Follow with the older or less important information. Readers will often stop reading after the first few paragraphs, so it’s important that they have a good grasp of the story.
Inverted Pyramid: In a straight news story, it’s best to get the most important information in your story up to the top. No quotes needed, but the information still needs to be attributed to Frank– she’s the one who said it.
Paraphrased Quotes: Here is where you could use what Frank had said and rewrite it: Officers arrived on the scene around 9:00 a.m., Frank said. If she had said, “That huge pig just sat there with tears running down his face and I thought my heart would burst,” well, that’s far more quote worthy. For instance, if Frank had said, “Officers arrived on the scene at about 9:00 a.m.,” you wouldn’t quote that. Don’t quote material that isn’t quote worthy. O Geoffrey Saint never could have imagined what he’d meet in the middle of Interstate 94 during his drive to church Sunday morning.ĭirect Quotes: Quotes breathe life into a story, but can be abused. O Tailgate the pig lay snoring in the middle of Interstate 94, oblivious to the fire trucks and squad cars that had gathered around him. The results can flounder and die, or have a great impact. If you answer the “5 w’s and one h” on the second or third sentences, you can be more creative with the first.
You are a journalist who is sent to report on the death of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.