Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1130 results Narrative in a weekend conference, and the thank-you note that followed Power of Storytelling 2018, Bucharest, RomaniaBelow is a post offered on Facebook earlier this month as a thank you to speakers and attendees at the 8th Edition of the Power… October 31, 2018 “How could you have a new country without excellent dreamers?” The last time I posted One Great Sentence, it was with thoughts about how context informs and layers the meaning of a single line. Only when I opened that post… October 25, 2018 Finding a narrative in “our most urgent national conversation”: the one about guns How three reporters, a national news chain and 21 strangers who met to talk became a 5,000-word tale with character, intimacy, structure and drama October 23, 2018 Don’t be a turkey: Earn your flight wings Editor’s note: At Storyboard, we’re always looking for moments of inspiration, epiphany and, yes, struggle that we can all relate to or learn from. We hope to make such discoveries… October 17, 2018 A conversation with Tommy Tomlinson: Getting naked in print and public A writer who tells intimate stories of others turns his notebook on himself in a searing memoir that undresses his own and America's obesity October 9, 2018 “From the dancing came the dancing.” — Tommy Orange in his debut novel "There There" October 4, 2018 Legendary writer John McPhee to a student: “I don’t create the writer. At all.” What makes him such an effective teacher? He doesn't try to teach. October 2, 2018 How a Rubik’s cube helped a father understand the puzzle of his son New York Times sports reporter John Branch explores competitive "speedcubing," where awkward outsiders find a home September 28, 2018 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.” An award-winning author writes a break-out novel, and then another, and then…It has been 10 years since Minnesota novelist Leif Enger‘s last book, “So Brave, Young and Handsome,” was published.… September 25, 2018 Previous 1 … 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 … 113 Next
