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.
~ Jessica Abel from, Episode 2: Focus – Jessica Abel
Elsewhere, this is 4ujepo1. — slipbox
Episode 2 of Jessica Abel’s Out on the Wire podcast continues to be really good.
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