![]() It’s Tom French using time lines to organize the lives of his characters and the lives of his plots. And it’s Rick Bragg using metaphorical language, what he calls the icing on the cake of narrative. Then it’s also strategic writing, and it’s writers making decisions that are governed by plans of action. Whether the attribution is clear or not, there is this sense that the writer is inside that story by dint of spending an enormous amount of time. It’s just being there, immersing yourself so that the writer inhabits the story and, by taking up residence in the story, it seems to affect everything, including choice of language and, most of all, the sense of authority that a good narrative has. ![]() ![]() Curator Bob Giles opened the session by asking, “What does it take to do fine narrative writing?” Excerpts from participants’ responses follow:Ĭhip Scanlan: What it takes is immersion reporting. ![]() Near the midpoint of the Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference, eight accomplished practitioners of various narrative techniques and styles convened to share their experiences and insights. ![]()
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