"ZAMORA, Mexico — When she gets her high, Lupita Díaz says she enters a sweet illusion of peace, a respite from her pain and self-loathing."
This lede was taken from the New York Times online on Tuesday, October 3. The article was titled "Drug Trade, Once Passing By, Takes Root in Mexico," and the link to the article is
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/world/americas/03addicts.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
I chose this soft lede because the writer captures a sense of instability and loss in little more than a dozen words.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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2 comments:
Good, Caleb. There's a lot more room for creativity with soft leads. How did it set the tone for the rest of the story?
Start spending more time with hard news for a while and see what they're up to in terms of structure. . . .
I, too , like this soft lead. It is almost poetic in it's calm.
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