I found an article about Northwestern football players tracking their quantity and quality of sleep. It is an excellent example of how a story uses the  “good writing rules.” There are short sentences that get the point across, such as, “the study has already had an effect.” The story also has a good use of short words so as to not confuse the reader. This also helps the reader read the article more smoothly. Use of different types of sentences is evident by the compound, complex, and simple sentences. One of the complex sentences read, “Before Northwestern’s season opener at California on Aug. 31, Fitzgerald shifted the team’s practice start times, nap times and meal times to a West Coast schedule in an attempt to minimize the effects of jet lag.” The article shows good use of short paragraphs; my example of short sentences is also a paragraph. So it is extremely short.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/sports/ncaafootball/at-northwestern-catching-naps-along-with-footballs.html?ref=ncaafootball