Leads
BY: Laila CLASS: Ms. Sager Hour 4
Lead
Examples
I was in The Pageant Arena with Camila and crazy fan girls shouting for Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky to come out. I remember being pushed and shoved because I was in the front row. I had a cardboard cutout of Jack Johnson's head. My head starting to hurt because of the girls screaming for Jack J and Jack G to come out. (Snapshot)
Don't you just love kindergarten? (Question)
A Frequently Asked Question
- Dialogue
- Question
- Action
- Snapshot (Setting)
- Character Hook
- Puzzle
- 3 Strong Words
- Predicament/ Situation
- New Twist
- Song/Poem
Dialogue
dialogue between two characters
Example: Earl tells you, “Now listen, baby, don’t you go lookin’ for trouble. Ain’t no need for you to concern yourself with Ernest.”Question
Example: Can you imagine caring so deeply about an ideal that you’d plant yourself in the path of an oncoming tank to defend your beliefs?
Action
Example: I took a very long, very slow, very deep breath, and I jumped. I did the front flip immediately and swam for the other side of the pool.
Snapshot (Setting)
gives details about where the writing piece takes place
Example: You sit behind a long metal table at a police station in Beijing. The room is warm and empty except for a filing cabinet, the table, and a couple of chairs. A lone light bulb dangles from a string over your head, casting dull shadows against the somber grey walls.
Character Hook
Example: One day an aid worker named Jill grabbed me for a mission. A small woman with delicate features and short black hair, she spoke rapidly and had a laugh that spilled out fast and switched off abruptly.
Puzzle
Example: They called it the grinder. It’s where they grind you down. A slab of concrete the size of a basketball court and surrounded by a two-story wall, it’s where you’ll be herded.
3 Strong Words
Example: Alert, Beware, and warning- these words my flashlight brightened on the book in front of me.
Predicament/ Situation
Example: I landed in Pensacola, Florida, on January 20, 2001, for Officer Candidate School (OCS), and immediately I had doubts.
New Twist
Example: You stand water up to your chest. Every muscle in your body throbs with pain. You are exhausted beyond anything you can ever imagine, and all around you the night air carries the curses and groans of other who are gutting it out like you, who are trying to survive the night.
Song/Poem
Example: “Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?”