Creative Non-fiction Writing: Tell the Real Story
Getting Down to Work: The Productivity Spreadsheet
A course by Katie Hafner , Journalist and Author
About the video: Getting Down to Work: The Productivity Spreadsheet
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“With your outline and productivity spreadsheet at hand, let's get down to work! In this lesson, I will demonstrate how to research the piece, by first identifying all the research required. ”
In this video lesson Katie Hafner addresses the topic: Getting Down to Work: The Productivity Spreadsheet, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Non-fiction Writing: Tell the Real Story. Discover the Milestone Approach for productive writing, as you learn to get to the heart of a true story and write with flair and creativity.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Getting Down to Work: The productivity Spreadsheet In the last lesson, I showed you how to build the structure using a whiteboard/easel, and put all your thoughts together on how the story would flow. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to break that down into discrete tasks using a spreadsheet. I'd like to walk you through the reason that I do this. I am not a disciplined writer. I'm going to tell you this, frankly, writing is hard. When you get stuck, I don't know about you, but I tend to think about what's in the refrigerator. I convince myself that I need to take a break, even t...”
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Course summary for: Creative Non-fiction Writing: Tell the Real Story
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Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Katie Hafner
A course by Katie Hafner
Katie Hafner is a journalist and book author from New York, US. After graduating with a degree in German literature she went on to complete a master’s in journalism from Columbia University, and pursue her lifelong passion for writing. She then began working at a community newspaper in Lake Tahoe and worked her way up through different publications until she was hired by The New York Times in 1998.
Katie worked at The New York Times for ten years and remains a regular contributor. She has also worked at BusinessWeek and Newsweek, and written for several publications such as Esquire, Wired, The Washington Post, and The New York Times Magazine. Katie is also the author of six non-fiction books covering a range of topics from computer hackers, German reunification, pianist Glenn Gould, and even her own memoir. As well as this, Katie is the creator and host of the podcast Lost Women of Science.
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