Best of Storyboard: the essence of story, in a short, haunting song (+ fried chicken) By Paige Williams• Story Craft• June 3, 2013 The haunted “third of June” cannot pass without calling out Tommy Tomlinson‘s classic piece on the essence of story, via Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe.” Tomlinson, a onetime Pulitzer finalist who now writes for Sports … Read more