Telling True Stories : A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University /  
edited by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call. 
 - New York :  Plume,  2007. 
 - xvii, 317 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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, tp writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including:<br/>  Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story<br/>  Gay Talese on writing about private lives<br/>  Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles<br/>  Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters<br/>  Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth<br/>  Dozens of Pulitzer Prize - winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and more.. The essays offer important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memorists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories shows anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page." (Book Cover)<br/> CONTENTS<br/> Acknowledgments<br/> Preface<br/> Part I: AN INVITATION TO NARRATIVE Stories Matter /  Jacqui Banaszynski<br/> Delving into Private Lives /  Gay Talese<br/> The Narrative Idea /  David Halberstam<br/> Difficult Journalism That's Slap-Up Fun /  Katherine Boo<br/> Part II: FINDING, RESEARCHING, AND REPORTING TOPICS<br/> Introduction /  Mark Kramer and Wendy Call Finding Good Topics: A Writer's Questions /  Lane DeGregory<br/> Finding Good Topics: An Editor's Questions /  Jan Winburn<br/> Reporting for Narrative: Ten Overlapping Rules /  Mark Kramer<br/> To Tape or Not to Tape? /  Adam Hochschild, Jacqui Banaszynski,  Jon Franklin, and Gay Talese<br/> Interviewing: Accelerated Intimacy /  Isabel Wilkerson<br/> The Psychological Interview /  Jon Franklin<br/> Participatory Reporting: Sending Myself to Prison /  Ted Conover<br/> Being There /  Anne Hull<br/> Not Always Being There /  Louise Kiernan<br/> Reporting Across Cultures /  Victor Merina<br/> Reporting on Your Own /  S.Mitra Kalita<br/> Field Notes to Full Draft /  Tracy Kidder<br/> Doing Enough Reporting /  Walt Harrington<br/> From Stories Ideas to Published Stories /  Cynthia Gorney<br/> (Narrative) J School for People Who Never Went /  Adrian Nicole LeBlanc<br/> Part III: NAME YOUR SUBMERGE<br/> Introduction /  Mark Kremer and Wendy Call<br/> Profiles /  Jacqui Banaszynski<br/> The Ladder of Abstraction /  Roy Peter Clark<br/> Every Profile is an Epic Story /  Tomas Alex Tizon The Limits of Profiles /  Malcolm Gladwell<br/> Travel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys /<br/>  Adam Hochschild<br/> The Personal Essay and the First-Person Character /  Phillip Lopate  First Personal Singular: Sometimes, It Is about You /  DeNeen L.Brown<br/> Columns: Intimate Public Conversations /  Donna Britt<br/> Writing About History /  Melissa Fay Greene<br/> Narrative Investigative Writing /  Catherine Boo<br/> Public Radio: Community Storytelling /  Jay Allison<br/> Part IV: CONSTRUCTING A STRUCTURE<br/> Introduction /  Mark Kremer and Wendy Call<br/> What Narrative Writers Can Learn from Screenwriters /<br/>  Nora Ephron<br/> To Begin the Beginning /  DeNeen L.Brown<br/> Narrative Distance /  Jack Hart<br/> Hearing Our Subjects' Voices: Quotes and Dialogue /  Kelly Benham<br/> Hearing Our Subjects' Voices: Keeping It Real and True /  Debra Dickerson<br/> A Story Structure /  Jon Franklin<br/> Summary Versus Dramatic Narrative /  Jack Hart<br/> Weaving Story and Idea /  Nicholas Lemann<br/> Ending /  Bruce DeSilva<br/> Part V: BUILDING QUALITY INTO THE WORK<br/> Introduction:<br/>  Mark Kremer and Wendy Call<br/> Character /  Jon Franklin<br/> Details Matter /  Walt Harrington<br/> Developing Character /  Stanley Nelson<br/> Reconstructing Scenes /  Adam Hochschild<br/> A Reconstructed Scene /  Adam Hochschild<br/> Setting the Scene /  Mark Kramer<br/> Handling Time /  Bruce DeSilva<br/> Sequencing: Text as Line /  Tom French<br/> Writing Complicated Stories /  Louise Kiernan<br/> How I Get to the Point /<br/>  Walt Harrington<br/> The Emotional Core of the Story /  Tom Wolfe<br/> Telling the Story, Telling the Truth /  Alma Guillermoprieto<br/> On Voice /  Susan Orlean<br/> Part VI: ETHICS<br/> Introduction /<br/>  Mark Kramer and Wendy Call The Line Between Fact and Fiction /  Roy Peter Clark<br/> Toward an Ethical Code for Narrative Journalists /  Walt Harrington<br/> Playing Fair with Subjects /<br/>  Isabel Wilkerson<br/> Securing Consent /  Tracy Kidder<br/> Truth and Consequences /  Katherine Boo<br/> Dealing with Danger: Protecting Your Subject and Your Story /  Sonia Nazario<br/> A Dilemma of Immersion Journalism /  Anne Hull<br/> Ethics in Personal Writing /  Debra Dickerson<br/> Talking Liberties: The Ethics of the Truth /  Luong Ung<br/> The Ethics of Attribution /  Roy Peter Clark<br/> What About Endnotes ? /  Sonia Nazario and Nicholas Lemann<br/> Part VII: EDITING<br/><br/> Introduction /  Mark Kramer and Wendy Call<br/> On Style /  Emily Hiestand<br/> A Writer and Editor Talk Shop /  Jan Winburn and Lisa Pollak<br/> Revising - Over and Over Again /  Annie Hull<br/> Transforming One Hundred Notebooks into Thirty-Five Thousand Words /  Sonia Nazario<br/> How to Come Up Short /  Tom Hallman<br/> Narrative in Four Boxes /  Jacqui Banaszynski<br/> Serial Narratives /  Tom French<br/> Care and Feeding of Editors and Writers /<br/>  Jacqui Banaszynski<br/> Part VIII: NARRATIVE IN THE NEW ORGANIZATION<br/> Introduction /  Mark Kramer and Wendy Call Beginning in Narrative /  Walt Harrington<br/> A Brief History of Narrative in Newspaper /  Jack Hart<br/> A Storyteller's Lexicon /  Jack Hart<br/> Narrative as Daily Habit /  Lane DeGregory<br/> Building a Narrative Team /  Maria Carrillo<br/> Two Visions, One Series: A Writer and Editor Talk About What They Do /  Jacqui Banaszynski and Tomas Alex Tizon<br/> Team Storytelling /  Louise Kiernan<br/> Photographer as Narrative Storyteller /  Molly Bingham<br/> Subversive Storytellers: Starting a Narrative Group /  Bob Batz Jr. Part IX: BUILDING A CAREER IN MAGAZINES AND BOOKS<br/> Introduction /  Mark Kramer and Wendy Call<br/> Making It as a Freelancer /  Jim Collins<br/> Not Stopping: Time Management for Writers /  Stewart O'Nan<br/> Lessons from the Jury Box/  Jack Hart<br/> Working with an Agent /  Melissa Fay Greene<br/> What Makes a Good Book? /  Helene Atwan<br/> From Book Idea to Book Contract /  Jim Collins<br/> Your Book and the Marketplace /  Geri Thomas<br/> Crossing Over: From Advocacy to Narrative /  Samantha Power<br/> A Passion for Writing /  Susan Orlean<br/> Suggested Reading<br/> Websites and Internet Resources<br/> About the Editors<br/> About the Contributors<br/> Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0452287553 9780452287556 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006026809 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reporters and reporting.<br/>Journalism--Authorship.<br/>English language
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4781  / .T45 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4/3