Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
Gather and Dismiss Your Information
A course by Eileen Truax , Journalist and Writer
About the video: Gather and Dismiss Your Information
Overview
“Maybe the most exciting phase of the writing process is gathering the information. But once this process is done, the hardest part of the process comes: selecting the information that helps you to tell the story, and dismissing those elements that are not needed. ”
In this video lesson Eileen Truax addresses the topic: Gather and Dismiss Your Information, which is part of the Domestika online course: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story. Learn how to write a compelling nonfiction piece that connects with readers by exploring the whys and hows behind every word.
Partial transcription of the video
“Gather and Dismiss Your Information Well, now you know what you want to write about. In this lesson, we’re going to talk about the next step, which is how to gather your information, information that you need to write the story, and also, how to dismiss, what you’re not going to use. Maybe the most exciting phase of writing a non-fiction piece is the process of gathering information. You get to go to places, where things are happening. You get to talk to other people, people that you find interesting or you get to research about certain subjects, maybe on the internet, maybe if you have a c...”
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Course summary for: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
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Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Eileen Truax
A course by Eileen Truax
Eileen Truax is a journalist from Mexico City who has been based in the US for fifteen years. Books and stories had a major impact on her childhood, which soon developed into writing her own stories in the fifth grade. After high school, she was already writing news synthesis, scripts for radio commercials and for public television, articles about culture and business, profiles, and political chronicles. She holds degrees in Social Communication and Communication and Politics.
Today, Eileen writes for media outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vice, Newsweek, El Universal, Gatopardo, 5W, and Americas Quarterly, among others. She has received the José Martí Publishing Award from NAHP; the Media Woman of the Year Award from the California Legislature, and the Desalambre Award for Human Rights Journalism. Eileen has also written four books that focus on migration and politics in the US and has contributed to five other journalistic books.
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