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The 'nut' of the matter.
If, threatened with waterboarding, I were forced to choose the biggest writing problem I see, it would be the nut graf. It’s talked about a lot in Craft classes but I still find myself questioning students about why their stories … Continue reading
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Tagged active verbs, Add new tag, nut graf, story arc, storytelling quotes
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Nocera's Nuggets: A primer on reporting.
Joe Nocera, the Times’ business columnist, Tuesday presented a primer on reporting to Tim Harper’s Craft Class. The veteran business writer and columnist has covered everyone from Boone Pickens (from his Texas oil-patch days) to Steve Jobs (who called Nocera … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Joe Nocera, reporting tips, storytelling details, the '5 moms' rule
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Keep it simple and strong.
We’re not against long sentences here but too often writers lose their way and don’t understand the story they’re trying to tell the reader, if you get what I mean, hopefully, as scribes pile on the clauses, modifiers, punctuation and … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Jessica Firger, Lee Hernandez, Matt Townsend, Maureen Ker, powerful writing, Sabrina Tavernise, short sentences, simple sentences
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