Comments on: Want to write well? Open with a punch, close with a kick http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Recent Readings~ I hope you like them too. « Randomlyabstract's Blog http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick/comment-page-1#comment-766649 Recent Readings~ I hope you like them too. « Randomlyabstract's Blog Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:18:27 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick#comment-766649 [...] http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick [...] [...] http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick [...]

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick/comment-page-1#comment-643732 Lorraine Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:54:47 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick#comment-643732 This is a terrific post with really helpful suggestions--I especially love the useful kicker tips. Ahh, the agony of ledes. I rebel at the thought of writing 50 ledes. But the truth? In the time I take to squeeze out one much cut-and-pasted lede, I could probably churn out 50 less massaged versions. Well...maybe 20. Some suggest writing the lede last. But I have a hard time with this. I'm just too methodically compulsive. Plus I feel the lede sets tone for the whole piece. In any case, I'm putting <em>Writing to Deadline</em> on my Xmas List. Thanks. This is a terrific post with really helpful suggestions–I especially love the useful kicker tips.

Ahh, the agony of ledes.

I rebel at the thought of writing 50 ledes. But the truth? In the time I take to squeeze out one much cut-and-pasted lede, I could probably churn out 50 less massaged versions. Well…maybe 20.

Some suggest writing the lede last. But I have a hard time with this. I’m just too methodically compulsive. Plus I feel the lede sets tone for the whole piece.

In any case, I’m putting Writing to Deadline on my Xmas List.

Thanks.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick/comment-page-1#comment-642423 Matthew Stibbe Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:01:47 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick#comment-642423 @Claudia, thanks for the kind comments and feedback. I picked the examples from copies of the New Yorker, Economist and Wired that were sitting on my desk so they are pretty representative of everyday copy from good magazines but not of the best possible copy! :) @Claudia, thanks for the kind comments and feedback. I picked the examples from copies of the New Yorker, Economist and Wired that were sitting on my desk so they are pretty representative of everyday copy from good magazines but not of the best possible copy! :)

]]> By: Claudia http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick/comment-page-1#comment-642422 Claudia Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:58:27 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick#comment-642422 Hi Matt, I came across this site by chance and I just love it. It's unpretentious, informative and fun, and I think the content works for any writer, whether established or just starting out. With respect to your post on ledes and kickers, I like most of the lede examples you provided although I did have some difficulty with the one about underwater cameras. I'm not sure why. It seems a bit wishy-washy. Anyway, good post & great site. Thanks. Take care. claudia Hi Matt,
I came across this site by chance and I just love it. It’s unpretentious, informative and fun, and I think the content works for any writer, whether established or just starting out.
With respect to your post on ledes and kickers, I like most of the lede examples you provided although I did have some difficulty with the one about underwater cameras. I’m not sure why. It seems a bit wishy-washy.
Anyway, good post & great site. Thanks. Take care.

claudia

]]> By: Matt http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick/comment-page-1#comment-642060 Matt Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:34:35 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick#comment-642060 Oops, 4th sentence! Please feel free to moderate both my comments away, by the way. Oops, 4th sentence! Please feel free to moderate both my comments away, by the way.

]]> By: Matt http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick/comment-page-1#comment-642059 Matt Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:33:38 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/want-to-write-well-open-with-a-punch-close-with-a-kick#comment-642059 Is the third sentence a test of the observation/grammar skills of your readership? :) Is the third sentence a test of the observation/grammar skills of your readership?

:)

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