I found the chapter on leads and the chapter on journalese to have some good ideas. The chapter of periods and sentence length(16-17 words p.38) was pretty beat. I like to think of leads as an action movie preview. They are short, to the point, and give you all the important info needed. Think about it, watch a preview for action movies and your watching all the important/action scenes in the movie. Which is kinda like a lead-you get all the info quick. You still read the story the same way you still watch a movie. Then the chapter on that journalese was kinda like Dr. Jerz beating that old 40s era press talk in the movies out of our heads. It was all cliche speak-so to speak.
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That was a really good comparison, a movie preview. The lead should be short and to the point. I can hear it now "A roomfull of eager students, ready to conquer the deadly task of newswriting, when all of a sudden..........."
Posted by Jeremy Barrick | October 16, 2007 11:29 PM
Posted on October 16, 2007 23:29