false 252426 1 <B>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&#151;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:<BR> &#149; <B>Tom Wolfe</B> on the emotional core of the story<BR> &#149; <B>Gay Talese</B> on writing about private lives<BR> &#149; <B>Malcolm Gladwell</B> on the limits of profiles<BR> &#149; <B>Nora Ephron</B> on narrative writing and screenwriters<BR> &#149; <B>Alma Guillermoprieto</B> on telling the story and telling the truth<BR> &#149; 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> 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. 244608 30 1 2007 Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University total:70|5:24|4:25|3:19|2:2|1:0| 70 281 176 21 5 1 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:38:42 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 19:08:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:15:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:20:56 -0800 2008 Once more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 14:49:24 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 14:37:17 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 08:27:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 08:30:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 07 18:13:59 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 09:18:16 -0700 2007
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