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Fill Your Pockets With Endings

HowSound by Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org

Aug 26, 202522:01Technology

NPR's Robert Smith says when he's writing and gets to the end of a story he has empty pockets. He's used all the good stuff and left nothing for the end. To combat that problem, Robert studied endings from some of his fa...

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Fill Your Pockets With Endings is an episode from HowSound by Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org. NPR's Robert Smith says when he's writing and gets to the end of a story he has empty pockets. He's used all the good stuff and left nothing for th...

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Published Aug 26, 2025, 22:01 long, audio available.

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NPR's Robert Smith says when he's writing and gets to the end of a story he has empty pockets. He's used all the good stuff and left nothing for the end. To combat that problem, Robert studied endings from some of his favorite reporters and put together a list of categories that broadly describe memorable story endings.

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Published Aug 26, 2025 and 22:01 long