#33 - Narrative Lead - Feature Lead Practice

 

Hey there!

I’m back with another feature lead practice blog! Today, I’ll be show you how I wrote a narrative lead.

What is a narrative lead, you may ask? Well, a narrative lead tells the reader a story. Check out my narrative lead (and the factsheet paragraph I used to develop it) below!


Factsheet Paragraph:
Someone called 18 people in the city last night. The caller identified himself as the president of Rutherford Ford, Inc., 2780 Doss Boulevard. He told each of the people that they had just won a new car from his dealership. Interviewed by reporters today, most of the people who received the calls said that at first they just couldn't believe it. And they were right. They couldn't. The person who called was a prankster, and Allen Rutherford, president of the dealership, says he has no idea who placed he calls, and that he's spending all his time today trying to explain the situation to those 18 people. "Someone apparently has a sick idea of humor," Rutherford said. After convincing people they had won a new car, the caller asked them to drop by the dealership this morning to pick it up. All 18 were there when the dealership opened its doors at 9 a.m. "I told them we never offered to give away a car," Rutherford said. "One woman told me she couldn't believe she'd won, and then she told me she couldn't believe it when I told her she hadn't. Two other women began to cry, and a man is threatening to sue me."

Lead:
Last night, 18 phones rang. 18 people were shocked to find that they’d won a new car from Rutherford Ford. Full of excitement, 18 people lined up at the dealership before it opened. Allen Rutherford, the dealership’s president, had to tell each person that they were pranked, and no new cars were waiting for them. The prankster’s actions had forced him to face all the tears, disbelief, and even potential lawsuits from the slighted crowd.


Let me know how you felt about the lead below! There’s one more practice, and I can’t wait for you to read it. Until next time!






References
Graphic made in Canva
Factsheet paragraph sourced from Reporting for the Media