It was harder to write leads in an inverted pyramid style. Most writing classes teach you to add detail and make a story, so it was different to write a lead that goes straight to the point without unnecessary information. I can identify inverted pyramid styles easier in a newspaper and other news sources now because of writing those kinds of leads myself.

Hearing other peoples lead sentences helped a lot because it showed me how a story could be portrayed in a different way with just changing a few words.