Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1161 results The struggle to define cinematic writing I’ve been struggling to find the right term for the nonfiction writing I most admire. Whether written by Joan Didion, David Grann, Susan Orlean, Héctor Tobar, Isabel Wilkerson, or Gene… October 6, 2020 Narrative of Oregon town’s hellish wildfire experience is a lesson in deadline writing This past Labor Day, three reporters in Salem, Oregon were enjoying the holiday weekend. They’d done a good job preparing stories in advance so they wouldn’t have to scramble the… September 29, 2020 Rewriting the “hero’s journey” to fit a feminine narrative A writer on a hunt to understand classic story structure ponders politics, movies and her grandmother's life, and searches for a journey of their own August 19, 2020 Writing rituals: Superstition or productivity? I’d heard the story many times before, but I still couldn’t believe it:Gay Talese pinned his manuscript pages to the wall of his office. He then walked across the room to… August 12, 2020 The challenge of writing a life in two lines On May 23, 2020, (May 24 in print), the New York Times landed a daring and historic front page: A wash of overwhelming gray, which jumped to two more gray… June 10, 2020 Take small steps to tell the big story: Make free writing a daily discipline This column was originally published as an issue of Nieman Storyboard’s weekly newsletter. You can read back issues of the newsletter and subscribe here.Thoughts this week turn to the creativity… April 28, 2020 Building writing muscles — a postcard a day With writing, as with most things, you get better with practice. Just ask an athlete. Or a sports reporter.Derrick Goold, baseball writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, guesses that he… April 28, 2020 Deadline writing when the world is in chaos, your house is imploding and kids are home from school EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay first appeared in The Cabin, a center for writers in Idaho. It is used with permission. Also, read Kim Cross’s Writer’s Survival Guide: Tips for defying… April 22, 2020 Writing the character, contradictions and soul of a place America’s quadrennial obsession with Iowa has passed like the season’s last snow storm, there for a turbulent moment but forgotten three days later. The nail-biting over bad election apps and… March 24, 2020 A new science writing anthology offers lessons for any journalist covering a complex world While there are no dearth of journalism textbooks on the market, many skim over well-trod territory rather than dive deep into a specialty field. And those that do take that… February 21, 2020 Previous 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … 117 Next
