Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 995 results A reporter’s search for “lost history” becomes a best-selling book Worthy books are released almost every day. No doubt more than a few authors bemoaned the publication of their hard work this past year, when so much of the world’s… January 13, 2021 A profile of police victim George Floyd also explored the health toll of racism A Washington Post series examined facets of systemic racism, and revealed aspects of Floyd's life story that raise deeper societal questions December 1, 2020 A master of sports journalism tackles a new writing challenge: narrative on Facebook Dave Kindred never intended to take on this project. Truth is, he didn’t even think of the Facebook posts he’s been writing as a project.But last spring, the walls began… November 18, 2020 Narrative of Oregon town’s hellish wildfire experience is a lesson in deadline writing This past Labor Day, three reporters in Salem, Oregon were enjoying the holiday weekend. They’d done a good job preparing stories in advance so they wouldn’t have to scramble the… September 29, 2020 What challenged Andrea Pitzer to write what she calls her best work ever When she set out from Russian port of Murmansk on a 60-foot sailboat headed to Novaya Zemlya in August 2019, journalist Andrea Pitzer had few expectations. She hoped to visit… September 10, 2020 Economic Hardship Reporting Project seeks story pitches that personalize poverty "Mine your life," says managing director David Wallis; think about what you’re an expert in and share that story September 2, 2020 “Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda.” When looking for advice, writers shouldn’t be picky; sometimes even a fictional cannibal will serve.When NBC aired a series about Hannibal Lecter, the psychiatrist who moonlights as a serial killer… June 16, 2020 Reading (Stephen King) to learn to write Now for something fun and funky, or at least distracting, but these days I’m sure we could all use fun and funky, or at least distracting. A starter’s guide to… June 3, 2020 A displaced writer picks up a camera — and falls back in love with learning We’re all reinventing ourselves in this suddenly sideways world. So here’s my reinvention story, and the theme that goes with it: Do it for love.The micro of what I did… May 19, 2020 Where writers write when they can’t write where they like to write Two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod often writes from home. But not always, and especially not on deadline. In a recent Facebook post, he mentioned that when he is… April 29, 2020 Previous 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 … 100 Next
