Story Craft When the best form for a complex narrative is a simple structure A standard — some would say ideal — approach to effective narrative nonfiction is to follow a single, primary character through an intimate journey that illuminates a larger social situation.… October 20, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski How one death by gun violence revealed an epidemic of indifference Shootings are so common in the U.S. that victims are often reduced to 10-point type in news stories: A name and age, maybe alongside a loved ones’ baleful quote set… October 13, 2022 Trevor Pyle A better way to teach writing? Try journalism A PhD in literature argues that journalism, not "comp," is the most effective way to help college student learn to write October 6, 2022 Elizabeth Toohey What reporters need from editors and editors need from reporters A partnership between narrative journalists Jan Winburn and Moni Basu led to deep stories and a deep friendship September 29, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski 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 Kim Cross 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 Lauren Kessler Not just SayWhat, but SezWho? For a time in the early 1990s, I wrote narrative journalism for a business magazine. One of my better efforts recounted the fight for control of an investment bank. Someone… August 12, 2022 Dale Keiger Yardscaping your way to a story A writer has a flagstone path built at her cabin, and watches the story process in action, one stone (word, paragraph, scene) at a time August 3, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Raise your glasses to four lessons all writers can learn by judging craft beer Maybe not 99, but at least a few dozen bottles of beer are along the wall. We take one down, pass it around, make sure the barcode on the bottle… July 15, 2022 Charles Scudder So you want to write a book? The risks and rewards of memoir A learning-teaching journalist shares lessons learned as she revisited the realities of her mother's death and her own eating disorder July 6, 2022 Mallary Tenore Tarpley Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … 39 Next
