Flat Plan

In making this flat plan I decided what articles I would like to appear in this specific edition. Other health and fitness magazines that I researched all included articles on health, dieting, exercise techniques, skin care, mental wellness and workout apparel. Since my magazine is related locally, I decided to take those topics and tie them in to our target audience of all ages in Sarasota. Common articles are "Top *blank* ways to *something related to getting healthy*" or "How to's" or Op-Eds on certain topics including the editors opinion viewpoint. Some examples include, "Local Residents: Top 5 tips for Achieving Healthy Skin", "Best Places to Eat in SRQ While on a Healthy Diet", "Managing Stress with Exercise" and "On a Budget: How to Look Good While Working Out". Some of my articles like "Daily Wellness May Keep your Body Looking Younger" and "The Benefits of Exercise" include an Op-ed with it, helping add the writer's viewpoint on the topic, which was a strategy used in the magazines I researched. I chose these articles so I can help the reader achieve the magazine's main goal of helping people in Sarasota become healthier. I included some articles that will be used in every issue, like "On a Budget", "We Ask You" and "Local Residents" which was also a technique I noticed used in the magazines I researched relating to wellness. This helps create a local feel to the magazine, drawing in our Sarasota audience. I chose to separate the articles with ads in an identical way as used in health and wellness magazines. I aimed for half articles and half ads to evenly capture both ideas. As well as I used ads in a row of 2-5 pages, and articles in between of 1-4 pages, resembling magazines researched.