Writing a Non-fiction Book: Capture Real-life Experiences
The Follow up Interview
A course by Duncan Barrett , Writer and Editor
About the video: The Follow up Interview
Overview
“Here you’ll look at the follow-up interview, going much deeper into a particular aspect of the overall story. Then, I’ll show you how to identify the deepest seams and prep for this more detailed and often more tricky interview process. ”
In this video lesson Duncan Barrett addresses the topic: The Follow up Interview, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Non-fiction Book: Capture Real-life Experiences. Turn a true story into an engaging page-turner by exploring interview methods, writing techniques, and character development for non-fiction writing.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Follow-Up Interview In this lesson, we'll look at the follow-up interview. This is where we drill down in a lot more detail into a particular part of Marta's story. If I were writing a book about Marta, I'd schedule lots of these interviews. I often spend a week or more. SCHEDULING In her case, it might be a day on her childhood, a day on her teenage years, and maybe a day on her career leading up to CNN, so each interview would be focussed around a particular part of the story. I find it's often quite helpful to tell your interviewees in advance. it gives them a chance to prepare the...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Non-fiction Book: Capture Real-life Experiences
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Communication, Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Duncan Barrett
A course by Duncan Barrett
Writer and Editor Duncan Barrett grew up as an avid reader and a lover of history. After studying English literature at university he went to drama school and decided to pursue a career as an actor, while working in publishing on the side. In 2009 Duncan found a WW1 memoir in the Imperial War Museum archive that he turned into a published book, The Reluctant Tommy.
The insight he gained in writing an impactful book-length story sparked a chain of events that led him to become an author of narrative non-fiction specializing in biography and memoir. His work includes the series’ The Sugar Girls and GI Brides which he wrote with his partner and which appeared in the The Sunday Times and The New York Times bestsellers’ lists. Duncan is also known for his solo titles such as Men of Letters, which was nominated for the People's Book Prize, Hitler's British Isles, and Ronnie Le Drew's showbiz memoir Unzipped. He also writes features for The Guardian.
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