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1
Narrative Journalism Week Two
  • Donald Morrison
  • DMMorrison_at_aol.com
  • Sujingxw_at_gmail.com

2
Last Weeks Readings
  • Elizabeth Kolbert in The New Yorker
  • The Economist

3
Your Autobiographies
  • The good news You have intelligence and
    imagination.
  • The bad news Your writing needs work.
  • Mozart his father (Use Spell Check!)

4
Language Tips
  • Read
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Books
  • Blogs (but not for grammar)
  • Also movies, song lyrics, advertising, ordinary
    conversations

5
Finding Ideas
  • Read (newspapers, magazines, newsletters,
    research reports)
  • Surf (blogs, RSS feeds, You Tube)
  • Listen (to friends, strangers)
  • Observe
  • Take notes

6
Next Assignment
  • Self-editing tests
  • Readings (Winburn, Zinsser, Stewart)
  • Writing Rewrite page 242 of your autobiography,
    expand to 500 words, add detail, go from
    particular to general
  • Due Friday 6 p.m.

7
  • The fox knows many things, and the hedgehog
    knows one big thing.
  • - Isaiah Berlin (after Archilochus)
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