Writing
Here we finish the job of writing the news story, which we began in Chapter 4: Writing the intro in simple steps . We consider ranking key points, structuring them in a logical way, and the importance of checking the story before handing it in. _______________________________________________________ The first hurdle has been cleared when you have written your intro. You have made a good start - but only a start. You now have to tackle the rest of the story to ensure the second, third and following paragraphs live up to the promise of the intro. With a thorough understanding of the story, its content and its implications, and with the appropriate intro composed, the remainder of the story should fall into place quite naturally. It should become natural for you to take the readers and listeners by the hand and lead them through the story so that they absorb easily the information you have gathered. Remember the inverted pyramid Remember the inverted pyramid. Using this st...