BGuthrie Photos: Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Saturday -- Panel: Politics and History: Event Non-Fiction Needs a "Story"

Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Saturday -- Panel: Politics and History: Event Non-Fiction Needs a "Story":

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Description of Pictures: Politics and History: Even Nonfiction Needs a “Story”
How do you choose the “story” you want to tell in your nonfiction? Finding the right framing and through-line is crucial to make a nonfiction project cohere and keep it focused. Moderator Gene Meyer, a longtime writer and editor at the Washington Post and author of Five for Freedom: The African-American Soldiers in John Brown’s Army, discusses the selected “story” approach with panelists Evan Thomas (Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II), David O. Stewart (George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father), and Elliot Ackerman (The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan).

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