Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Inspiring stories and practical advice from America's most respected journalists
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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Journalism departments beware -- this is one-stop shopping:
Fifty-one writers and two brilliant editors have provided newbie and seasoned journalists with the gift that keeps on giving. In nearly 100 essays, the process, mechanics, and just plain hard work, not to mention the joy of serendipitous discoveries that go into producing compelling narrative journalism, are spelled out in writing that punches back. Wonderfully encouraging, this book is a seduction for anyone with even a whisper of an interest in the writing life. Telling True Stories poses a delicious... more info
A beautiful book where writers express their raw self:
Mentoring from the masters, they talk about their approach to their craft, often with surprising depth. A great bedtime book as each transcription is just a few pages long.
A Great Book:
I bought this book for my brother, who is an author. He is always looking for a good book to improve and/or diversify his writing techniques. He is thrilled with it. hasn't hardly put it down since he got it and uses it for referencing a lot!
A writer's conference for the cost of a trade paperback!:
From my review in the January 2008 newsletter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors: In nearly 100 short essays, this book offers an unbelievable wealth of excellent advice and information, from 51 contributors such as Tom Wolfe, David Halberstam, Susan Orlean, Tracy Kidder, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and Gay Talese. It's like attending a "who's who" conference on nonfiction writing, all for the price of a trade paperback. The book is helpfully divided into categories; you don't have to read... more info
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