Creative Conversations: The Writer's Complete Guide to Conducting Interviews

by Michael Schumacher

Offers practical advice on preparing for, arranging, and conducting interviews, shows how to use an interviewee's words, and discusses legal and ethical aspects.

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 1991

About the author

A lifelong resident of the Great Lakes region, Michael Schumacher is the author of twelve books, including biographies of Allen Ginsberg, Phil Ochs, and Eric Clapton, and the award-winning book Wreck of the Carl D. He has also written twenty-five documentaries on Great Lakes shipwrecks and lighthouses.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good how-to on interviewing. Wordy, but still plenty of meat. The book was published in 1990, and has all the pre-Internet shortcomings that a book about professional writing would. But the information that doesn't rely on technical aspects -- pre-interview prep, conducting interviews, arranging and writing the piece, professional comportment -- are still great to take in.