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jarts: internet lawn defense league
Dear world: it's "Bury the lede," not "bury the lead."

We're fucking up the organization of a news story, not attending DiCaprio's funeral.

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natalief
Nov. 14th, 2012 04:10 am (UTC)
I had to google that word. ;-p
trebor1415
Nov. 14th, 2012 05:46 am (UTC)
Do you still write "Add 1" for your SECOND page of copy? Or write (30) or ### at the end of the manuscript?
matociquala
Nov. 14th, 2012 01:11 pm (UTC)
No, because fiction manuscript conventions are different--but I follow those. And there is a tag on this lj that answers that question:

http://matociquala.livejournal.com/tag/--30--

;-)
trebor1415
Nov. 15th, 2012 01:44 am (UTC)
Right, I know fiction ms. conventions are different.

I was just being snarky bringing up other archiac journalism practices that are essentially as dead as "lede" for "lead."
matociquala
Nov. 15th, 2012 01:45 am (UTC)
In that case, I am rather sorry I responded.
natalief
Nov. 14th, 2012 04:54 pm (UTC)
The what now?
trebor1415
Nov. 15th, 2012 01:56 am (UTC)
Old newspaper copy conventions called for a slug line on the first page of copy and "Add 1" on the second page of copy, followed by "Add 2", etc, for the next pages. The end of the copy was marked with (30) or ###. (I can't remember if 30 or ### was developed first).

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