Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Mark Kramer (Editor); Wendy Call (Editor)
Inspiring stories and practical advice from America's most respected journalistsThe country's most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including:á Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the storyá Gay Talese on writing about private livesá Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profilesá Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwritersá Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truthá Dozens of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . .The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.
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The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including:
• Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story
• Gay Talese on writing about private lives
• Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles
• Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters
• Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth
• Dozens of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . .
The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.
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- Title Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
- Author Mark Kramer (Editor); Wendy Call (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New York
- Publication date 2007-02-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780452287556 / 0452287553
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.36 x 0.73 in (20.27 x 13.61 x 1.85 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006026809
- Dewey Decimal Code 070.43
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