Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1161 results How the personal narrative can make the difference between prison and release When Dashka Slater looked at California’s parole system, she saw more than a sprawling bureaucracy; she saw a place where people struggled toward redemption. When she followed those seeking parole,… February 25, 2020 The shift of “branches” in a sentence creates shifts in mood and meaning A recent One Great Sentence post, about a line from Dan Zak’s essay for the Washington Post about the political culture of Iowa, inspired me to add a few thoughts.… February 21, 2020 How writers show you the love It’s a predictable moment: A reporter needs some relevant emotion for story, so — recorder running and notebook poised — asks: “How does it feel?”You can insert the situation of… February 14, 2020 A blocked writer rediscovers her voice as she discovers America’s national parks I started the year on the road. I left a job of more than seven years — a happy, busy job that taught me so much until it didn’t and… February 7, 2020 Using narrative digression to weave backstory, context and suspense into stories I’m bleary-eyed as I write this. Late last night, I finished several weeks of binge-watching “The West Wing,” all 156 episodes of the nostalgic political series which ran on television… February 5, 2020 “If you think of all these words just staggering around, grammar is their social order, their government.” Who can say what causes a reader to pause, in one moment, a line or passage she might zoom through at other times? Some sudden notice of the melody of… January 31, 2020 Four hundred years of harsh history delivered in 8,000 unflinching words “Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. Black Americans fought to make them true. Without this struggle, America would have no democracy at all.”So… January 17, 2020 An investigative journalist takes a yearly “leap out of the comfort zone” into fiction Every journalist has an unfinished novel or a screenplay tucked in their desk drawer or hard drive. Of course, that’s not true in every case, but there’s no doubt a… January 15, 2020 Not just another sappy Christmas story Reporters of a certain place and time — Eugene, Oregon, in the 1970s — loved to tell stories about how they were hired. At the time, the Eugene Register-Guard was… January 3, 2020 Gratitude Notes (#25): Classic guides, classy pens, fast keyboards and supportive friends Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. [dcI[/dc] am thankful for William Zinsser’s book… December 27, 2019 Previous 1 … 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 … 117 Next
