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The beginning of the ending

The beginning of the ending...

October 14, 2003

How good advice from (gasp!) an editor set up the setup This is a story about ...

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Who’s your paper’s most-quoted ‘expert’?

Who’s your paper’s...

May 29, 2003

He, or she, just might make a story In my last job, which in part involved ...

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Chunky soup

Chunky soup...

May 20, 2003

Life rarely gives you a seamless narrative. Here we employ three separate chunks of movement The ...

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Quotes? We don’t need your stinking quotes!

Quotes? We don’t need yo...

May 19, 2003

When your own syntax and structure do the talking No story writes itself, but you can ...

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Post-Rehab IV: What goes up? What goes down?

Post-Rehab IV: What goes up? W...

February 24, 2003

A multi-dimensional story demands a sequencing concession A few weeks before the Oscar nominations were handed ...

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Post-Rehab III: It’s a story because I say so

Post-Rehab III: It’s a s...

January 27, 2003

Chronicling C- and D-level personalities "The news is what I say it is." --David Brinkley That is a ...

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Post-Rehab II: Keeping it real

Post-Rehab II: Keeping it real...

January 22, 2003

A con man's story leads our hero to new heights of second-guessing Ever have this happen? ...

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Post-Rehab I: Whatever happened to…?

Post-Rehab I: Whatever happene...

January 22, 2003

Scratching an itch leads to an unexpected tale Okay, I think it's safe to say I'm ...

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Rehab V: D’oh! A gimmick addiction!

Rehab V: D’oh! A gimmick...

December 10, 2002

In which our hero is unable to leave well enough alone I think I made the ...

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Rehab IV: Feature writing on deadline

Rehab IV: Feature writing on d...

November 24, 2002

With little time to think, planning became the key virtue Background: So, I go to work ...

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