Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 1011 results Making prison stories relevant and relatable By Jacqui BanaszynskiPrison stories are a special challenge for journalists. The gold standards of journalism are relevance and relatability. But it can be hard for many readers and listeners, if… July 25, 2023 What a prison writing program taught a professional writer from the inside out Journalist and nonfiction author Lauren Kessler spent three years teaching — and learning from — men who wrote their stories behind bars July 20, 2023 “Star Trek” as a guide to sharing intimate, personal details A PhD researcher in neuroscience finds a useful tool to decide when and how to use personal stories in her science writing June 13, 2023 Endings: How to leave readers satisfied ~ and wanting more In Narrative Elements 4, Lauren Kessler pays practical attention to the oft-neglected challenge of story endings May 19, 2023 “Poetic explorations” in a podcast from inside and outside prison walls The final post in the revived "Audio Danger" series gives voice to the moments and memories of imprisoned people May 18, 2023 Six profiles and a first-person approach give dignity to the many faces of homelessness By Trevor PyleIn opening paragraphs of her Chicago Reader piece about six deaths in Chicago last year, Katie Prout makes a rare and daring admission: She reveals that she keeps… April 21, 2023 Getting out of your head ~ and out of the way of a true story By Dale KeigerIf you write for a living and stay with it long enough you will accumulate a bulging folder of journeyman’s work. You don’t renounce it and you don’t… April 6, 2023 2023 Power of Narrative: The investigation and birth of a personal essay By Caren CheslerEssayist and poet Hillery Stone lost her 4-year-old dog not long ago. A door was opened. The dog ran out. Several people who tried to steer the dog… March 24, 2023 ‘Good versus good’ stories that unravel complex societal problems New Yorker writer Nathan Heller follows a year of change in one San Francisco high school in which there was no clear right or wrong March 10, 2023 How to free your writing with free writing Timed free writing — no stopping, no correcting, no fretting — can leapfrog mental paralysis to a "shitty" but valuable first draft February 8, 2023 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 102 Next
