Categorías: Todo - stories - techniques - narrative - details

por David Rincon hace 6 años

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Sample Mind Map

The text explores various storytelling techniques suitable for different media formats, emphasizing the importance of organization and structure. The question/answer format aids in organizing stories by addressing key questions, making it a useful approach for both print and mobile media.

Sample Mind Map

Story Forms

List technique

Effective technique for news releases, which should be brief.
Starts with a summary, followed by a nut graph. Provides backup info for with quotes, fact or both.
Limit lists in beginnings & middles of stories to 5 items or fewer.
Works for studies about stories: government stories such as meetings

Question/answer format

Is very useful for mobile media stories
Good technique for print and web stories
Organizes stories by questions and answers
go over the map

put your mind to work

recall as many details as you can about the keywords you added

Selections technique

Has two different section stories for organizing it
Times frames
Points of view
Often used in narrative writing
make info

easier to remember

interesting

save time
Works best for in-depth stories such as
Mobile media devices
Web pages
Investigation or long features
Involves dividing story into sections

Hourglass Structure

Useful for crime or disaster stories
Used when story has a dramatic action that lends itself to a chronological order
Disadvantage

May repeat some key info in the top of the story

Advantage

Narrative storytelling in chronological portion adds drama to story

Can start as an inverted pyramid, but it covers stories in a chronological way
Has more like a sand watch structure

WSJ formula

Introductory paragraph, backup paragraph, finally quote or anecdote
Goes from the specific to the general news

Inverted Pyramid

Story is structured with the most important info. at the top, followed by supporting points in order of importance.
Disadvantages

Reader may not read past important information

Advantages

Read gets important information fast

One of the most common writing forms of breaking news