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Crafting a Compelling Story: Steps & Tips for Writers

Learn the essential steps to write a captivating story, from finding a topic to collecting information, conducting interviews, organizing content, adding transitions, and enhancing with multimedia elements. Discover how to engage your audience effectively and make your story stand out.

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Crafting a Compelling Story: Steps & Tips for Writers

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  1. STEPS TO WRITING A STORY

  2. 1. Find a Topic • What is your story about? • Who is your audience? • Why is this story important to your audience?

  3. 2. Find an Angle • What about your topic? • More specifically, what is important about your topic? • What should the reader learn?

  4. 3. Collect Information • Who are the experts for this story? • Do you need opposing points of view? • What interview questions should I ask? • What other research must be done to complete the story?

  5. 4. Interview • Ask open ended questions. • Get good sound bytes. A PIECE OF AUDIO THAT CAN STAND ALONE • Have the person restate the question in the interview

  6. 5. Organize your sound bytes • What quotes should I use? • How can I organize the quotes to tell a story?

  7. 6. Write transitions and segues in your story • Use words that tie the interviews together. • What other information can I add to the story? • Can the story stand on its own?

  8. 7. Write ins and outs • What should the anchors say to introduce my story or bring it to a close? No scoop went to find out. • How should the story begin and end? • What should I say in my stand-up? No first person: I went • Use attention getters at the introduction but avoid rhetorical questions

  9. A-ROLL • Anything that is said in story • Anchor In • Stand-Up • Interviews • Segues • Close • Anchor Out

  10. 8. Collect B-Roll • How can video enhance my story? • Make a list of items you would liked photographed. • How should I edit the audio and video together to enhance my story? • Should other enhancements like music, graphics, effects be used?

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