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True Tale: Stories with their sources showing.

Rarely does a single archive hold everything relevant to a story worth telling, particularly for subjects whose lives crossed institutional boundaries. Personal papers might sit in one...

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Rarely does a single archive hold everything relevant to a story worth telling, particularly for subjects whose lives crossed institutional boundaries. Personal papers might sit in one institution, official records in another, and...

Sometimes a correction is technically issued but arrives so long after the original error that it can no longer reach the...

Most formal reports follow a fairly predictable shape: a summary of purpose, a description of method, a presentation of...

A well constructed scene, grounded in specific, verified detail, lets a reader experience a moment rather than simply being...

Laying out every dated fact from a research project on a single timeline, regardless of which source it came from, often...

A true story sometimes lacks the dramatic tension a writer instinctively wants, and the temptation to manufacture conflict...

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Following One Story Across Several RepositoriesThe recordThe Correction That Comes Too Late to MatterUnderstanding the Structure of a Formal ReportThe Use of Scene in Evidence-Based WritingBuilding a Chronology as a Research ToolAvoiding Manufactured Tension for Narrative EffectTesting a Claim Against Independent ThreadsWriting About the Dead: Obligations That Outlast the SubjectFollowing a Footnote Trail ResponsiblyRead the Finding Aid Before You Request a BoxUsing Recurring Motifs Without Forcing Them

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