Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro Audiobook (Free)

From respected journalist, professor, and founder of the Writer’s Symposium by the ocean, a book that demystifies the art and science of interviewing, in the vein of On Writing Well or How to Read Literature Such as a Professor.

“Dean Nelson is one of the best interviewers around.”-Anne Lamott

Interviewing may be the single most significant way journalists (and doctors, lawyers, social workers, educators, human resources personnel, and, really, all of us) get information. Yet to many, an ideal interview about Talk to Me: How exactly to Request Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro feels more like fortune than skill-a rare confluence of rapport, topic, and timing. But the thing is, great interviews aren’t the result of serendipity and intuition, but rather the consequence of cautious planning and good journalistic habits. And Dean Nelson is here now to show you how exactly to nail the perfect interview every time.

Sketching on forty-years of award-winning journalism and his encounter as the founder and sponsor of the Writer’s Symposium by the ocean, Nelson walks readers through each step of the trip from deciding whom to interview and structuring concerns, towards the nitty gritty of how to use a recording device and effective note-taking strategies, to the ethical dilemmas of interviewing people you like (and loathe). He also includes case studies of popular interviews to show readers how these principles play out in real time.

Chalk full of comprehensive, time-tested, gold-standard advice, Speak to Me is an indispensable instruction towards the subtle artwork from the interview guaranteed to afford readers with the skills and confidence they need next time they say, “speak to me.”