Articles How to free your writing with free writing Timed free writing — no stopping, no correcting, no fretting — can leapfrog mental paralysis to a "shitty" but valuable first draft February 8, 2023 Korrina Duffy A whimsical request inspired some essential writing tools Writing scholar and author Roy Peter Clark responded to a quirky (and somewhat brash) letter with a lifetime list of writing wisdom February 7, 2023 Roy Peter Clark A veteran newsman teaches writing through music Chuck Haga and his students exchange favorite music of their generations to explore metaphor and meaning that can make writing sparkle February 3, 2023 Chuck Haga “… how the persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well.” It’s a common and happy reframe among my retired friends: They are busier than they’ve ever been. They can’t remember how they managed to do all the things they needed… February 1, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski How empathy can tell a more honest story of gun-violence trauma By Jacqui BanaszynskiMy fingers felt heavy on the keyboard last week as I edited two special posts that were long in the making. The posts themselves explore the kind of… January 31, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski Challenging the stereotype of Uvalde’s plucky child survivor By Mallary Tenore TarpleyWashington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox has spent six years covering stories of gun violence and children, fashioning a beat out of one of America’s most heartbreaking… January 27, 2023 Mallary Tenore Tarpley Spending time to report a meditation on the long tail of grief A team from The New York Times immersed itself in Uvalde, Texas, after the "media horde" left and showed the fuller horror of a mass shooting January 26, 2023 Chip Scanlan How to exercise your descriptive muscles By Jacqui BanaszynskiIt’s a common theme when a Storyboard contributor interviews a journalist about a descriptive analogy or metaphor in a written piece: How did you come up with that… January 24, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski How a documentary filmmaker captures “lived experience” By Kristen ChinA self-described “perennial schoolboy” at heart, Omar Mullick is both romantic daydreamer and pragmatic journalist. It’s in the first few moments speaking with him that I can tell… January 20, 2023 Kristen Chin A profile of a single mom trying to raise a “good man” balances transparency and privacy Jose A. Del Real delivers a range of straightforward but sensitive stories in The Washington Post series about "Masculinity in America" January 19, 2023 Trevor Pyle Previous 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 … 241 Next
