Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 1014 results A conversation with Alexandra Petri on conjugating gender and politics I‘ve always thought writing should be learned by osmosis. Like if you read enough good books you shouldn’t need to know the exact rules about dangling participles. But I’m a… September 27, 2018 “Just be the kite.” —Robin Enger to her husband, novelist Leif Enger September 25, 2018 After the fires: A surprising story of a haunted hero and the ashes of regret Lizzie Johnson of The San Francisco Chronicle revisits the headlines to ask about the aftermath. Not all endings are happily-ever-after. September 18, 2018 Erika Hayasaki on the reality of landing a big freelance story In the second of a two-parter, the former LA Times reporter scrutinizes the first pitch – and then the revision – that earned her a cover piece in Wired August 28, 2018 Erika Hayasaki on how to leave the newsroom and kill it as a freelancer Journalist, professor, author, mother – How does she do it all? With passion, persistence, another paycheck and perspective: "I'm not just one story." August 21, 2018 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 Previous 1 … 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 … 102 Next
