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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
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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 T