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Telling True Stories

A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

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Inspiring stories and practical advice from America's most respected journalists

The country's most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering evContinue

Inspiring stories and practical advice from America's most respected journalists

The country's most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including:
Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story
Gay Talese on writing about private lives
Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles
Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters
Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth
• Dozens of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . .

The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.

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  • Telling True Stories and Writing for Story are both worthy of extended and repeated study for any writer who wants to write compelling nonfiction. The techniques good story tellers use for novels or plays are applicable to journalism, science and more. If you want readers to follow you, give them a ... (continue)

    Telling True Stories and Writing for Story are both worthy of extended and repeated study for any writer who wants to write compelling nonfiction. The techniques good story tellers use for novels or plays are applicable to journalism, science and more. If you want readers to follow you, give them a good story to follow.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 352 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0452287553
  • ISBN-13: 9780452287556
  • Publisher: Plume
  • Pub date: Jan 30, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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