When you set out to craft a nonfiction story, it doesn’t hurt to think of yourself as a playwright. You must, after all, create a stage, a place where the story can unfold. Once you have a story space, you can people it with characters. Then, with a snap of your fingers, the characters can breathe, move, act. You launch your plot, and complete the storytelling tripod created when you combine character, action, and scene.
