Search results for “writing the book”

Showing 1164 results
20 writing and editing tips from Tracy Kidder + Richard Todd

20 writing and editing tips from Tracy Kidder + Richard Todd

In the book Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, memorably instructive lines for writers and editors appear on almost every page. The authors, the Pulitzer-winning nonfiction writer Tracy Kidder and his…
February 21, 2014
Robert Caro, Part 1: On finding book projects, reporting, sacrifice and sources

Robert Caro, Part 1: On finding book projects, reporting, sacrifice and sources

Hearing Robert Caro talk about his work is like getting a master class in longform journalism. A Nieman Fellow, Class of 1966, Caro is the bestselling biographer of Robert Moses…
February 12, 2014
The Storyboard shortlist on crime writing and empathy

The Storyboard shortlist on crime writing and empathy

Texas Monthly’s Pamela Colloff tweeted the following yesterday morning:This reminded us of an NYU course that Ted Conover has taught, called “The Journalism of Empathy,” in which graduate students are…
October 30, 2013
Storyboard 75: The big book of narrative, devoted to excellence in journalistic storytelling

Storyboard 75: The big book of narrative, devoted to excellence in journalistic storytelling

Astute readers will notice there are more than 75 entries here. Think of it as a greatest hits album with bonus tracks.
October 3, 2013

“Why’s this so good?” No. 79: Joan Didion, Hemingway, and mathematically musical writing

Joan Didion finds herself counting syllables. If this is part of her brilliance, and it is, it’s largely because of who she is as an observer; meticulous but detached, intimate…
June 18, 2013
Pinned: Dan Zak, 40 Towns, Chimamanda Adichie, TED Radio Hour, writing advice, Walter Lippmann

Pinned: Dan Zak, 40 Towns, Chimamanda Adichie, TED Radio Hour, writing advice, Walter Lippmann

Pinned this week week for your storytelling pleasure:Highly recommended: In schools, the complexity in assigned reading is dropping, NPR reports: “A century ago, students were being assigned books with the complexity of…
June 14, 2013
7 great reads: this year's ASME finalists in feature/profile writing

7 great reads: this year’s ASME finalists in feature/profile writing

Awards season continues with the announcement of the American Society of Magazine Editors’ finalists for the National Magazine Award. The organization this week honored 62 publications in 23 categories, with winners…
April 4, 2013
Reporting and writing "Never Let Go" -- inside Kelley Benham French's remarkable series

Reporting and writing "Never Let Go" — inside Kelley Benham French’s remarkable series

Kelley Benham French’s “Never Let Go,” about the extremely premature birth of her daughter, Juniper, was included in Storyboard's Best of Narrative list for 2012, and our final Notable Narrative of the…
January 24, 2013
"The Power of Storytelling," Part 3: Starlee Kine on story forms, Mike Sager on suspending disbelief and Alex Tizon on writing your own story

"The Power of Storytelling," Part 3: Starlee Kine on story forms, Mike Sager on suspending disbelief and Alex Tizon on writing your own story

In Part 2 of our recap of Romania's "Power of Storytelling" conference on narrative journalism, Pulitzer winner Jacqui Banaszynski wrote a short essay about why she and eight other North American…
October 31, 2012
"What's on your syllabus?" Narrative professors on what stories and books they assign

“What’s on your syllabus?” Narrative professors on what stories and books they assign

Every narrative journalist can point to a story or a book, or two, that changed their lives, and that made them want to tell true stories. What story does it for…
September 20, 2012