Take these 4 steps to creating an analogy
Sometimes you’ll find a metaphor in an interview. Other times, it’s up to you to create one yourself.… Read the full article
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How to interview a person for an article
‘Get the name of the dog’ and other ways to get creative material
I still remember — more than a decade later — one of the thousand heartbreaking stories about Hurricane Katrina victims, an AP report about the Superdome evacuation:
Many people had dogs, and they could not take them on the bus.
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Conduct background research, observational research and interviews
You’ve heard the phrase “hog in, sausage out.” That means that what you get out of the grinder will be no better than what you put in it.… Read the full article
How to interview for an article to get stories
How to find the aha! moment and other tools
Call it an aha! moment:
Alone in his laboratory on a snowy evening the week before Christmas, Dr.
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