my 23:5
"Laid on the anvils of the storysmiths, they shatter like glass at the first tap of the hammer."
The book is Bill Blundell's The Art and Craft of Feature Writing. It's essential reading for any journalist, established or would-be. In this sentence Blundell is referring to poorly thought-out story ideas that reporters often pursue only to find that they cannot be inflated into satisfying articles. I fear I am about to experience this phenomenon firsthand.
Comments
Ah yes. I know that feeling well.
But sometimes your editor insists a story is there and you're forced to take a few strands of quotes and turn it into a whole theme.
Ugh.
I have this book too.
Posted by: zagg | April 12, 2004 3:25 PM
This happens to me with weblog posts all the time.
Posted by: sudama | April 12, 2004 4:06 PM
But sometimes your editor insists a story is there and you're forced to take a few strands of quotes and turn it into a whole theme.
Yes, this is part of my problem.
Posted by: nedlog | April 12, 2004 5:45 PM