I read the article Strong from the start: leads and nut grafs and found quite a few interesting new things! Sometimes you can get stuck on writing a lead and are unsure of what to do. When in doubt, go to the basics! Ask who, what, when, where, and how! Also, try not to cover your lead with a lot of “mush” and “setting the scene”, make sure you get straight to the point. Not only that, make sure that you have one, solid, clear point! A way to do that is by “saying what is, not what isn’t”!

Something else I learned that was new about a nut graf was explained by Roy Peter Clark, ” The nut graf is used when the lead is anecdotal or indirect.” Another thing was that a nut graf has to flow, it can’t just be like a big batch of flour you hit when eating a brownie!