Articles

From a tribute by Mary Lou Logsdon, a spiritual advisor and writer in St. Paul, Minnesota, upon the death of a friend

Esquire's Mark Warren immersed himself in evangelical Alabama to find the pain and grace behind a beloved pastor's suicide

The editor and a friend engage in a respectful debate about who they think of when they write

Atlantic writer George Packer takes readers to the grounded realities of America's battles over growth, race, climate change and water

From an interview with author Margaret Atwood

A last phase of interviewing is to gather the details that create cinematic scenes written with a distinct POV and camera lens

A matrix of spreadsheets and physical calendars can help a writer organize notes, track scenes and visualize a story timeline

To gather the goods for a successful narrative, a central focus of interviewing needs to track the journey of situation or event

A narrative journalist and nonfiction author shares how she pre-reports to find a viable story and a compelling central character

Nonfiction journalist, author and teacher Kim Cross explores the techiniques she uses in interviewing for narrative stories