James B. Stewart

Follow the Story (eBook, ePUB)

How to Write Successful Nonfiction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An indispensable guide to nonfiction writing from the Columbia Journalism School professor and Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist behind the bestsellers Blind Eye, Blood Sport, and Den of Thieves. In Follow the Story, bestselling author and journalist James B. Stewart teaches you the techniques of compelling narrative writing, from nonfiction books to articles, feature stories, or memoirs. Stewart provides concrete directions for conceiving, reporting, structuring, and writing nonfictiontechniques that he has used in his own successful books and stories. By using examples from his own work, Stewart illustrates systematically a way of thinking about and executing stories, a method that has helped numerous reporters and Columbia students become better writers. Follow the Story examines in detail: - How an idea is conceived - How to "sell" ideas to editors and publishers - How to report the nonfiction story - Six models that can be used for any nonfiction story - How to structure the narrative story - How to write introductions, endings, dialogue, and description - How to introduce and develop characters - How to use literary devices - Pitfalls to avoid Learn a clear way of looking at the world with the alert curiosity that is the first indispensable step toward good writing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439127568
• Artikelnr.: 37896556

Autorenporträt

James B. Stewart is a columnist at The New York Times and the author of numerous books including the blockbuster Den of Thieves, Blood Sport, DisneyWar, and his most recent New York Times bestseller, Unscripted. He won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the stock market crash and insider trading. He is a regular contributor to SmartMoney and The New Yorker. He is a professor of business journalism at Columbia University and lives in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
1 Curiosity
2 Ideas
3 Proposals
4 Gathering Information
5 Leads
6 Transitions
7 Structure
8 Description
9 Dialogue
10 Anecdotes
11 Humor and Pathos
12 Endings
13 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendixes
Index