By Brendan O’Meara
Cassidy Randall is a freelance writer based out of Montana, and her piece for The Atavist Magazine, “Alone at the Edge of the World,” just dropped.
It’s a harrowing piece and one that really flexes the muscles of what a reporter/writer can do to re-create scenes when they weren’t present for the “main action.”
We talk about how reading fiction helps her with her nonfiction, dealing with rejection, attention to rhythm in sentences, pacing, and a whole lot more.
She’s also collaborated on a book with Oksana Masters, which you can pre-order here.
The conversation starts with an under-the-weather Jonah Ogles, who was the lead editor of this piece. He has a knack for bringing out the best in boat stories. He loves working on an adventure story and this piece delivers on that in spades.
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