Below are the required components/ingredients of your conflict story. Please add this sheet to the hard copy that you give me and check off all of the ingredients included:
- Sharply focused lead
- nut graf
- At least three or four sources on different sides of the conflict with appropriate weaving in of the quotes and with internal material so that the quotes does not run too long.
- Strong connecting links between paragraphs
- Good organization with subheads pointing the path of the story.
- Use of gold coins — to advance the narrative
- Statistics woven in where appropriate –not dropped in one single paragraph
- Background woven in where appropriate –not dropped in one single paragraph
- Original ending –not just a summary but, possibly, what the future will bring.
- A sharp headline
- Remember to proofread carefully–at least three or four times!