6 TRAITS OF WRITING LEADS Have you ever read the first page of a book and decided that you don t like it The lead is what hooks the reader in it is the very beginning of the story If the lead is more interesting it will make the reader what to keep reading the story that is wrote ID: 357145
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Organization
6 TRAITS OF WRITING Slide2
LEADS
Have you ever read the first page of a book and decided that you don
’
t like it?
The lead is what hooks the reader in, it is the very beginning of the story.
If the lead is more interesting it will make the reader what to keep reading the story that is wrote.
Leads are not only in stories but in articles and movies as well. Slide3
Big Potato Lead
Jumping into the middle or end of your story and leave the reader wanting more.
Here is an example from a movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
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Did you want to keep watching? Slide4
Snapshot Lead
Creating a picture in the readers mind.
Here is an example:
https://
www.youtube.com
/watch?v=
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Talking Leads
Start the story off with dialogue between characters.
Here is an Example:
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watch?v
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Thinking Leads
Start with a thought inside a character or you.
Here is examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfU-
7YHoJ8I
Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death
. –Fault in our Stars Slide7
SET-UP LEADS
Set the action for the whole story in the opening. This means telling the reader what it is going to be about.
Examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
1evbei0hYzc
Has anyone seen Fault in our Stars? Slide8
MISLEADING LEADS
Set up expectations, then surprise the reader.
Examples: Slide9
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE LEAD?
The doorman of the Kilmarnock was six foot two. He wore a pale blue uniform and white gloves made his hands look enormous. He opened the door of the yellow taxi as gently as an old maid stroking a cat.
Big potato lead?
Snapshot lead?
Thinking lead?