title: Creative Interviewing: The Writer's Guide to Gathering Information By Asking Questions
author:  Ken Metzler 
description: <P><B></B> This comprehensive book covers everything an aspiring interviewer needs to know from developing listening and observation skills to conducting interviews by electronic mail and surfing the Internet for story ideas. <B></B> <I>Creative Interviewing</I> aids readers by using examples and anecdotal accounts of actual professional experiences. Readers are provided with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for and conduct a strong interview, how to obtain dramatic anecdotes from sources, how to build conversational rapport, how to conduct interviews for broadcast, and how to cope with the dynamics of a series of interviews on a certain topic. <B></B> For any professional who wishes to improve their interviewing skills. </P>
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  Copyright © 2018 Amy H. Smith  
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  > This book is dedicated to my wonderful family - my parents, Leigh and
  > Andrew, and my brothers Michael and Nicholas. Thank you for your support
  > throughout my entire life.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  [Interview basics  
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  Dress for success  
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  The thank you note  
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  Interview preparation  
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  Your pre-interview routine  
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  How to prepare for any question  
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  Preparing your "stories"  
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  Practice questions  
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  [1\. Experience questions  
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  [2\. Character questions  
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  [3\. Ambitions questions  
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