story forms
story structures
Inverted pyramid
When do you use it ?
For breaking news. But it is only one of several ways to write news.
structure
the most important information at the top of the story, followed by supporting points in descending order of importance.
The wall street journal formula
how to recognize it
It startS with a soft lead, focusing on a person, scene or event.
what is its structure?
Goes from the specific to the general, starting with a paragraph about a person, place or event that illustrates the main point of the story.
Hourglass estruture
how to recognze it?
The hourglass form can start like the inverted pyramid, giving the most important hard-news information in the top of the story.
whats the diffrence?
hourglass tuture contains chronological storytelling for a part or for the rest of the story. This approach also works for broadcast news.
the list
is usefull for
investigations
is compose by
bullet points
sections technique
is dvided in
sections,like chapters
question answer format
we used in
interviews
its structure
it beggins with a question and then is answering
constructing stories
in the body or middle
the lead can be anecdotal, descriptive or narrative.
followed by
a focus graph – nut graph – that gives the main point of the story.
the end
usually comes full circle
by using
a quote or anecdote from the person in the lead development of something mentioned in the beginning of the story.