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Beyond the inverted pyramid: The traditional news story takes a beating



May 3, 2012

Writers usually say that they use the inverted pyramid because readers stop reading after the first paragraph. Meanwhile, readers typically say that they stop reading after the first paragraph because writers use the inverted pyramid. Before you pound out your next pyramid, check out the following three trends in story structure from Anne Wylie.

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