Writing leads was something I definitely wasn’t used to. Experiencing English classes, writing essays, and research papers were the only types of writing I thought I would be forced to handle during my time at Baylor. Writing leads in an inverted pyramid style was a lot harder to do outside of class without having Dr. Cullar proofread them. Writing leads showed me a way to read news articles in a different way. Leads can give someone the overview of the whole story, with just one sentence, if the leads are done right. Writing leads for the first time definitely made it a little difficult, but I think with practice could become interesting and somewhat fun. They’re difficult to write due to the fact that sometimes it is hard to understand what should go into the lead, which brings values to answering the news values before writing a lead.

I think if I look hard enough, and continue to do it on a continuing basis, I should be able to recognize the inverted pyramid in news articles. just like anything in life, with practice makes perfect. It will be interesting to see if I apply what I learn in this class to my daily life. Listening to other peoples lead sentences gave me a broader understanding of what people are thinking when writing leads. I think as a whole, most of the class is new to writing leads, so it was interesting to see that a lot of the class had the same format as others. It helped to understand a broader view of the classes leads as well.