In yet more goodness from July’s Mayborn Conference, we’re happy to post this conversation between Colin Harrison, who is currently senior editor at Scribner, and S.C. “Sam” Gwynne, author of “Empire of the Summer Moon,” which Harrison edited. A first-time book author, Gwynne is also a senior writer at the Dallas Morning News and contributing editor at Texas [...]
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Colin Harrison and Sam Gwynne on the editor-writer partnership, going deep and the difference between a subject and a story
September 21, 2010 – 1:59 pm
Narrative tips for nonfiction writers: more from the 2010 Mayborn Conference
July 28, 2010 – 11:18 am
I recently led a writing workshop at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, and talked to students about finding the meaning in their stories and going deep – while at the same time writing in a simple and clear way. Here are some tips.
FINDING THE STORY
Every story has its surface-level meaning. Let’s say the surface story [...]
