The Inverted Pyramid. An oldie but goodie. Consider this most fundamental of storytelling forms the basic black of your journalistic wardrobe. It never goes out of style. What lessons of the inverted pyramid apply in today’s digital platforms? Today’s lead becomes a Twitter blast. Sum it up in 140 characters (with a link). This is a real challenge. Tight writing is at a premium, as it has always been. But in this information driven landscape, does the art of the narrative in story telling get lost. At its heart, it’s always about the story.
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Three things to understand:
- Grammar.
- Sentence structure.
- How to write without adverbs or adjectives.
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The Inverted Pyramid is an oldie but still a goodie. Classics seldom go out of style
The Inverted Pyramid.
Never goes out of style