Search results for “writing+the+book” Showing 1124 results “Words. Words upon the wind. What will endure, perhaps is what I have written. If so, it is enough.” Geraldine Brooks laid that line down in “Secret Chord,” her deeply researched and richly reimagined novel about the life of biblical King David, the psalm-writing, harp-playing, woman-lusting warrior. But they… August 22, 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 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 “She’s just telling what’s real out there that she sees.” Why it’s so great: Tyler is a novelist, not a journalist. But the work of writing is the work of writing. In this New York Times profile by Charles McGrath –… July 11, 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 Learning to see beyond first sight Editor’s note: We are trying out a new feature. Call it writing practice (with a nod to Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones,” where I first encountered the term). Or… June 28, 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 Previous 1 … 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 … 113 Next
