Journalist’s Trade 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 Bruce DeSilva 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 Isabel Wilkerson Scenes, Suspense and Character ‘Everything really boils down to one or another of those three things.’ March 15, 2002 Adam Hochschild ‘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 Chip Scanlan Finding Time to Write Hold yourself accountable. Get your work on paper. March 15, 2002 Stewart O’Nan ‘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 Jim Collins ‘Reporting is the key to good journalism.’ Steven A. HolmesIn daily journalism, you often don’t get a lot of time. But in trying to cover the lives of ordinary people and make it news, your best friend… March 15, 2002 Steven A. Holmes 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 Mark Kramer Peeling the Onion Seven Steps of Interviewing March 15, 2002 Writing About Ordinary Lives ‘I wanted to move the realm of curiosity into the lives of people who had been ignored….’ March 15, 2002 Gay Talese Previous 1 … 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 … 78 Next
