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    Out on the Wire Episode 2: Focus

    Out on the Wire Episode 2: Focus

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    Out on the Wire Episode 2: Focus

    FromOut on the Wire

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    Length:
    41 minutes
    Released:
    Sep 21, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    How can we know if an idea is a good one? This time on Out on the Wire, we investigate how to refine story ideas using the focus sentence and the X/Y story formula. Plus, Ira Glass recounts a reporting trip gone sideways and Jay Allison's takedown of formulaic storytelling. 
    Released:
    Sep 21, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (19)

    Out on the Wire is the show about making stories, step by step. Join cartoonist Jessica Abel as she breaks down the principles of storytelling and puts you on the path to crafting your own story—in prose, comics, audio, video—in any narrative art form, fiction or nonfiction. Featuring radio and podcasting star producers from This American Life, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, and many more. Listen, learn, and collaborate with us to make something great.