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Clarifying that you don't need to name every character that was involved in the plot in the last month.
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(Clarifying that you don't need to name every character that was involved in the plot in the last month.)
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The most important thing to remember is this: '''You're ''not'' writing a recap of events, but instead an article about the plot. A recap is a story without the interesting characters or dialogue. A news story is a way of boiling the story down to the essentials and presenting them in a way that's compelling.'''  
The most important thing to remember is this: '''You're ''not'' writing a recap of events, but instead an article about the plot. A recap is a story without the interesting characters or dialogue. A news story is a way of boiling the story down to the essentials and presenting them in a way that's compelling.'''  


To that end, you'll want to avoid simply recounting a list of what happened. Think instead about packaging the look-back in a way that would make it something someone else would want to read. Avoid rote details that aren't particularly compelling – for example, you don't need to tell the reader that there was a mission briefing unless that briefing was a critical part of the story where something interesting happened. Was the mission briefing where one of the crew members began experiencing symptoms of a plague the crew is desperately seeking a cure for? Then tell us that!
Above all, '''avoid the compulsion to include everything that happened in the past month''' – you ''don't'' want to talk about every b-plot, or even include by name every character involved in the overall plot. You are ''not'' recounting a list of what happened! Think instead about packaging the look-back in a way that would make it something someone else would want to read. Avoid rote details that aren't particularly compelling – for example, you ''don't'' need to tell the reader that there was a mission briefing ''unless'' that briefing was a critical part of the story where something interesting happened. Was the mission briefing where one of the crew members began experiencing symptoms of a plague the crew is desperately seeking a cure for? Then tell us that! Otherwise, if the captain just introduced what the plan was, is that something that would be "newsworthy" enough to put in a news article? Would the reader even care?


[[File:Invertedtriangle.gif|right]]You may find it helpful to follow the "inverted pyramid" style of journalistic writing, which means putting the most important and pertinent information at the top. If your lede is about the murder of a colonist, then the first two or three paragraphs should develop that! Who, what, when, where, etc. Unless the focus of this report is solely about crew promotions and mission briefings, those types of things should take up less space, and be towards the end of your report.
[[File:Invertedtriangle.gif|right]]You may find it helpful to follow the "inverted pyramid" style of journalistic writing, which means putting the most important and pertinent information at the top. If your lede is about the murder of a colonist, then the first two or three paragraphs should develop that! Who, what, when, where, etc. Unless the focus of this report is solely about crew promotions and mission briefings, those types of things should take up less space, and be towards the end of your report.
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