Storytelling

      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