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Who says a great story has to be long?
By Steve Buttry August 25, 2007 08:35 PM
If you think a great story is a long story, read Bob Baker's latest post at Newsthinking, which praises a fabulous 408-word profile by Gregor McGavin. This doesn't really have any advice about writing, but if you share my passion for writing, you will cheer this blog post by Roy Peter Clark. More in the advice line, Roy shows why we should undertake the grim task of burying one of our favorite disaster clichés (which I just used). Craig Stoltz calls for fact-checking by crowdsourcing in this interesting blog post.
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It's an excellent piece, but it's not a profile and so not an answer to whining about trying to capture a life in 400 words. The man's life has not been captured (we know two things about him), but it's a great lesson in how to describe a moment and let action tell a story.
Posted by: matt king | August 25, 2007 08:50 PM