Alternatives to Inverted Pyramid

to write a narrative you must know the (blah)

"archetypal trappings of story and character"

use active voice to (blah)

- avoid passive constructions (keeps story going on) - helps to keep to the subject-verb-object order

alternative story structures

- chronology - news narrative - focus narrative

why use the alternative structure?

- make articles more human - let's the writer be more diverse

alternative story options

- set the scene - dialogue - anecdotes - foreshadowing

story types

- tragedy - pathos - bathos

pathos

a victim helpless in current circumstances not of his or her own making (inspires pity and sadness)

start with the person/scene and (blah)

build the story

news narrative

combines the inverted pyramid and chronology format

focus narrative

follows one individual who is representative of a larger group

tragedy

hero has a flaw that brings about downfall (free will to change outcome)

dialogue

highlighting the conversation you captured between two or more individuals

foreshadowing

keep them in suspense to keep reading

structure is (blah)

like a book

are alternatives to inverted pyramid used for breaking news?

no (at least when barely releasing)

details appear (blah)

one by one, paragraph by paragraph

bathos

presents a victim in melodrama action (the good are destroyed by the bad)

set the scene

reporter has to observe and capture all the senses and environment

anecdotes

short story

chronology

take and tell the story in a chronological order (may not be reflect the most important aspect first, may be reflected last)

archetypal

the story behind the story/outside the setting

most important information is (blah)

throughout

facts build one sentence, paragraph at a time

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