We finally got to the good stuff. This week in my basic news
writing class we reviewed storytelling. For the past 12 or 13 weeks in this
course we have been reviewing all of the basics from grammar to writing leads. This
was up until a few weeks ago when we were given our first assignment to write a
news story on weather in Erie, PA. Yesterday in class we got a better
understanding of what it takes to write a good story. After all good stories
make great news stories. Or don’t they?
All stories consist of a beginning middle and end. Each
particular component plays a significant role in the story its self.
The Beginning
·
Introduction of characters and conflict (sounds
like a lead to me!)
The Middle
·
Unfolding the story or conflict
The End
·
Conclusion or resolution of the conflict
After reviewing these elements we applied them to regular
fairy tales and then news stories. And before the end of class we were all
assigned to turn a fairy tale into a new story! I guess a good story does make
a great news story after all! Here is my news story on the three little pigs.
On Tuesday Afternoon, three brothers were under the attack
which left two houses and the suspect dead. The three little pigs were attacked
one by one while in the safety of their home by the big bad wolf. He attacked
the first little pig whose house was made out of straw. A neighbor said they
heard screams from both the first little pig and the wolf.
“Let me in, let me in, or I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I will
blow you house in! The wolf was
screaming at the first little pig, I’m not sure if I heard the first little pig
right but I am sure he shouted back not by the hairs of my chinney chin chin.
The wolf blew his house down,” says an anonymous neighbor.
The neighbor says that the next thing they heard was a loud
crash which sounded like the first little pigs house being destroyed. According
to Police officers the first little pigs house was made out of straw and
destroyed by the huffing and puffing of the big bad wolf.
“I ran as fast as I could. Fortunately for me I was able to
make it to my brother’s house, before the wolf could catch me and eat me up.
When I got there he banged on the door again, and screamed let me in let me in
or I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in. Once again I found my
brother and I running for our lives he just wouldn’t give up” says the first
little pig.
Police on the scene say that the big bad wolf
was very a persistent attacker. When He came across the last brother’s brick
house even though he could not blow it down still attempted to get in. The big
bad wolf climbed up the chimney, and fell into a boiling pot of water to his
death. Officials cannot
