One Thing... from Class April 8, 2014

 

 

               Last class we had to write our own "story telling news story" about any fairytale or child's story we wanted, and create a well written news story about it. I chose to do the three little pigs because once we went over the example of Goldilocks I realized how dark and deep these sometimes everyday stories we hear as kids, really are. The Three Little Pigs is about a bi bad wolf destroying their homes, and depending on the story in which you hear, the pigs get eaten, or they can escape. Either way, the wolf dies a tragic death in the end, creating a great lead for a very interesting story. "Wolf falls to death after destroying homes," "Wolf boiled to death after breaking and entering." There were a lot of ways I could put this tragic story, but it seemed so realistic. The main idea of the whole thing sounded like it would actually be a real news story, and would be something I would want to read. It was a lot of fun being that creative, and making your own headlines based on the innocent seeming stories we all grew up with.

 

                 I did realize too that when we learned to tell the story by beginning, middle and end, like an actual story, that the pieces really all fall into place themselves. You have the intro of the character and the conflict, continuing on to the unfolding of the story and conflict, ending with the conclusion or the resolution of the conflict. It was just like reading or rewriting the story, but in a more professional, news story way. Adding the comments from some of the little pigs or the mother of the pigs made it seem like they had a voice finally too, and could tell the story how they wanted and how it happened really (haha). All in all, this story telling way of writing stories for the news in very fun and interesting, keeping the attention of the writer, which will definitely keep the attention of the reader.