How to Write a Narrative Power Edit

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I don't subscribe to the belief all the time that it's our story because we're the journalists that wrote it. I would recommend Sendia Darks, the Narrative Power Edit, which is available on a Google Doc online. She talks about examining the power within your story and considering your own power and bias. And then how much voice are you giving to the people who don't have power and how much voice do you give to the people of the most power or the systems that have the most power? You know, it can be very extractive. It can be taking. But at the same time, if you want to do a narrative that makes people feel moved to tears or

Erika Hayasaki has written for The New York Times Magazine, Wired, and The Atlantic. Her new book is Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family.

“I don’t subscribe to the belief that it’s our story because we’re the journalist that wrote it — especially when people are sharing these really intimate, deep, painful moments. That is not my story. That’s their story that they've collaborated in a way with me to share through these interviews.”

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