What I've learned about leads

There were numerous insightful things I learned about writing leads in Chapter seven. However, there were a few in particular that I'm sure will end up helping significantly because they were mistakes that I could definitely see myself making. For example, I often times try too hard when I'm writing which often times leads to long and complicated sentences which is a definite "don't" when writing a lead. Another aspect I feel I'll need to keep in mind is keeping any personal opinions I have out of my lead or any part of a news story for that matter. One thing I think I'll enjoy while writing leads will be the search for the stories most unusual and interesting developments. I think writing news stories will be very engaging if I'm building the story around a central idea that I'm interested in.