Monday, August 31, 2009

Writing a Great Story Starts With Writing a Killer Paragraph.

By Kameron Keiran

Generally it is well-known that's introductions involve writing a short passage on the subject. The important point about writing a good introduction is to make it catchy to the reader. In order to do this it must capture the essence of the story and bring out this essence through an example. This is important as otherwise you won't be capturing the real essence of the story and people will read only just a few lines.

If you're going to start writing, make sure it's short intro. When readers see a headline they expect the writing below it to contain content which relates to that headline. There's only so much time a reader will spend with an intro about sports when the headline suggested the article was about vacations.

Even if the intro, at its end, would have captured the essence of what the author was trying to say. Ask yourself; is it short enough that a reader won't lose patience before the writing returns to the topic at hand?

If you look at the intro piece given above, you will find that it's really short. This is the kind of intro that works with the reader. Why? Here the reader is aware of the subject matter that they are reading, They are aware of the information they will be getting from the intro, in a general sense and so they know what they will get when they read the story.

Starting with a long introduction that appears to bear no relevance to the headline is the number one killer of otherwise good writing.

In case you use big anecdote, you must let your reader be aware of how it is connected to your subject, otherwise you will find that readers will opt out of reading your topic, even before you bring out your point.

More essence in fewer words; the function of an introduction is to convey something about your broader point.

If you want to do this right, you have to think about your intro in a broader sense and include those details which bring this out and leave out those that don't. So, if you have extra details such as dates, names, descriptions and diversions but which are not really necessary for the essence of the anecdote, do not mention them as they will only distract the reader.

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In order to gain reader attention, you have to write out a good introductory passage by giving it that much thought and consideration. It is how you present the introduction that leads the rest of the story for the reader. So, think about our intro carefully and only put into it those details which help to do this and leave out those that don't.

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