Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide Nieman Foundation > Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism > Telling True Stories Click for larger image Telling True Stories is a selection from five years of Harvard's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. More than ninety essays and short pieces take the reader from story idea through publication, and on to writing books and building a career as a narrative writer: Nora Ephron offers "What Narrative Writers Can Learn From Screenwriters." Malcolm Gladwell challenges journalistic assumptions in "The Limits of Profiles." Alma Guillermoprieto weaves together "Telling the Story and Telling the Truth." Adam Hochschild, Jacqui Banaszynski and others debate whether "To Tape or Not to Tape?" Adrian Nicole LeBlanc gives the secrets of "(Narrative) J-School for People Who Never Went" Gay Talese shares insights from forty years of "Writing About Private Lives." Tom Wolfe describes "The Emotional Core of the Story." Edited by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call, Telling True Stories includes the best advice of more than fifty writers and editors, including dozens of Pulitzer Prize winners from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and elsewhere. Order Telling True Stories at Harvard Book Store or Amazon.com What people say about Telling True Stories About the editors About the contributors Questions or comments? Email us!

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