NOVELIST AND JOURNALIST

Novelist and journalist are two-name profession of someone that having a lot similar and differentiate each it. Both novelist and journalist known as the writers, in which having a special characteristic and high intelligence to expressed idea. Novelist are focused the written to the romantic element, for example; love, affair, fight etc. Obviously, the written such like that called by “ literary work “. In addition, the written of journalist taken from the collecting research on the field. Therefore, it is not surprised that the work of journalist next be called news. Some people said even if both professions have a similar as the writer, but it has, possible to get differentiates among them. This can be seen from the style of language used by each novelist and journalist, especially when they are expressed the idea in an every seed sentence. It is indeed that finding a style language of novelist and journalist is hard, unlike opened the flat hand. First, the analyzed of the style must be careful and focused on the logical sentence contraction. The ability of choosing word and the development of the right sentences, if we can divided those conventional system so that we would know the style of each novelist and journalist.
Besides, before analyzing the style of object like novelist and journalist, we should know what is the style mean. Based on Ronald Wardhaugh (1948) style is refers to the selection of linguistic forms (linguistic alternative), it also acts as a set of instruction. Sometimes the style of language in someone contains the messages which convey are not normally in words. So, what is different option of style that having by novelist and journalist?

The style of journalist
Actually, there is some different style of language comparing the journalist and novelist. The written of journalist are intended to the language, later on called press language or journalistic language. Meanwhile, the journalist language has a special style; briefly, simple, solid or compact, swift, unadorned, interesting and clear. Besides, the style of journalistic language is based on the standard language. Standard language that used by journalist is codified in some ways that usually involve the development of such things as grammar and dictionary and possibly a literature. It requires a measure of agreement be achieved about what is in the language and what is not (acceptability) usually it is used for formal matters just like what the journalist has used to.
However, there is system of the journalist needs to be attention. First, Eufimisme is the soft expressing as a replacement of cruel expression, which is inflicting a financial loss or not fun anymore, such as meninggal, bersanggama, tinja, or tuna karya. Second, be thrifty of word, mean the conversation of phrase that used by journalist is not disturb, but the expression of written made the information more complex. For the journalist, the strong and long phrase makes decrease the point of klise expressed. Third, the word that used by journalist is concrete and special.
In the other hand, the style language used by journalist contain of five written forms, which having format and different characters, those are; Straight News, Soft News, Feature, Reportage, and Investigation News. In addition, the format that used cannot mix by opinion of the writer. Every word or phrase must be real, and the data have to authentic.

The style of novelist
Unlike journalist, the written of novelist are intended to the romantic aspect. Most literary work that playing by novelist consist of implicit word, that is very hard to understand. Therefore, to know that word is able to understand by people, the reader must use their feeling and imagination.
Usually, the written of novelist is fiction, which the source or data takes from the feeling of someone, aspiration, judgment, or think, imaginative. The story written by novelist, extremely describe from the imaginative of every people. In fact, sometimes the man of letters or novelist also involved to express his imagine and feeling to the inside, such as dream with an angel or idealism of someone to reach their future. Unlike journalist, which the written mostly focus on one system, that is 5 W + 1 H, mean what, who, why, where, when, and how. Here, the style language of novelist is pressure on the plot. Besides, the word or phrase is a long until hundred of pages, and most of story are emphasize in the plot only, how some stories happen and what kind conflict through the inside.
The style of novelist and journalist is different. Both of them have own style in the written of language. The written a novelist is very difficult to understand, but when the reader successful to interpretation every word written by a novelist, than they will get the moral teaching or massage through the inside. While journalist, most of the written is based only true story that happens to society. Each written or news that used by journalist are complex and flexible to understanding. So that the writer or journalist is able to give an easy explanation and introduction about the news that happen in society. To conclude, even if the profession between novelist and journalist are same as a writer, but the style of language among them obviously different.