Question 1

How do you give your story scale?

Accepted Answer

Put all numbers and statistics in a size that readers can understand.

Question 2

What does it mean that you need to write for the reader?

Accepted Answer

You need to write it for someone who lacks all the knowledge about the topic that you now have as a result of your investigation.

Question 3

A chronological story works best when you can re-create events that led up to a problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Why won't an inverted pyramid structure work for a big story?

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Question 5

To eliminate the nonessentials, you must ask this central question:

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A)  What will make my reader care? 
B)  What does my reader need to know? 
C)  What is most relevant to my reader? 
D)  What are the most compelling details? 
A)  What will make my reader care? 
B)  What does my reader need to know? 
C)  What is most relevant to my reader? 
D)  What are the most compelling details?

Question 6

In what draft should you come up with the central characters?

Accepted Answer

A)  The first draft where you make it complete 
B)  The second draft where you make it clear 
C)  The third draft where you make it convincing 
D)  The fourth draft where you make it compelling 
A)  The first draft where you make it complete 
B)  The second draft where you make it clear 
C)  The third draft where you make it convincing 
D)  The fourth draft where you make it compelling

Question 7

What is the point of adding back to your story details that you had determined earlier weren't essential?

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Question 8

In what stage should you fill as many holes as possible?

Accepted Answer

A)  The first draft where you make it complete 
B)  The second draft where you make it clear 
C)  The third draft where you make it convincing 
D)  The fourth draft where you make it compelling 
A)  The first draft where you make it complete 
B)  The second draft where you make it clear 
C)  The third draft where you make it convincing 
D)  The fourth draft where you make it compelling

Question 9

To give a story scale, you should do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Show readers how weighty an issue is 
B)  Put information into historical context 
C)  Make information as vivid as possible. 
D)  Bring it down to a size that they can understand 
A)  Show readers how weighty an issue is 
B)  Put information into historical context 
C)  Make information as vivid as possible. 
D)  Bring it down to a size that they can understand

Question 10

To make your story convincing, you need to give readers as many examples as possible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In what ways are first drafts ugly?

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Question 12

If you simplify a complicated story, it won't be convincing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What are the two things that, according to New York magazine publisher Clay Felker, people always want to know?

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The answer of What are the two things that, according...

Question 14

What is the point of gathering more information than will end up in a story?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the point of gathering more...

Question 15

You should begin writing even before you exhaust all your possible sources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is the difference between simplifying a complicated story and telling a complicated story simply?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Where should you put the important information in your story?

Accepted Answer

A)  At the top. 
B)  In the middle 
C)  Woven throughout 
D)  In the nut graph 
A)  At the top. 
B)  In the middle 
C)  Woven throughout 
D)  In the nut graph

Question 18

What is rising action?

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Question 19

Why do some valid investigative stories never get completed?

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Question 20

Experienced writers write three drafts when writing a big story.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

How do you give your story scale?

What does it mean that you need to write for the reader?

A chronological story works best when you can re-create events that led up to a problem.

Why won't an inverted pyramid structure work for a big story?

To eliminate the nonessentials, you must ask this central question:

In what draft should you come up with the central characters?

What is the point of adding back to your story details that you had determined earlier weren't essential?

In what stage should you fill as many holes as possible?

To give a story scale, you should do which of the following?

To make your story convincing, you need to give readers as many examples as possible.

In what ways are first drafts ugly?

If you simplify a complicated story, it won't be convincing.

What are the two things that, according to New York magazine publisher Clay Felker, people always want to know?

What is the point of gathering more information than will end up in a story?

You should begin writing even before you exhaust all your possible sources.

What is the difference between simplifying a complicated story and telling a complicated story simply?

Where should you put the important information in your story?

What is rising action?

Why do some valid investigative stories never get completed?

Experienced writers write three drafts when writing a big story.

What Is Investigative Reporting

Finding the Story

Setting up the Investigation

Finding Human Sources

Documenting the Investigation

Public Records

The Interview Process

Finding and Using Data

Building Your Own Database

Analyzing a Big Story

Legal and Ethical Considerations

Bulletproofing the Investigation

Pitching the Story

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Exam 11: Writing the Story

How do you give your story scale?

What does it mean that you need to write for the reader?

A chronological story works best when you can re-create events that led up to a problem.

Why won't an inverted pyramid structure work for a big story?

To eliminate the nonessentials, you must ask this central question:

In what draft should you come up with the central characters?

What is the point of adding back to your story details that you had determined earlier weren't essential?

In what stage should you fill as many holes as possible?

To give a story scale, you should do which of the following?

To make your story convincing, you need to give readers as many examples as possible.

In what ways are first drafts ugly?

If you simplify a complicated story, it won't be convincing.

What are the two things that, according to New York magazine publisher Clay Felker, people always want to know?

What is the point of gathering more information than will end up in a story?

You should begin writing even before you exhaust all your possible sources.

What is the difference between simplifying a complicated story and telling a complicated story simply?

Where should you put the important information in your story?

What is rising action?

Why do some valid investigative stories never get completed?

Experienced writers write three drafts when writing a big story.

What Is Investigative Reporting

Finding the Story

Setting up the Investigation

Finding Human Sources

Documenting the Investigation

Public Records

The Interview Process

Finding and Using Data

Building Your Own Database

Analyzing a Big Story

Legal and Ethical Considerations

Bulletproofing the Investigation

Pitching the Story

Filters