Author What to do when you write the kinds of stories you find hard to read Every morning I wake up and do exactly what selfcarefederation.org and everydayhealth.com and verywellmind.com and all those other “take care of yourself” sites and blogs and organizations tell me not… September 20, 2022 How narratives defined a Queen and a Queen changed a narrative The Queen is dead. Long live the King.OK, that may be the most predictable line I’ve ever written, but a version of it has been working for the Brits for,… September 13, 2022 What stacking wood can teach us about structuring stories Author and wood-splitter Kim Cross tackles a mountain of firewood, which helps her work through the mountainous first draft of a story September 7, 2022 So you want to write book? A long journey from newspaper reporter to book author In "The Diary of a Misfit," Casey Parks' had to let go of some journalistic boundaries to write about being queer in the religious, rural South September 6, 2022 Teaching (or learning) story craft? Storyboard is here to help We interrupt your syllabus prep with this important message:Consider Nieman Storyboard as a resource – and even publication destination – in your reporting, writing and journalism ethics courses.Storyboard is a… September 2, 2022 Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past As abortion rights in the United States grew more and more tenuous this summer, Los Angeles Times reporter Brittny Mejia grew curious about the history of those rights. That led… September 1, 2022 Cutting through compassion fatigue with sensory writing War can become an abstraction unless, of course, you’re in the middle of it. We can read about it or see images, which often are more powerful than words in… August 29, 2022 Hacking and whacking the way to writing clarity — and pie An author and freelancer contemplates story craft as she tames and harvests the blackberry brambles on her land August 25, 2022 Storytelling that reaches through your feet to your soul It’s probably a good thing I missed the memo about suggested attire to the Chicks concert earlier this month. I don’t have a straw cowboy hat. My days of strappy… August 23, 2022 The Pitch: Landing a “definitive narrative” in The Atavist Magazine Editor Seyward Darby: "I definitely want people who are willing to strip a story down to its basics and figure out how to build it back up." August 18, 2022 Previous 1 … 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 … 245 Next
