Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Blog #1: Structure of Radio Story


  • Open with very personal detail, perhaps description of subject or surroundings to pull audience in.
  • Whack audience with central idea/concept of story: WWWWWH - Nut graph
  • Expound on idea/concept of story: give background, statistics (this one lasts for a while)
  • Move to another source or person, or give story scope somehow
  • Get into emotion/significance of event. What does this mean? Give many specifics.
  • Last section: separate event/events/detail that proves/accentuates the point you've made in the conclusion.
  • Final detail or statement - personal or intimate
Throughout:
Voices of characters brought to life by key quotes.
single object or event used as symbol to illustrate larger story.

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