Author An Unexpected Ending “What Price the News” was written a couple of years ago but certainly resonates today because of the subject matter. The writer is a young man named Ian Stewart. And… March 15, 2002 ‘Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.’ Tim O’Brien had the bad fortune to be caught up in the Vietnam War, and he’s written about it several times, and he wrote a book called “The Things They… March 15, 2002 A Love Fest on Narrative Elements It’s the voice, you fool. No, it’s the theme, dummy. No, it’s the story, you buttonhead. March 15, 2002 Endings ‘The inverted pyramid makes endings impossible.’ March 15, 2002 Reporters Read From Their Narrative Articles During the conference, there would come a time each day when writers would share their narrative writings with participants who wanted to listen. And many did. The hundreds of chairs… March 15, 2002 Scenes, Suspense and Character ‘Everything really boils down to one or another of those three things.’ March 15, 2002 ‘Writing is all about rewriting, which means you’ve got to get something down.’ Steps for Managing Your Stories Lower your standards. Get something down. Swallow the bile that rises in your throat when you write a first draft. Print out early. Read aloud.… March 15, 2002 Finding Time to Write Hold yourself accountable. Get your work on paper. March 15, 2002 ‘Very few writers understand that a story has an arc, not just a beginning, a middle, and an end.’ Jim CollinsThese are things I have learned from my best writers, and now I pass them on to you in 10 lessons.Voice is important, seductive, subversive and can be crucial.… March 15, 2002 Be a Reporter, Not a Guest Interview time is not social time, and a mistake that younger narrative reporters frequently make is to be too nice and too obliging and to act too much like the… March 15, 2002 Previous 1 … 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 … 429 Next
