Please use the template below to sketch out the pitch for your final story. Place the completed pitch sheet in this google doc no later than Sunday May 3 @ 11:59 PM. (Please feel free to post earlier.) As I have largely signed off on your topics, go ahead and start the reporting if you’d like.
The first draft of your final story (1500 – 1800 words) will be due on Friday May 15 @ 11:59 PM. Again, feel comfortable filing early. Drop-dead date for final version: Sunday May 24.
As the turnaround for Shelby and me to read your first drafts is quick — pay close attention to the story format (below) and grammar (again, below) as we won’t have time to labor over your pieces.
Use spell check!
•Look carefully for repetition.
•Read everything over. Even better, read it over out loud.
•Get rid of any passive voice. (It was written by zombies.)
•Replace “to be” with active or action verbs – especially “there is/there are.” (There are many grammar errors I don’t like.)
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