Writing Good Leads for Narratives

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Writing Good Leads for Narratives

Strong Leads Good writers work on their leads. They try several versions. They redraft and revise! Because a bad (or dull) lead influences the reader.

Why is it important? A good lead… … sets the tone of the piece. …tells the reader something about what they will be reading. …establishes voice and verb tense. I or they Is or was …grounds the writer. Makes it easier to write

What doesn’t always work Your writing starts when the story starts. A timeline (and then, and then) A list of things the reader should know.

Typical It was a day at the end of June. My mom, dad, brother and I were at our camp on Rangeley Lake. We arrived the night before at 10:00, so it was dark when we got there and unpacked. We went straight to bed. The next morning, when I was eating breakfast, my dad started yelling for me from down at the dock at the top of his lungs. He said there was a car in the lake.

Three Ways to Start a Narrative Action - Jump right into the action of the story and then flash back to the exposition. Dialogue Reaction

Action A main character doing something I gulped my milk, pushed away from the table, and bolted out of the kitchen slamming the broken screen door behind me. I ran down to our dock as fast as my legs could carry me. My feet pounded on the old wood, hurrying me toward my dad’s voice. “Scott!” he bellowed again. “Coming, Dad!” I gasped. I couldn’t see him yet – just the sais of boats that had already put out into the lake for the day.

Dialogue Characters Speaking “Scott! Get down here on the double!” Dad bellowed. His voice sounded far away. “Dad?” I hollered. “Where are you?” I squinted through the screen door but I couldn’t see him. “I’m down on the dock. MOVE IT. You’re not going to believe this,” he replied.

Reaction A character thinking I couldn’t imagine why my father was hollering for me at 7:00 in the morning. I thought fast about what I might have done to get him so riled. Had he found out about the way I had talked to my mother the night before, when we got to camp and she asked me to help unpack the car? Did he discover the fishing reel I broke last week? Before I could consider a third possibility, Dad’s voice shattered my thoughts. “Scott! Move it! You’re not going to believe this!”

Which was the best? Why do you like it?

Assignment Choose a piece you are working on or have already finished. Write out your original lead. Rewrite the lead using two (or three) of the techniques we just learned about. Draft due tomorrow. Be prepared to share.