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What is narrative non-fiction and how do you write a piece so powerful it is nominated for a Pulitzer? In this interview, Matt Hongoltz-Hetling talks about his process for finding stories worth writing about and how he turns them into award-winning articles.
23:25 - Interview starts
In the intro, I talk about Spotify (possibly) getting into audiobooks and Amazon (possibly) getting into podcasts as reported on The Hotsheet, and the New Publishing Standard. David Gaughran's How to Sell Books in 2020; a college student who used GPT3 to reach the top of Hacker News with an AI-generated blog post [The Verge]; and ALLi on Is Copyright Broken? Artificial Intelligence and Author Copyright. Plus, synchronicity in book research, and my personal podcast episode on Druids, Freemasons, and Frankenstein: The Darker Side of Bath, England (where I live!) www.booksandtravel.page/bath-...
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Matt Hongoltz-Hetling is a Pulitzer finalist and award-winning investigative journalist. He's also the author of A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear.
From writing for pennies an article to writing a Pulitzer-nominated article
What is narrative non-fiction?
How does narrative non-fiction differ from fiction?
Where ideas come from and how to begin forming a story idea
The necessity of being respectful of the real lives being examined and written about
Portraying interview subjects with shades of grey
Turning hours of source material into something coherent
Finding the balance between story structure and meaning
Knowing when an idea is appropriate for a book
You can find Matt Hongoltz-Hetling at www.matt-hongoltzhetling.com and on Twitter @hh_matt
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