Hello Classmates!
A tip that stood out to me from the slides was Tip 1. The headline should be worded differently from the lead.
Use a headline to capture the attention of the reader. I think of it like a marketing tool or advertisement. You want the essential information in the headline to draw in the audience. Online readers have a short attention span. That is why the headline has to be concise and summarize the story in a few words. Repeating yourself in the lead could bore the reader and that is not something you want to do as a writer.
The lead should not be a repeat of your headline. It should be a summary of the story and tell the reader the impact of the story on them.
The mistake I noticed this week occurred while I was writing my book report. I feel stupid about the mistake. I was reading a grammar book for crying out loud. I got a semicolon and colon mixed up. Luckily, I caught while doing my final edit. My grammar book says that colons and semicolons can never be used interchangeably. Semicolons create a longer pause in a sentence between independent clauses. A colon is used in between independent if the second sentence expands the first sentence.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Steve.
I thought tip #1 was interesting as well. I noticed that when I am writing leads I tend to repeat a lot of the information that is already in the headline. I will need to practice this tip a bit more!
ReplyDeleteI loved your meme with colons and semicolons! That's actually the same thing I discussed in my tip this week. Always a good thing to remember.
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