Writing Other People’s Stories, Part II: All Great Features Are Profiles
When writing a profile, you’ll need to upend your assumptions and tour someone’s inner and outer life with radical openness.
Interview Skills: How to Connect
On the art and science of convincing people to share their stories: It’s about sincerity.
Farewell to HER Nashville Magazine
Farewell to HER Nashville, a Nashville women’s magazine that rejected the “stilettos, sex and flat abs” print model
Inside the Titans’ Locker Room: Naked Fear
My initial forays as rookie sportswriter into the weird world of the professional sports franchise locker room haven’t exactly been home runs. Turns out, all I really needed was a little practice. The phone rings. It’s a Friday afternoon, in the hottest part of August. I pick up. It’s my editor at NPR’s Only a Game. He wants me…
Genius: 140 Characters and the F-word
Some brilliant, wonderful fellow has thrust his pulsating political wit into the gaping void of chaos that is Twitter…and spawned magic.
Coulda Woulda Shoulda
A feature by Abby Ellin in this month’s issue of Psychology Today got me thinking about success, and how we measure it. Click here to read an excerpt from the article: “I Coulda Been a Contender,” a reported piece with elements of personal essay, about how so many of us feel we haven’t lived up…
The Greenery 