Week 10

Her weight’s gone up. Gray hairs have sprouted. She’s gotten used to flat shoes instead of heels and eggplant-shaped dresses instead of the gowns and furs she used to wear. But after a decade in prison for having her husband killed, Betty Lou Haber, closing in on 50, is still as polite and sweet sounding as ever. 

I believe this lead really grabs the reader.  It gets me interested in who this woman is without knowing much about her and when you come to see why she had to get used to these changes you are left wanting more.  A lead should cause your reader to dive into the story without spoiling it too much.  I believe that this lead does just that, it gives you enough information to want to find out more.  I think that I need to get better at using and writing leads.  All too often my work is only read because it is for a class or job and it needs to be read by a certain amount of people.  I want to learn to write in a way that makes my readers keep on reading, and learn to look for my writing when they go to read their local paper or favorite blog.