[JOU 3101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (24 pages long)
29 Mar 2017
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Usable quote but no revealing answers: techniques. How people speak is often as important as what they say. Interview error: lack of background, lying-intentional or unintentional, bad memory- subject, interviewer, subject"s lack of information, misunderstanding. Save it for later: must be done well, reveal something important, starts with a little story, often about an individual associated with the dialogue. Anecdotal lede story: sets a scene, a mood, little person, big picture. Common problems with ledes: dull, ho-hum, no tension, no energy to driving the writing forward, cluttered, more than one idea. Too many meaningless words: flabby; it says, i don"t care what this story is about, mechanical. It says stay away, you don"t know enough to read this: predictable written in journalese or bureaucratese. A private conversation among those who speak the same. Make a specific promise to the reader, then deliver: context. Answer the question, why should i read this story? meaning: form.
