Do journalists actually use the inverted pyramid these days? I don't
even thing most know what a pyramid is.
On 10/7/2013 2:42 PM, Bob W wrote:
The inverted pyramid is the writer's friend as far as this sort of thing is
concerned.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid>
On 7 Oct 2013, at 10:25, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
tl;dr
It's missing an intro. There's no clear reason why it would be
fruitful to climb that mountain of text. I got three paras in and gave
up.
Simply leaving a blank line between para's would also help, a bit.
Tell 'em what your're going to say.
Say it.
Summarize what you said.
Or indeed:
Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em
Tell 'em
Tell 'em what you just told 'em
(Which is not the same as the inverted pyramid)
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
Nobody's going to read that, whatever it's about. Several long blocks of text -
why should anyone want to read it?
Whatever it is you want to say, say it in less than 7 short sentences.
B
On 7 Oct 2013, at 08:56, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
Stuff
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crazier.
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