Telling True Stories

<b>Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America's most respected journalists.</b><p>The country's most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. <i>Telling True Stories</i> 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: <p/>- <b>Tom Wolfe</b> on the emotional core of the story<br>- <b>Gay Talese</b> on writing about private lives<br>- <b>Malcolm Gladwell</b> on the limits of profiles<br>- <b>Nora Ephron</b> on narrative writing and screenwriters<br>- <b>Alma Guillermoprieto</b> on telling the story and telling the truth<br>- Dozens of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists from the <i>Atlantic Monthly New Yorker New York Times Los Angeles Times Washington Post</i> and more . . .</p><p>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 <i>Telling True Stories</i> will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people scenes and ideas to life on the page. <p/></p>