Activity for Al C
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edit | Post #6584 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #4763 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Question | — |
How can people doing technical, archane work be portrayed interestingly? I'd like to write the biography of an important, underrated scientist who performed a really important experiment. He persevered for many years, became ill (and recovered) along the way, and practically invented molecular biology. He and his work deserve to be much better known, as do the times throu... (more) |
— | about 12 years ago |
| Question | — |
Where can I find exercises to help me develop fictional writing techniques useful in narrative nonfiction? I usually write explanatory nonfiction, but now I am interested in something more narrative--think Erik Larson or Rebecca Skloot, for example. I write clearly, and understand basic ideas about narrative elements like story arcs, scene setting, dialogue, etc. but there's a difference between understan... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |