Challenge #2
Add more storytelling to your writing.
Stories make news and current event more personal and relatable to the audience.
Remember some important features of storytelling:
Use people’s first & last names
They can be real, or if you don’t want to expose the person’s name, you can use a fake name.
Create a setting
Where & when is this taking place? In San Francisco last month? In a church? At a school auditorium? At a cafe?
Use imagery to paint a picture
The 5 senses help bring your story to life - touch, smell, taste, sight, sound.
Use dialogue
Emphasize the conflict/problem that the person is going through
Don’t forget to transition from your story into the topic for your article, since the story is just a creative hook
However, please feel free to mention the story at different points throughout your article.
This challenge asks you to add a story to whatever article you are working on using one or more of the elements above.
Pro Tip
If you already started with a story, your challenge is to also bring that story back in the ending in a clever way, or to have a different story in the ending.