Nonfiction Storytelling with Jon Ronson

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On being in charge of your story instead of your story being in charge of you

On being in charge of your story instead of your story being in charge of you

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Feb 24, 2025
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Hello! I’ve been thinking a lot about a conversation I had a few months ago with my friend, the documentary maker Adam Curtis. I’d had a worry about how to portray a particular character in my next book and I wanted Adam’s advice about it.

I’ll tell you more about my worry next week, because I want to skip straight to his advice. Which was: “Put it in there.”

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