Third Class - Notes by Aliya Levinstein

Recap

• Print Stories- past tense
• Broadcasting- present tense
• If you are starting a sentence with a number, spell it
• Names- first time, use first and last name.  every other time, use last name only.  
• Exception: when there are two people in the story with the same last name, define them by Mr., Mrs., Miss, etc.

Quotes

• Do not change the quotation
• How do you pick quotes out of many?
• Unique
• Said uniquely
• Do not repeat information
• Do not explain or analyze the quotes
• Do not have to use all of the information

The Communications Stairs

• INFORM (the focus of this class)
• add logic to CONVINCE
• add an emotional hook to INSPIRE
• CALL TO ACTION

Writing Leads

• Attributions are always preceded by a comma
• 25 words or less
• Include the 5 w's and the attribution
• Not too specific
• Watch clip of Shipping News
• Find the center, or "beating heart" of the story

Homework for 2/6: Read chapters 6 and 14; Write leads (only) for p. 114, second, third, and fourth set of facts.

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