For “Project 50: Four walls and a bed,” our latest Notable Narrative, reporter Christopher Goffard spent two years following a Los Angeles-area program aimed at finding the most at-risk homeless and giving them a place to live. Goffard, who has had several stories selected as Notable Narratives across the years, is also a novelist, and [...]
Tag Archives: Gary Smith
L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard on structure, sympathy and how to make a story go: “The same thing that’s going to make people sit through a movie will make them sit through a 10,000-word series”
September 10, 2010 – 1:48 pm
Gary Smith on intimacy and connecting with subjects: “Any uneasiness you bring is going to cost you dearly”
August 2, 2010 – 4:29 pm
On the last day of the Mayborn Conference, Sports Illustrated’s Gary Smith read from and discussed “Shadow of a Nation,” his 1991 story about a Crow basketball player named Jonathan Takes Enemy. Smith has been at Sports Illustrated for nearly two decades, winning more National Magazine Awards than any other writer. He’s known for his [...]
Narrative nonfiction events and conferences–is there something here for you?
February 22, 2010 – 1:54 pm
While tracking digital narrative experiments, we at Storyboard also aim to keep readers informed about the world of traditional print narratives. Today we’ve compiled a list of upcoming events for fans who want to hear from classic storytellers or learn elements of craft. Here are just a few of the opportunities available, in chronological order:
The Society of [...]
Gary Smith interview on “The Power of One” from Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2009 – 7:00 pm
Excerpts from a November interview with Gary Smith about his story “The Power of One,” which appeared in Sports Illustrated in September:
Q: When did you first hear about Bonnie Richardson? How long did you work on the story?
A: I guess it was within a week of when she won her second [...]
