I hadn't looked at my Body Weather book proposal in years, and it was really fun to consider it from a craft perspective with Erika Hayasaki. Thanks to @niemanstoryboard.org for publishing it! @beaconpress.bsky.social
“This is the narrative structure I envisioned for the book from the start, looping between personal anecdotes and more observatory reporting.”
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In 2024, author Lorraine Boissoneault won the Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for "Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene." Now she shares what it took to complete her book in this new @niemanstoryboard.org annotation with Erika Hayasaki. @lodrinkswater.bsky.social
My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: @mallarytenore.bsky.social on @rachelaviv.bsky.social's Pulitzer finalist story, plus @jamiattenberg.bsky.social's #1000wordsofsummer, @nazriahi.bsky.social on rejection, and Paul Kix on editor feedback.
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“I need to invest in the story,” O’Brien said. “If people aren’t calling me back, maybe what I need to do is just go to French Lick."
Boissoneault, whose proposal won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2024, breaks down how she wrote it
“I wanted it to read as smoothly and as perceptively as fiction as possible, and for it to be really rooted in character and story.”
My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org, with links and stories from @erininthemorning.com @tommytomlinson.bsky.social @mallarytenore.bsky.social @mindahoney.bsky.social @michellekrupa.bsky.social @rahawahaile.bsky.social @coletteshade.bsky.social
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Our Friday newsletter: Inside Lorraine Boissoneault's award-winning book proposal for “Body Weather.”
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“When you change that perspective, what you get is a really, completely different story,” O’Brien said. “And maybe more important than that, you get a completely different cast of characters.” @keithob.bsky.social
The New Yorker staff writer talks about finding the right story structure and working with a family to access medical records and journals.
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In 2024, author Lorraine Boissoneault won the Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for "Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene." Now she shares what it took to complete her book in this new @niemanstoryboard.org annotation with Erika Hayasaki. @lodrinkswater.bsky.social
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Rachel Aviv's annotations on a woman's schizophrenia diagnosis. Plus: Asking editors the right questions
The author of ‘A Marriage at Sea’ found her voice — and a deep archive of diaries, films, and interviews — to tell the true story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey
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Plus: Season Two of Nieman Storyboard’s podcast is coming soon, and is an MFA worth it?
