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…only mum was allowed to attend the
funeral because of the regulations.

As Misty grew older Use facts and
and started school. key information

Include a Include quotes I’m afraid its grandad,
timeline of which are written sweetheart
events
in informal
language

It was the sort of relationship
that didn’t need words.

Start with an To write a End with what
orientation journalistic will happen next
sentence report you

could…

As the pandemic Use formal I’ll always be there
took hold and language for you, just ‘whisper
virtually bought including the loudly’.
the country to its passive voice
knees … Include relevant
detail

When Misty reached her teenage years, Include a It was a Saturday morning in May. The
coronavirus threw its confusing, but headline to sun was blinding its way through the
unyielding confusion across the world. gaps in Misty’s venetian blinds …
hook the
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