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Writing a Good Story Starts With Writing a Great Intro. PDF Print E-mail
by WestonRadcliff


Generally it is well-known that's introductions involve writing a short passage on the subject. The important point about writing a good introduction is to make it catchy to the reader. In order to do this it must capture the essence of the story and bring out this essence through an example. This is important as otherwise you won't be capturing the real essence of the story and people will read only just a few lines.

If you have decided to write the intro, make sure that it is brief. Write a headline corresponding to the intro content because readers expect that the headline should reflect what is mentioned in the content below it. Your reader is not going to be spending much time on the intro when it talks about sports when the headline says vacations.

Furthermore, you may have captured the essence of the story very well in the intro, but you have to ask yourself the question.. is the intro short enough to engage reader interest before the content return to elaborating on the subject a hand?

In this piece above, you can see that the intro is pretty short. This is the kind of intro that works with the audience because the reader is aware of what they are reading and absorbing it fully. The reader knows what the article is about in a broad sense and therefore they know what to expect inside the story.

Starting with a long introduction that appears to bear no relevance to the headline is the number one killer of otherwise good writing.

When using long anecdotes you need to let your readers know before you begin how it relates to your topic, or many readers will drop out of your article before you have a chance to illustrate your point.

More essence in fewer words; the function of an introduction is to convey something about your broader point.

Think about your intro as a whole and consider which details help do this and which do not. Extra details like dates, names, descriptions and diversions, if not necessary to the essence of the anecdote, serve only to distract the reader.

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In order to gain reader attention, you have to write out a good introductory passage by giving it that much thought and consideration. It is how you present the introduction that leads the rest of the story for the reader. So, think about our intro carefully and only put into it those details which help to do this and leave out those that don't.

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