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- Holds back the ending
- Closing paragraph stays last
- Suspense, like his grandmother's stories
- Leads with the key point
- Closing paragraph moved to opening
- News desk habit over suspense
Grann saw that ending first would ruin the story
From The Hill page note on David Grann
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The Hill's editors moved David Grann's last paragraph to the top. Grann's editors at The Hill moved his closing paragraph to the opening of his piece. This clashed with his instinct to hold back the ending, the way his grandmother told stories.
Grann says he saw that telling the ending first would ruin the story. The edit shows a news desk's habit of leading with the key point colliding with a writer's suspense-driven storytelling.
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Grann's editors there moved his last paragraph to the top, which clashed with his instinct to hold back the ending the way his grandmother told stories. He saw that telling the ending first would ruin the story.
The Hill's editors moved David Grann's last paragraph to the top. Grann's editors at The Hill moved his closing paragraph to the opening of his piece. This clashed with his instinct to hold back the ending, the way his grandmother told stories.
Grann says he saw that telling the ending first would ruin the story. The edit shows a news desk's habit of leading with the key point colliding with a writer's suspense-driven storytelling.
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