[Ipg-smz] A question for everyone, particularly Esther Schindler

[Tom Geller]

Oh, I have a good one about deleted ledes. (Getting deleded?)

For my 2013 Lynda.com video course "Writing Articles" (https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-articles), I (of course) wrote a dummy article to study. Then in a video that shows how to construct an article, I say:

"Then after everything else is done, go back and revisit that first paragraph to make it even stronger. One common trick is to simply delete that first sentence and then see if it's reads any better. A lot of writers, including me, need a sentence or two to get into the swing of things."

Sounds good, right? Except that the producers said, "O.K., do that. Delete the first sentence." I... hadn't planned for that. Luckily, the piece still worked without it. I schooled myself!

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