Telling true stories: a nonfiction writers' guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
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2007
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| Physical Description: | XVII, 317 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780452287556 0452287553 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Preface xv
Part I: An Invitation to Narrative
Stories Matter by Jacqui Banaszynski 3
Delving into Private Lives by Gay Talese 6
The Narrative Idea by David Halberstam 10
Difficult Journalism That s Slap-Up Fun by Katherine Boo 14
Part II: Finding, Researching, and Reporting Topics
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 19
Finding Good Topics: A Writer s Questions
by Lane DeGregory 20
Finding Good Topics: An Editor s Questions by Jan Winburn 22
Reporting for Narrative: Ten Overlapping Rules
by Mark Kramer 24
To Tape or Not to Tape? by Adam Hochsghild,
Jacqui Banaszynski, Jon Franklin, and Gay Talese 28
Interviewing: Accelerated Intimacy by Isabel Wilkerson 30
The Psychological Interview by Jon Franklin 34
Participatory Reporting: Sending Myself to Prison
by Ted Conover 35
x Contents
Being There by Anne Hull 39
Not Always Being There by Louise Kiernan 45
Reporting Across Cultures by Victor Merina 46
Reporting on Your Own by S. Mitra Kalita 48
Field Notes to Full Draft by Tracy Kidder 51
Doing Enough Reporting? by Walt Harrington 54
From Story Idea to Published Story by Cynthia Gorney 55
(Narrative) J School for People Who Never Went
by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 59
Part III: Name Your Subgenre
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 65
Profiles by Jacqui Banaszynski 66
The Ladder of Abstraction by Roy Peter Clark 70
Every Profile Is an Epic Story by Tomas Alex Tizon 71
The Limits of Profiles by Malcolm Gladwell 73
Travel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys
by Adam Hochschild . 74
The Personal Essay and the First-Person Character
by Phillip Lopate 78
First Personal Singular: Sometimes, It Is About You
by DeNeen L. Brown 81
Columns: Intimate Public Conversations by Donna Britt 83
Writing About History by Jill Lepore 86
Adventures in History by Melissa Fay Greene 88
Narrative Investigative Writing by Katherine Boo 89
Public Radio: Community Storytelling by Jay Allison 92
Part IV: Constructing a Structure
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 97
What Narrative Writers Can Learn from Screenwriters
by Nora Ephron 98
Contents xi
To Begin the Beginning by DeNeen L. Brown . 100
Narrative Distance by Jack Hart 103
Hearing Our Subjects Voices: Quotes and Dialogue
by Kelley Benham 104
Hearing Our Subjects Voices: Keeping It Real and True
by Debra Dickerson 107
A Story Structure by Jon Franklin 109
Summary Versus Dramatic Narrative by Jack Hart 111
Weaving Story and Idea by Nicholas Lemann 112
Endings by Bruce DeSilva 116
Part V: Building Quality into the Work
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 125
Character by Jon Franklin 126
Details Matter by Walt Harrington 128
Developing Character by Stanley Nelson - 129
Reconstructing Scenes by Adam Hochschild 132
A Reconstructed Scene by Adam Hochschild 135
Setting the Scene by Mark Kramer 136
Handling Time by Bruce DeSilva 139
Sequencing: Text as Line by Tom French 140
Writing Complicated Stories by Louise Kiernan 145
How I Get to the Point by Walt Harrington 148
The Emotional Core of the Story by Tom Wolfe 149
Telling the Story, Telling the Truth by Alma Guillermoprieto 154
On Voice by Susan Orlean 158
Part VI: Ethics
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 163
The Line Between Fact and Fiction by Roy Peter Clark 164
Toward an Ethical Code for Narrative Journalists
by Walt Harrington 170
xii Contents
Playing Fair with Subjects by Isabel Wilkerson 172
Securing Consent by Tracy Kidder 176
Truth and Consequences by Katherine Boo 177
Dealing with Danger: Protecting Your Subject and
Your Story by Sonia Nazario 178
A Dilemma of Immersion Journalism by Anne Hull 182
Ethics in Personal Writing by Debra Dickerson 184
Taking Liberties: The Ethics of the Truth by Loung Ung 187
The Ethics of Attribution by Roy Peter Clark 189
What About Endnotes? by Sonia Nazario and
Nicholas Lemann 192
Part VII: Editing
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 197
On Style by Emily Hiestand 198
A Writer and Editor Talk Shop by Jan Winburn and
Lisa Pollak 202
Revising—Over and Over Again by Anne Hull 205
Transforming One Hundred Notebooks into
Thirty-five Thousand Words by Sonia Nazario 208
How to Come Up Short by Tom Hallman 212
Narrative in Four Boxes by Jacqui Banaszynski . 216
Serial Narratives by Tom French 218
Care and Feeding of Editors and Writers
by Jacqui Banaszynksi 221
Part VIII: Narrative in the News Organization
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 227
Beginning in Narrative by Walt Harrington 228
A Brief History of Narrative in Newspaper by Jack Hart 230
Nurturing Narrative in the Newsroom by Jack Hart 233
A Storyteller s Lexicon by Jack Hart 235
Narrative as a Daily Habit by Lane DeGregory 239
Contents xiii
Building a Narrative Team by Maria Carrillo 243
Two Visions, One Series: A Writer and an Editor Talk About What
They Do by Jacqui Banaszynski and Tomas Alex Tizon 246
Team Storytelling by Louise Kiernan 251
Photographer as Narrative Storyteller by Molly Bingham 254
Subversive Storytellers: Starting a Narrative Group
by Bob Batz Jr. 256
Part IX: Building a Career in Magazines and Books
Introduction by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call 263
Making It as a Freelancer by Jim Collins 264
Not Stopping: Time Management for Writers
by Stewart O Nan 268
Lessons from the Jury Box by Jack Hart 271
Working with an Agent by Melissa Fay Greene 272
What Makes a Good Book? by Helene Atwan 274
From Book Idea to Book Contract by Jim Collins 276
Your Book and the Marketplace by Geri Thoma 278
Crossing Over: From Advocacy to Narrative
by Samantha Power 281
A Passion for Writing by Susan Orlean 284
Suggested Reading 289
Web Sites and Internet Resources 297
About the Editors 299
About the Contributors 301
Index 309
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