Story Craft

A science journalist comes to terms with what is lost — and not — when favorite passages are edited out of her long-form story

Agents and editors at the 2019 Power of Narrative conference lob feedback and advice in a live pitch session

The risks and rewards of covering society's monsters: Insights from the 2019 Power of Narrative conference

2019 Power of Narrative: Dave Cullen on how he wove time and perspectives to tell a fuller story of the Columbine High School shootings

Quick hits from featured speakers at the 2019 Power of Narrative Conference

Big Ideas from small sessions at the 2019 Power of Narrative Conference

A veteran journalist tuned into music to turn on her writing

I‘m not much on Valentine’s Day. I liked the grade school tradition of exchanging Valentine’s Day cards with classmates. (Is that just a U.S. thing?) Each of us was supposed…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Storyboard recently revisited the long-standing debate over the ‘nut graf’ — variably called the summary nut, the billboard, the transition, the significance graf, the so-what passage, the foreshadow. Veteran writer…

Perspectives from more than 20 top journalists on what the "nut graf" really means