I worked for a newspaper in Europe for, I lived in Europe for about seven years, so I worked in this sort of a yellow journalism kind of a thing, it was like a scandal sheet.

So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense.

I know what the structure of the language is.

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.

It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.

If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience.

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in.