Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 1009 results Q&A: How a letter, honesty and patience won the trust of a shamed school cop Washington Post narrative writer Eli Saslow answers an essential question: "How'd he get that guy to talk to him?" August 16, 2018 Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside A convicted murderer shares what he learned about writing, and what writing taught him about himself and about the power of true stories August 9, 2018 Learning to see: A landscape of ice, a blind boy’s eyes, a grizzly bear and a wall stain How writers use color to develop metaphor, meaning and emotion July 25, 2018 Shadows cast on the love of a game How the profile of a sweet sport led to news scoops and a dark mystery, and how the mystery drove a narrative July 3, 2018 Feeding the world – and feeling despair A former farmer turns to writing to uncover the global crisis of farmer suicides – and plants the seeds of a response June 12, 2018 Beyond Boko Haram: Pictures from Nigeria Photojournalist Rahima Gambo invited schoolgirls to collaborate with her to create images reflecting intimate moments of joy and playfulness that challenge our perceptions of victimhood and war June 7, 2018 At the Guardian’s Long Read, no rigid formula or geographic limits The editor's advice: Study what's been published before. Be authoritative, fresh and "arresting." Dare to send a (good) cold pitch June 5, 2018 Welcome to pizza, potluck and a story potlatch I’m writing this from a mash-up of a magazine newsroom in Bucharest. The walls are smelly and stained from a recent flood in the apartment above. Desks are cluttered with… June 1, 2018 5(ish) Questions for Douglas Haynes and “Every Day We Live Is the Future” The author spent nearly 10 years on his project to show climate change in the extreme micro, telling the stories of two Nicaraguan women April 24, 2018 The New Yorker’s “Lost Giant of American Literature” and the prism of race In both the first novel by William Melvin Kelley and recent article by Kathryn Schulz, the story of blacks is told by whites April 5, 2018 Previous 1 … 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 … 101 Next