Overview

Inside Story tackles the myriad approaches to the burgeoning genre of creative nonfiction-from memoir to criticism to literary journalism to the lyric essay-by deeply exploring each stage of the generation, reportage, writing and editing of stories. Drawing on and integrating examples and advice from diverse practitioners in the field, Inside Story extends beyond idea and inspiration with practical advice, examples and exercises geared toward everyone from writing students, citizen journalists, bloggers and working writers. Inside Story provides a keen focus on the fundamental aspects of reporting, including interviewing and researching, while also offering advice and exercises toward writing nonfiction dialogue, devising structure and creating a sense of people and place from the ground-up. The book also explores the ethical implications of writing in the real world, providing insight and humor at each step of the way.

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Author:   Julia Goldberg
Publisher:   Leaf Storm Press
Imprint:   Leaf Storm Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780997020779

ISBN 10:   0997020776
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   18 May 2017
Recommended Age:   From 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Journalist and The Teacher Chapter 1. STORY HUNTING: The Art of Beat Reporting, and a Look at Source Development Chapter 2. INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE...OR A POLITICIAN: What Makes a Good Question? Chapter 3. THE PAPER CHASE: Information Sources, Dataviz, and Citizen Journalism Chapter 4. THE BLANK PAGE: Creative Story Approaches Chapter 5. IN THE BEGINNING: The Basics of Starting a Story Chapter 6. CONSTRUCTIVE CONSTRUCTION: Beyond the Inverted Pyramid Chapter 7. AND...SCENE: The Importance of Setting Chapter 8. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE: Characterization in Nonfiction Chapter 9. THE WRITER'S VOICE: Examples and Recommendations, plus the Basics of POV Chapter 10. LINE BY LINE: The Editing Process Chapter 11. JOURNALISM ETHICS: The Basics Chapter 12. FUTURECASTING: Journalism Trends Acknowledgments Bibliography

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From characterization to structure, interviewing to ethics, Julia Goldberg's Inside Story: Everyone's Guide to Reporting and Writing Creative Nonfiction covers the full range of techniques, genres, and opportunities available to writers of fact. As an added bonus, she does it with flair, feistiness, and intelligence. A great new guide to the nonfiction craft. --Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer Inside Story has at least two features no other craft book does. I love its section on reporting. And I am passionately enthusiastic about its generative discussion of the various shapes an essay or article might take. It rejects merely linear form as well as journalistic or academic prescriptions. This is the perfect book for beginning and advanced writers of creative nonfiction, and I will use it in my classroom. --Debra Monroe, author of My Unsentimental Education This is the creative nonfiction guide we've been waiting for--as informed and thoughtful as a D'Agata or Lopate anthology, but with the practical and generous perspective of a writer who's done it all, from teaching to journalism to online curation. Julia Goldberg's new book, Inside Story, offers a uniquely ideal combination of personal perspective, practical examples, inspiring anecdotes from literary history, and a whole host of helpful challenges and prompts. I'd trust any writer and editor whose trunk was once filled to the brim with yellow notepads. --Nathan Deuel, author of Friday Was the Bomb: Five Years in the Middle East Creative non-fiction has a siren's call for writers--it's a way to unflinchingly examine ourselves and our worlds. But it is a difficult pursuit. Julia Goldberg has made that pursuit easier, more productive, and more likely with her new book, Inside Story. Witty, incisive, and full of brilliance, she takes a clear and detailed look at the makings of both journalism and memoir. Goldberg's distinctive intelligent voice makes reading Inside Story like having a personal writing teacher at your side. --Miriam Sagan, author of Map of the Lost and Tanka from the Edge Don't read Inside Story without a highlighter! Every reporter--from a greenhorn to a veteran--will find helpful tools, tricks and lessons about the craft of reporting and writing. --Mark Zusman, editor and publisher of Willamette Week, a Pulitzer prize-winning weekly I don't know how I could like Julia Goldberg's Inside Story any more than I do. As a teacher, the book will serve as a primer to all my students who want to write for any form of journalism and media. As a writer, I will keep Inside Story nearby to remind myself of the vital issues of craft and technique as I compose and revise. To put it plainly: If you want to write creative nonfiction, this book is essential. --Robert Wilder, author of Daddy Needs a Drink and Nickel If you want real-world tools for becoming a standout nonfiction writer, look no further than this book. Instead of giving you platitudes from an ivory tower, Julia Goldberg dishes out the hard-earned wisdom she picked up from working 15 years in the trenches of alternative journalism. If you're serious about a career as a writer, my advice is to take this book home, pour yourself a stiff drink, and prepare to get schooled by one of the most bad-ass editors to have worked in the alt-weekly industry. --Jason Zaragoza, Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Author Information

Julia Goldberg has been a professional journalist for more than 20 years, serving as editor of the Santa Fe Reporter from December 2000 through April 2011, during which time the paper won dozens of national awards for investigative reporting, writing, design and web innovation. Julia also previously held the editorial chair for the national Association of Alternative Newsweeklies board of directors, helping to design, coordinate and oversee national journalism workshops and web projects. Her own writing has appeared in numerous regional and national publications, including The Rumpus, Salon, The Huffington Post and Alternet, to name a few. She is a contributing writer and editor to Best Altweekly Writing 2009-2010 (Northwestern University Press). Julia has personally received multiple first-place journalism awards for environmental, feature and investigative reporting, as well as multi-media journalism. Julia is a full-time faculty member in the Creative Writing Department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she teaches a variety of nonfiction writing courses and is a faculty advisor for the student online magazine. She also is the host of The Julia Goldberg Show, a radio news program that airs on 101.5 FM out of Santa Fe, and the nonfiction editor for the acclaimed literary website, The Nervous Breakdown.

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