Revisiting - Don't Write, Tell

Revisiting - Don't Write, Tell

February 10, 2026 · 13 min

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Noel King discusses the importance of storytelling through conversation before writing.

Noel King says first things first. Before writing a story, take a friend to a bar and tell them the story. On this archive episode of Sound School , Noel says that's the approach she took back when she reported for Planet Money and it worked like a charm. Her writing was more like telling.

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