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245 0 0 _aTelling True Stories : A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University /
_cedited by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call.
260 _aNew York :
_bPlume,
_c2007.
300 _axvii, 317 p. :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
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..
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
505 _aDelving into Private Lives /
_rGay Talese
505 _aThe Narrative Idea /
_rDavid Halberstam
505 _aDifficult Journalism That's Slap-Up Fun /
_rKatherine Boo
505 _aPart II: FINDING, RESEARCHING, AND REPORTING TOPICS
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kramer and Wendy Call
505 _aFinding Good Topics: A Writer's Questions /
_rLane DeGregory
505 _aFinding Good Topics: An Editor's Questions /
_rJan Winburn
505 _aReporting for Narrative: Ten Overlapping Rules /
_rMark Kramer
505 _aTo Tape or Not to Tape? /
_rAdam Hochschild, Jacqui Banaszynski, Jon Franklin, and Gay Talese
505 _aInterviewing: Accelerated Intimacy /
_rIsabel Wilkerson
505 _aThe Psychological Interview /
_rJon Franklin
505 _aParticipatory Reporting: Sending Myself to Prison /
_rTed Conover
505 _aBeing There /
_rAnne Hull
505 _aNot Always Being There /
_rLouise Kiernan
505 _aReporting Across Cultures /
_rVictor Merina
505 _aReporting on Your Own /
_rS.Mitra Kalita
505 _aField Notes to Full Draft /
_rTracy Kidder
505 _aDoing Enough Reporting /
_rWalt Harrington
505 _aFrom Stories Ideas to Published Stories /
_rCynthia Gorney
505 _a(Narrative) J School for People Who Never Went /
_rAdrian Nicole LeBlanc
505 _aPart III: NAME YOUR SUBMERGE
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kremer and Wendy Call
505 _aProfiles /
_rJacqui Banaszynski
505 _aThe Ladder of Abstraction /
_rRoy Peter Clark
505 _aEvery Profile is an Epic Story /
_rTomas Alex Tizon
505 _aThe Limits of Profiles /
_rMalcolm Gladwell
505 _aTravel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys /
_rAdam Hochschild
505 _aThe Personal Essay and the First-Person Character /
_rPhillip Lopate
505 _aFirst Personal Singular: Sometimes, It Is about You /
_rDeNeen L.Brown
505 _aColumns: Intimate Public Conversations /
_rDonna Britt
505 _aWriting About History /
_rMelissa Fay Greene
505 _aNarrative Investigative Writing /
_rCatherine Boo
505 _aPublic Radio: Community Storytelling /
_rJay Allison
505 _aPart IV: CONSTRUCTING A STRUCTURE
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kremer and Wendy Call
505 _aWhat Narrative Writers Can Learn from Screenwriters /
_rNora Ephron
505 _aTo Begin the Beginning /
_rDeNeen L.Brown
505 _aNarrative Distance /
_rJack Hart
505 _aHearing Our Subjects' Voices: Quotes and Dialogue /
_rKelly Benham
505 _aHearing Our Subjects' Voices: Keeping It Real and True /
_rDebra Dickerson
505 _aA Story Structure /
_rJon Franklin
505 _aSummary Versus Dramatic Narrative /
_rJack Hart
505 _aWeaving Story and Idea /
_rNicholas Lemann
505 _aEnding /
_rBruce DeSilva
505 _aPart V: BUILDING QUALITY INTO THE WORK
505 _aIntroduction:
_rMark Kremer and Wendy Call
505 _aCharacter /
_rJon Franklin
505 _aDetails Matter /
_rWalt Harrington
505 _aDeveloping Character /
_rStanley Nelson
505 _aReconstructing Scenes /
_rAdam Hochschild
505 _aA Reconstructed Scene /
_rAdam Hochschild
505 _aSetting the Scene /
_rMark Kramer
505 _aHandling Time /
_rBruce DeSilva
505 _aSequencing: Text as Line /
_rTom French
505 _aWriting Complicated Stories /
_rLouise Kiernan
505 _aHow I Get to the Point /
_rWalt Harrington
505 _aThe Emotional Core of the Story /
_rTom Wolfe
505 _aTelling the Story, Telling the Truth /
_rAlma Guillermoprieto
505 _aOn Voice /
_rSusan Orlean
505 _aPart VI: ETHICS
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kramer and Wendy Call
505 _aThe Line Between Fact and Fiction /
_rRoy Peter Clark
505 _aToward an Ethical Code for Narrative Journalists /
_rWalt Harrington
505 _aPlaying Fair with Subjects /
_rIsabel Wilkerson
505 _aSecuring Consent /
_rTracy Kidder
505 _aTruth and Consequences /
_rKatherine Boo
505 _aDealing with Danger: Protecting Your Subject and Your Story /
_rSonia Nazario
505 _aA Dilemma of Immersion Journalism /
_rAnne Hull
505 _aEthics in Personal Writing /
_rDebra Dickerson
505 _aTalking Liberties: The Ethics of the Truth /
_rLuong Ung
505 _aThe Ethics of Attribution /
_rRoy Peter Clark
505 _aWhat About Endnotes ? /
_rSonia Nazario and Nicholas Lemann
505 _aPart VII: EDITING
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kramer and Wendy Call
505 _aOn Style /
_rEmily Hiestand
505 _aA Writer and Editor Talk Shop /
_rJan Winburn and Lisa Pollak
505 _aRevising - Over and Over Again /
_rAnnie Hull
505 _aTransforming One Hundred Notebooks into Thirty-Five Thousand Words /
_rSonia Nazario
505 _aHow to Come Up Short /
_rTom Hallman
505 _aNarrative in Four Boxes /
_rJacqui Banaszynski
505 _aSerial Narratives /
_rTom French
505 _aCare and Feeding of Editors and Writers /
_rJacqui Banaszynski
505 _aPart VIII: NARRATIVE IN THE NEW ORGANIZATION
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kramer and Wendy Call
505 _aBeginning in Narrative /
_rWalt Harrington
505 _aA Brief History of Narrative in Newspaper /
_rJack Hart
505 _aA Storyteller's Lexicon /
_rJack Hart
505 _aNarrative as Daily Habit /
_rLane DeGregory
505 _aBuilding a Narrative Team /
_rMaria Carrillo
505 _aTwo Visions, One Series: A Writer and Editor Talk About What They Do /
_rJacqui Banaszynski and Tomas Alex Tizon
505 _aTeam Storytelling /
_rLouise Kiernan
505 _aPhotographer as Narrative Storyteller /
_rMolly Bingham
505 _aSubversive Storytellers: Starting a Narrative Group /
_rBob Batz Jr.
505 _aPart IX: BUILDING A CAREER IN MAGAZINES AND BOOKS
505 _aIntroduction /
_rMark Kramer and Wendy Call
505 _aMaking It as a Freelancer /
_rJim Collins
505 _aNot Stopping: Time Management for Writers /
_rStewart O'Nan
505 _aLessons from the Jury Box/
_rJack Hart
505 _aWorking with an Agent /
_rMelissa Fay Greene
505 _aWhat Makes a Good Book? /
_rHelene Atwan
505 _aFrom Book Idea to Book Contract /
_rJim Collins
505 _aYour Book and the Marketplace /
_rGeri Thomas
505 _aCrossing Over: From Advocacy to Narrative /
_rSamantha Power
505 _aA Passion for Writing /
_rSusan Orlean
505 _aSuggested Reading
505 _aWebsites and Internet Resources
505 _aAbout the Editors
505 _aAbout the Contributors
505 _aIndex
650 0 _aReporters and reporting.
650 0 _aJournalism
_xAuthorship.
650 0 _aEnglish language
700 1 _aKramer, Mark
700 1 _aCall, Wendy
856 _uhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298458/telling-true-stories-by-mark-kramer/
_zPublisher's Website.
856 _uhttps://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/489575026
_zCheck the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalogue.
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