winner. That’s how quickly a year  National Velvet, Enid Bagnold  Unless, Carol Shields  Night at the Circus, Angela Carter can go by.  White Teeth, Zadie Smith  Not Her Real Name and Other Allow two years to build it.  Women in Love, D.H.Lawrence An opening ceremony in 2017 Stories,  Not the End of the World, Kate  Young Adolf, Beryl Bainbridge would be ideal. Thousands of Atkinson visitors will be in NZ for the British  Orlando, Virginia Woolf Take this list with you when you Lions rugby tour. Plus cruise ships.  Of Love and Other Demons, look in your library or bookshop – Or will we still be debating the Gabriel Garcia Marquez or go on Amazon.com Enjoy.  matter four years from now?  New Zealand Institute of Business Studies ◊ P O Box 282288 Auckland 2147 N.Z. P a g e | 10 Telephone: 0800 80 1994 ◊ www.nzibs.co.nz ◊ Email: [email protected]

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As an avid reader, there's nothing George Orwell gives that distracts me more than having Job Opportunities six writing tips to stop, figure out how to Intermediate Technical Writer, by Krissy Brady pronounce a word, then go to my Graduates Club Newsletter 1063 dictionary to find out what it Talent International, Auckland. Reproduced for educational purposes. means. Most people won't do this - Support the creation of high- - they'll assume you're pretentious quality technical product Many people ask me what it and move on. documents. No closing date. takes to become a good writer. Utilise means use. Short is better. I think what they're really Always use words that can be Canyoning Photographer, wanting to ask is: what does it take understood by a wide audience. Sports Cameras, Queenstown. to be an effective writer? 3. If it is possible to cut a word Photograph and film customers Effective writing is concise and out, always cut it out. effortless. It says what needs to be in a canyon environment using “Less is more,” said Mies van der your own equipment. NCD. said and nothing more, though for Rohe. Make every single word help most writers this is a lot easier said develop your big picture. Use your than done. Good writers say, "Easy delete key so much you rub the Web Copywriting Specialist, reading is damned hard writing." word right off. Any word that Cabbage Tree Creative, George Orwell, most famous for doesn't belong dilutes your overall Christchurch. his novels Animal Farm and 1984, message, making weak prose. Requires a good understanding was also famous for his journalism 4. Never use passive voice where of how writing for the web and essays - particularly the you can use the active voice. differs from writing for off-line timelessness of his six rules for An active voice means the subject writers. publications. No closing date. is performing the verb. Who better to learn from? His For example: Technical Writer, SunGard, writing is friendly and welcoming. Active: Doug hit the ball. He always focused on simplicity Passive: The ball was hit by Christchurch. and he didn't drown his readers Doug. Develop, write and edit with unnecessary words or jargon. Using an active voice makes your computer-related technical and His tips have always been the key writing more real, direct, and administrative documentation ingredient of my writing career: confident. and publications. whenever I find myself over 5. Never use a foreign phrase, a No closing date. thinking my creative process, I turn scientific word or a jargon word if to these tips to regain my focus. you can think of an everyday 1. Never use a metaphor, simile Junior Online Content English equivalent. Administrator, or other figure of speech which you This is one of my biggest GrabOne, Auckland. have seen in print. If you’ve seen it challenges, especially when I'm before, too late, it’s already a working on health articles where Pull together online listings for cliché. disorders and terminology pop up GoBook. No closing date. This first tip is so much harder to as often as I need a coffee refill. live by than I thought it would be! It's crucial to find equivalent Freelance Writers, Professional Clichés are deeply embedded in our wording a wide range of people can Public Relations, Auckland. everyday conversations due to relate to and understand. Seeking writers to create a their casual nature. They are 6. Break any of these rules range of copy for a variety of difficult to avoid. How mindlessly sooner than write something totally we repeat them. During casual purposes. No closing date. barbarous. chats with friends and family it’s Make sure each piece you write is Writers, Successful Résumés, not such a big deal, but when you completed to its highest standard. use them in your writing, one of This is often our biggest challenge, Auckland. two things usually happens: since how do we know if it's the Must be able to write clearly • Your reader will wonder why best it can be when we're so close and precisely in English, with you didn't take the time to find a to the act of creation? Plus, we're faultless grammar and more interesting way to tell your always growing and changing and punctuation. No closing date. story, and might peg you as a so are our writing skills - what we novice. think is fabulous today could be Reporter, Hokitika Guardian. • Your reader will shrug it off, but rabbit cage lining tomorrow. Seeking a motivated junior will have no emotional response to I let my instincts be my guide. If reporter to cover the West your writing. I've done my absolute best, that's As you're writing ask yourself: all* anyone can ask. You have to Coast. Closes 11 Oct. "How can I say this in a fresh let it go and move to your next way?" writing project. *Use a proofreader. Graduate Editorial, Castleford 2. Never use a long word where a Whether you're writing fiction, Media, Auckland. short one will do just as well. non-fiction, or an email to a friend, If you are a recent graduate or I blame this blooper on high make these rules apply to you're looking for your first school English class, where essays everywhere you use the English proper writing job, this could be with stiff prose and multi-syllabled language. ideal for you. No closing date. words scored high marks, but those Remember: efficient equals turgid essays don't translate into effective.  clear writing in the real world.

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Dancing Through Life A student’s success story . . . Yvonne Denise is a graduate of Proofreading and Editing and she’s now a student on Freelance Travel Writing course. She writes: I had an item published in Wild Tomato, August 2013. Well done, Yvonne!

2013 DANA AWARDS Fiction, Poetry, Novels

Novel award . . . send the first 40 pages ONLY of a novel either completed or in progress (in- progress submissions should be as polished as possible). All types of novels accepted. (NO MEMOIRS). No novels for or by persons under 16. Typed, double-spaced only.

Short Story award . . . for the best short fiction. Maximum 10,000 words per short story. No stories by persons under 16. Typed, double-spaced only.

Submission deadline is 31 Oct. www.danaawards.com

DIMITRI wants website writers – all topics. Dimitri Stern builds websites for clients. He asked us to put him in touch with NZIBS writers who could take on the writing task to put information on the websites he creates. This is where YOU come in. You can be the writer (he will need dozens of writers) to supply text and ideas for his clients’ websites. These could be new websites, or enhanced existing websites, for clients. These could be on any topic. This file on our Student Discussion Board is called “DIMITRI wants website writers”. It is posted on SDB under JOURNALISM section.

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