Feature Writting

Hey guys, here we are again!

In this weeks blog I will be talking about feature writing which has to do with the production of my blog. I will be explaining what feature writing is in this blog and giving my own example of writing my own lead.

The first type of lead that I will be talking about is a twist lead. This type of lead is exactly what is sounds like, it’s known to set up the reader for a certain mood and then twists giving it a surprise at the end. 

Below I will be doing my own attempt of a lead based off the fact sheet.

Fact sheet: 

“The police in this municipality received a call at 3:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A woman shouted at the sergeant who answered the telephone. She said: "My son's been beaten. His teacher whipped him this afternoon, and he's all red where she paddled him. Can teachers do that? That's assault and battery, and I want her arrested." Two police officers were sent to the home. They questioned the boy, who is 9 years old. At his mother's insistence, the police officers also inspected the boy's reported injuries. They reported: "We couldn't tell that the boy had been paddled. His fanny didn't look red to us, but we did notice that his pants legs were wet and muddy. As we talked, it became obvious that he boy was lying. He finally admitted that he had stopped to play on the way home from school, forgot the time and got home late. He told his mother that the teacher had spanked him and kept him after school. His mother was there with us and heard the whole story. She said she'd take of the situation, and we're quite certain that she will, as she was very embarrassed. In fact, we could hear her giving the kid a real paddling as we left—and a hard one.”

Lead:

Concerned the mom protected her innocent and hurt son, she handed the case over to the authorities. Justice needs to be made and will be made, but damage was clearly done.

Thank you guys for tuning into this weeks blog stay tuned for the next couple blogs to discuss the rest of the leads.