Ebook: Telling true stories: a nonfiction writers' guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

[This book] 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 ... 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, [the book] will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.-Back cover.;Invitation to narrative: Stories matter / J. Banaszynski; Narrative idea / D. Halberstam -- Finding, researching, and reporting topics:Finding good topics, a writer's questions / L. DeGregory; Interviewing, accelerated intimacy / I. Wilkerson; Not always being there / L. Kiernan; From story idea to published story / C. Gorney -- Name your subgenre: Ladder of abstraction / R.P. Clark; Personal essay and the first-person character / P. Lopate; Public radio, community storytelling / J. Allison -- Constructing a structure: What narrative writers can learn from screenwriters / N. Ephron; Hearing our subjects' voices, keeping it real and true / D. Dickerson; Weaving story and idea / N. LeMann -- Building quality into the work: Characters / J. Franklin; Setting the scene / M. Kramer; Telling the story, telling the truth / A. Guillermoprieto -- Ethics: Line between fact and fiction / R.P. Clark; Securing consent / T. Kidder; Ethics of attribution / R.P. Clark -- Editing: On style / E. Hiestand; Care and feeding of editors and writers / J. Banaszynski -- Narrative in the news organization: Beginning in narrative / W. Harrington; Narrative as a daily habit / L. DeGregory; Team storytelling / L. Kiernan -- Building a career in magazines and books: Making it as a freelancer / J. Collins; What makes a good book? / H. Atwan; Passion for writing / S. Orlean -- Web sites and Internet resources.