Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

Name: Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group
SKU: 9780452287556-B
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Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read 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.

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Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

336

Release Date:

2007-01-30

Publication Date:

2007-01-30

Publisher:

Penguin Publishing Group

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0452287553

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

244 g

Height:

20.3 cm

Width:

13.2 cm

Thickness:

1.7 cm

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