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Here’s the nut of the matter.
I didn’t have to think long when asked recently for the number one problem I see in students’ writing. It’s the nut graf, that simple but hard-to-execute idea of telling readers why they should care about your story and, importantly, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chip Scanlan, Eugenia Miranda, Lisa Riordan Seville, nut graf, Overflow magazine, Patrick Wall, Philadelphia inquirer, Poynter
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