AP Guide to News Writing (Chs 3-5)
Writing leads, using periods, and avoiding journalese.
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I like the idea of finding the different hook to each story as discussed on page twenty-seven. I noticed in workbook 3 there were ideas for different hooks such as the fact that the 1st guy who lost his jump drive... Read More
During my reading, I found an interesting tie between a topic covered in Chapter 3 and the general area of Journalese covered in Chapter 5. The Ch. 3 section titled "Try Writing 'Visually'" says a reporter can avoid writing ineffective... Read More
AP Guide to News Writing (Chapters 3-5) "The more action your lead conveys, the better. Strong verbs are important." Leads are the hook of the... Read More
I found the text on Leads to be of significance. A great example of revising a lead to make it more interesting is the story from Frankfort, Ky. "Thou shalt post the Ten Commandments on the classroom wall, says a... Read More
"Like a fiddle string, a good lead is the product of the right tension. Or, to get the metaphors out of the way, the lead is an hors d'oeuvre, intended to whet the appetite, not to provide a three-course dinner"... Read More
"The goal...is to stress those angles that are least like the routine of other stories" (27).If is the news does not seem interesting, the journalist must write in a way that makes an ordinary story unordinary. I immediatly thought of... Read More
Chapters 3-5, in <em>Guide to News Writing</em> by Rene Cappon, helped me know how to form a good lead, use just the right amount of words and know how to prevent journalese-ism(that's not a word...) Actually I knew what journalese... Read More
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... Read More
These chapters helped me more than anything. I had a lot of problems getting started with papers, and after reading these chapters I honestly feel that I will have a lot easier time starting my papers from now on!
Actually, I thought the reading to be a bit bland. Nothing exciting except the chapter on leads. I had gotten a lot from that chapter. I feel that it would be exciting to be a lead writer. Fun! Short and to the point to captivate the audience with only a few sentences.
From my understandings before I read chapter 3, I thought leads especially in news papers were only supposed to be 1 sentence long? Does it really matter as long as its short and to the point?
Reading these chapters I really learned a lot. some of the things I learned was that it is better to have too much rather than too little. It said "Theres no known cure for leads that say too little" I thought this was a very helpful statement.I also liked the quote "The lead is the bait, the lure, the tender trap for the reader, a source of much fear and loathing for the writer." This really explains how important it is for the lead to suck the reader in. Also i learned that its ok to have a short lead because it doesnt take a lot of words to be effective.
Reading these chapters I really learned a lot. some of the things I learned was that it is better to have too much rather than too little. It said "Theres no known cure for leads that say too little" I thought this was a very helpful statement.I also liked the quote "The lead is the bait, the lure, the tender trap for the reader, a source of much fear and loathing for the writer." This really explains how important it is for the lead to suck the reader in. Also i learned that its ok to have a short lead because it doesnt take a lot of words to be effective.
Here is the link to my blog... http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MariaPezzuti/2007/09/journalese.html