Story Craft 20 writing and editing tips from Tracy Kidder + Richard Todd In the book Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, memorably instructive lines for writers and editors appear on almost every page. The authors, the Pulitzer-winning nonfiction writer Tracy Kidder and his… February 21, 2014 Paige Williams 10 things you can learn from Roger Angell’s “This Old Man” The story of the week has been Roger Angell’s “This Old Man” (The New Yorker). Angell is widely revered for his body of work on baseball, but in this piece he… February 19, 2014 Paige Williams The big idea: How to find enterprising stories Editor’s note: A great many Storyboard readers are journalism students, nonfiction writers in MFA programs, and beginning reporters and editors. The pieces in our Essays on Craft department cater to… February 6, 2014 Francis Flaherty News feature v. narrative — What’s the difference? Editor’s note: Let’s start the year with a bit of narrative alignment. From the Storyboard archives, here’s the Orange County Register’s Rebecca Allen, explaining the difference between a news feature… January 24, 2014 Rebecca Allen David Remnick, on what it takes (the Future of Digital Longform, Part 3) Part 1 of our recap of the Tow Center’s recent Future of Digital Longform conference, at Columbia University, included Emily Bell talking with Joe Sexton about the impact of “Snow… January 10, 2014 Paige Williams Top 10 Top 10 Lists — storytelling edition Because why not a list of lists? Ten* worth the storyteller's time:1) “130 years of must-read stories for digital journalists: five lessons from 1851-1981,” by Abraham Hyatt, editor of the… December 20, 2013 Paige Williams Writing the book: Jason Fagone and ‘Ingenious’ I got the deal to write my first book, Horsemen of the Esophagus, in the spring of 2005. I’d been out of college for four years at that point, writing… December 12, 2013 Jason Fagone “Narrative Sweat & Flow,” Part 4: Tom Hallman Jr. and Chris Jones Editor’s note: The Oregonian’s Simina Mistreanu spoke to seven narrative journalists for her University of Missouri School of Journalism master’s project on longform. Last week, we ran her setup, a piece on the… December 10, 2013 Simina Mistreanu “Narrative Sweat & Flow,” Part 3: Amy Harmon and Anne Hull Editor’s note: The Oregonian’s Simina Mistreanu spoke to seven narrative journalists for her University of Missouri master’s project on longform. On Tuesday, we ran her setup, a piece on the challenges and importance… December 6, 2013 Simina Mistreanu “Narrative Sweat & Flow,” Part 2: Lane DeGregory and David Finkel Editor’s note: The Oregonian’s Simina Mistreanu spoke to seven narrative journalists for her University of Missouri master's project on longform. On Tuesday, we ran her piece on the challenges and… December 5, 2013 Simina Mistreanu Previous 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 … 38 Next
