Problem: Article: Come up with as many ideas for articles, features, stories, and sections as possible. Aim for thirty to forty ideas, but come up with at least twenty articles. You may only use a couple of these in your first volume, but this will give you plenty of material for future issues. If you cannot come up with at least twenty ideas, you may want to refine your theme or topic. Some ideas include: Top ten lists Product reviews Interviews Photo galleries News blurbs Making a magazine by yourself can be difficult. You can divide the workload by forming an editorial team that handles different parts of the magazine. You can ask friends or family members to help out. You can also advertise on a job board or through a local newspaper. Positions you can fill include: Editor-in-chief: the head of the entire magazine.The editor-in-chief approves each issue, comes up with issue ideas, and manages the business side of the magazine. You may want this position for yourself. Features editor: person in charge of the major story (or feature) of each issue. They come up with ideas, assign stories, and design the layout of the feature article. Copy editor: the person who edits and proofreads all of your articles. Art director: person in charge of all art and media for each issue. Production manager: person who oversees the publication and printing of each issue. It may be difficult to write all of the content yourself. Place a call for papers for your new magazine on social media, blogs, and in newspapers. You can also go to local writing conferences or post notices in coffee shops. Writers may contribute their own ideas based on the theme, or you can assign them a topic from your list of article ideas. If you cannot pay your writers, be sure to advertise your magazine as an amateur magazine. If you can pay your writers, place the rate in your advertisement. Professional magazines typically pay about three cents per word. Make sure that your articles are of varying lengths. If this is your first magazine, you may want to start small with a short magazine of five to ten articles. Try having a variety of articles with one long article and several smaller snippets. Magazines usually have plenty of visuals. These should be high resolution images that relate directly to the content that you provide. You can hire a photographer to scope out local events. You could also find a graphic designer to produce digital art. You could include cartoons, portraits, caricatures, or diagrams. You can hire freelancers by advertising on online job boards. You can also hire a design agency for your art. In addition to paying artists, you can buy stock photographs on the internet. Be careful, however, about lifting pictures from the internet without paying. You can be sued for copyright infringement if you do not have permission to use them. Decide how you want to arrange your text and images. You may choose to have a clean, white space for your articles, or you may fill the space with images. If you will be placing ads in your magazine, decide where you want them to go and how big they will be. Certain computer programs can help you design your layout, such as Adobe, Quark Xpress, Adobe PageMaker, Corel Ventura and Adobe FrameMaker. Alternatively, you can hire a professional designer. Put fun colors and eye-catching pictures on the front cover. You can use an image from your main article or use a more general image that conveys the theme of your magazine. Place plenty of bold headlines to grab your readers' attention. Use a legible font in big letters for your title. You may want to use a contrasting font for the smaller headlines. Choose a cover image that reflects the content of the issue.
Summary: Create a list of article ideas. Assemble an editorial team. Find writers. Write the articles. Hire designers and artists to produce exciting new graphics. Organize the layout of your magazine. Design a cover.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Soak the beret in warm water. If your beret has a flash, keep it away from the water as much as possible. Note: Using hot water on the black rim will shrink the beret. If your beret is slightly too large, using hot water is a good idea. If your beret already fits your head snugly, be sure to avoid hot water. Get rid of all the extra water you can by gently wringing out the beret. It will still be damp, but make sure there is no more dripping water. Place the damp beret on your head. Pull the beret up to make it stand. If your organization uses the standard beret shape discussed in Method 1, pull all excess fabric down on the right side of your head by folding it with your hands. Repeat this action several times, making sure the fabric on top is completely smooth. Doing this will keep the beret from shrinking too much and will form the beret more closely to the exact shape of your head. If necessary, you may need to hold the fold down with one hand until it becomes secure. You may take the beret off if it's still slightly damp after a few hours.
Summary:
Wet the beret. Wring out the excess water. Shape the beret. Allow the beret to dry on your head.