Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1162 results Christopher Solomon on how he captured the controversial wolf man of Washington Before Christopher Solomon took on the case of the wolf researcher who ignited a political firestorm, the situation had sparked plenty of regional coverage. In particular, The Seattle Times, where… September 11, 2018 Rebecca Solnit’s long and winding road through the tangled tale of politics The opening paragraph of Rebecca Solnit’s new LitHub essay, “Why the President Must Be Impeached,” is a single sentence, 88 words long. It is one of the shortest paragraphs in… September 4, 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 “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 Previous 1 … 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 … 117 Next
