Summary
A manual on the craft of nonfiction writing from a "story doctor" for the New York Times.
Notes
- Narrative sequencing informs meaning
- Good endings make a story memorable
- Good story leads entice and inform
- Good writing makes the familar new
- Stories need action and commentary
- Vague language signals imprecise thinking
- Use language with necessity
- Ensure the trunk of a narrative is more substantial than the branches
- Marry form with function
- Give abstract concepts a human face
Citation
Flaherty, Francis. The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing. Reprint edition. Harper Perennial, 2010.
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