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_aTelling True Stories : A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University / _cedited by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call. |
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_aNew York : _bPlume, _c2007. |
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_axvii, 317 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index. | ||
505 |
_a"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:
_tTom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story _tGay Talese on writing about private lives _tMalcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles _tNora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters _tAlma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth _tDozens of Pulitzer Prize - winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and more.. |
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505 | _aThe 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) | ||
505 | _aCONTENTS | ||
505 | _aAcknowledgments | ||
505 | _aPreface | ||
505 | _aPart I: AN INVITATION TO NARRATIVE | ||
505 |
_aStories Matter / _rJacqui Banaszynski |
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505 |
_aDelving into Private Lives / _rGay Talese |
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_aThe Narrative Idea / _rDavid Halberstam |
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_aDifficult Journalism That's Slap-Up Fun / _rKatherine Boo |
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505 | _aPart II: FINDING, RESEARCHING, AND REPORTING TOPICS | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction / _rMark Kramer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aFinding Good Topics: A Writer's Questions / _rLane DeGregory |
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_aFinding Good Topics: An Editor's Questions / _rJan Winburn |
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_aReporting for Narrative: Ten Overlapping Rules / _rMark Kramer |
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_aTo Tape or Not to Tape? / _rAdam Hochschild, Jacqui Banaszynski, Jon Franklin, and Gay Talese |
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_aInterviewing: Accelerated Intimacy / _rIsabel Wilkerson |
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_aThe Psychological Interview / _rJon Franklin |
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_aParticipatory Reporting: Sending Myself to Prison / _rTed Conover |
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_aBeing There / _rAnne Hull |
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_aNot Always Being There / _rLouise Kiernan |
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_aReporting Across Cultures / _rVictor Merina |
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_aReporting on Your Own / _rS.Mitra Kalita |
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_aField Notes to Full Draft / _rTracy Kidder |
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_aDoing Enough Reporting / _rWalt Harrington |
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_aFrom Stories Ideas to Published Stories / _rCynthia Gorney |
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_a(Narrative) J School for People Who Never Went / _rAdrian Nicole LeBlanc |
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505 | _aPart III: NAME YOUR SUBMERGE | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction / _rMark Kremer and Wendy Call |
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_aProfiles / _rJacqui Banaszynski |
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505 |
_aThe Ladder of Abstraction / _rRoy Peter Clark |
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_aEvery Profile is an Epic Story / _rTomas Alex Tizon |
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_aThe Limits of Profiles / _rMalcolm Gladwell |
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505 |
_aTravel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys /
_rAdam Hochschild |
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_aThe Personal Essay and the First-Person Character / _rPhillip Lopate |
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_aFirst Personal Singular: Sometimes, It Is about You / _rDeNeen L.Brown |
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505 |
_aColumns: Intimate Public Conversations / _rDonna Britt |
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_aWriting About History / _rMelissa Fay Greene |
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_aNarrative Investigative Writing / _rCatherine Boo |
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505 |
_aPublic Radio: Community Storytelling / _rJay Allison |
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505 | _aPart IV: CONSTRUCTING A STRUCTURE | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction / _rMark Kremer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aWhat Narrative Writers Can Learn from Screenwriters /
_rNora Ephron |
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505 |
_aTo Begin the Beginning / _rDeNeen L.Brown |
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505 |
_aNarrative Distance / _rJack Hart |
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505 |
_aHearing Our Subjects' Voices: Quotes and Dialogue / _rKelly Benham |
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505 |
_aHearing Our Subjects' Voices: Keeping It Real and True / _rDebra Dickerson |
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505 |
_aA Story Structure / _rJon Franklin |
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505 |
_aSummary Versus Dramatic Narrative / _rJack Hart |
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505 |
_aWeaving Story and Idea / _rNicholas Lemann |
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505 |
_aEnding / _rBruce DeSilva |
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505 | _aPart V: BUILDING QUALITY INTO THE WORK | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction:
_rMark Kremer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aCharacter / _rJon Franklin |
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505 |
_aDetails Matter / _rWalt Harrington |
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_aDeveloping Character / _rStanley Nelson |
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505 |
_aReconstructing Scenes / _rAdam Hochschild |
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505 |
_aA Reconstructed Scene / _rAdam Hochschild |
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_aSetting the Scene / _rMark Kramer |
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_aHandling Time / _rBruce DeSilva |
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_aSequencing: Text as Line / _rTom French |
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_aWriting Complicated Stories / _rLouise Kiernan |
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505 |
_aHow I Get to the Point /
_rWalt Harrington |
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_aThe Emotional Core of the Story / _rTom Wolfe |
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505 |
_aTelling the Story, Telling the Truth / _rAlma Guillermoprieto |
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505 |
_aOn Voice / _rSusan Orlean |
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505 | _aPart VI: ETHICS | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction /
_rMark Kramer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aThe Line Between Fact and Fiction / _rRoy Peter Clark |
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505 |
_aToward an Ethical Code for Narrative Journalists / _rWalt Harrington |
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_aPlaying Fair with Subjects /
_rIsabel Wilkerson |
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_aSecuring Consent / _rTracy Kidder |
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_aTruth and Consequences / _rKatherine Boo |
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505 |
_aDealing with Danger: Protecting Your Subject and Your Story / _rSonia Nazario |
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505 |
_aA Dilemma of Immersion Journalism / _rAnne Hull |
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505 |
_aEthics in Personal Writing / _rDebra Dickerson |
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505 |
_aTalking Liberties: The Ethics of the Truth / _rLuong Ung |
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505 |
_aThe Ethics of Attribution / _rRoy Peter Clark |
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505 |
_aWhat About Endnotes ? / _rSonia Nazario and Nicholas Lemann |
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505 | _aPart VII: EDITING | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction / _rMark Kramer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aOn Style / _rEmily Hiestand |
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505 |
_aA Writer and Editor Talk Shop / _rJan Winburn and Lisa Pollak |
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505 |
_aRevising - Over and Over Again / _rAnnie Hull |
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505 |
_aTransforming One Hundred Notebooks into Thirty-Five Thousand Words / _rSonia Nazario |
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505 |
_aHow to Come Up Short / _rTom Hallman |
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505 |
_aNarrative in Four Boxes / _rJacqui Banaszynski |
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505 |
_aSerial Narratives / _rTom French |
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505 |
_aCare and Feeding of Editors and Writers /
_rJacqui Banaszynski |
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505 | _aPart VIII: NARRATIVE IN THE NEW ORGANIZATION | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction / _rMark Kramer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aBeginning in Narrative / _rWalt Harrington |
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505 |
_aA Brief History of Narrative in Newspaper / _rJack Hart |
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505 |
_aA Storyteller's Lexicon / _rJack Hart |
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505 |
_aNarrative as Daily Habit / _rLane DeGregory |
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505 |
_aBuilding a Narrative Team / _rMaria Carrillo |
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505 |
_aTwo Visions, One Series: A Writer and Editor Talk About What They Do / _rJacqui Banaszynski and Tomas Alex Tizon |
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505 |
_aTeam Storytelling / _rLouise Kiernan |
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505 |
_aPhotographer as Narrative Storyteller / _rMolly Bingham |
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505 |
_aSubversive Storytellers: Starting a Narrative Group / _rBob Batz Jr. |
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505 | _aPart IX: BUILDING A CAREER IN MAGAZINES AND BOOKS | ||
505 |
_aIntroduction / _rMark Kramer and Wendy Call |
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505 |
_aMaking It as a Freelancer / _rJim Collins |
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505 |
_aNot Stopping: Time Management for Writers / _rStewart O'Nan |
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505 |
_aLessons from the Jury Box/ _rJack Hart |
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505 |
_aWorking with an Agent / _rMelissa Fay Greene |
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505 |
_aWhat Makes a Good Book? / _rHelene Atwan |
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505 |
_aFrom Book Idea to Book Contract / _rJim Collins |
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505 |
_aYour Book and the Marketplace / _rGeri Thomas |
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505 |
_aCrossing Over: From Advocacy to Narrative / _rSamantha Power |
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505 |
_aA Passion for Writing / _rSusan Orlean |
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505 | _aSuggested Reading | ||
505 | _aWebsites and Internet Resources | ||
505 | _aAbout the Editors | ||
505 | _aAbout the Contributors | ||
505 | _aIndex | ||
650 | 0 | _aReporters and reporting. | |
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_aJournalism _xAuthorship. |
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650 | 0 | _aEnglish language | |
700 | 1 | _aKramer, Mark | |
700 | 1 | _aCall, Wendy | |
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_uhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298458/telling-true-stories-by-mark-kramer/ _zPublisher's Website. |
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_uhttps://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/489575026 _zCheck the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalogue. |
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