Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 998 results What happens to crime scene investigators who have to see the unseeable? Nonfiction author Jay Kirk used time, openness and empathy for a New York Times Magazine profile of the Sandy Hook school shooting investigators June 27, 2024 Finding pockets of joy in the job The editor ponders how to support a frustrated young colleague who is discouraged by talk of industry decline June 25, 2024 How a profile of a Kabul hotel became a profile of today’s Afghanistan Andreas Babst of Switzerland went behind-the-scenes of the fabled Intercontinental Hotel with two employees — one Talib, one not June 20, 2024 Effective editing: Mutual trust and knowing the heart of a story For the Washington Post's Lynda Robinson, "The goal is to say ‘yes’ as much as possible and ‘no’ as little as possible." June 12, 2024 How a reporter prepped to understand A.I. and the man who helped invent it New Yorker Ideas Editor Joshua Rothman brushed up on algebra and spent four days on a private island to profile the "godfather" of A.I. June 6, 2024 Effective editing: Word skills, listening skills and people skills Story editor Mike Wilson of St. Petersburg, Dallas and New York Times: "You learn a lot of empathy from being an editor." May 30, 2024 Essential Breslin: Artful narrative by a master of journalistic craft A new anthology of stories by the New York City columnist is analyzed for the deadline work that underlies his timeless art May 21, 2024 Early influencers in a writing life Journalist, nonfiction author and teacher Ben Yagoda returns to some of the passages that inspired his career and helped shape his voice May 17, 2024 A brutal murder, a welcoming pub and an elegiac essay of place An Irish Times writer refused the easy draw of a lurid murder, and instead delivered a deadline ode to community May 15, 2024 What makes an effective editor? Flexibility, mutual trust and chocolate chips A new Storyboard series starts with Atlantic national editor Scott Stossel talking about what he brings to stories and writers May 10, 2024 Previous 1 … 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 … 100 Next
