Pirâmide invertida

Depois de aprender sobre as ferramentas de texto, comecei a questionar a eficiência da pirâmide invertida aprendida na faculdade. E esta semana li um artigo do Roy sobre isso. Segue trechos:

(...) Don delivers fiery orations condemning the pyramid to writer's hell. He argues that it is the "worst" story form in the "history of the world" because it persuades readers that if they keep reading, the story will get worse and worse, less and less interesting. There is some truth to this of course, but Don manages to try to turn a rigid old orthodoxy -- the pyramid rules! -- into a rigid new one -- the pyramid drools!

Sorry, Mr. Doody Head, there is no such thing as a bad story form. It becomes bad only when it is overused, overlong or misapplied.

(...)The test of its pyramid status is that the reader can stop reading at any time without missing something crucial, and that a writer or editor can cut from the bottom without distorting the message or meaning.The key to me is that this story holds my interest from beginning to end, and I do not feel the need to read a sentence more.

To write a good inverted pyramid story, consider these strategies:

- Keep it short. (If it's much longer than the example above, it probably needs a different structure.)
- Even though the end is less important than the beginning, hold a couple of nuggets for the ending to reward the reader. (In this case it's the introduction of Wild Bill Hickock.)
- Place the background information near the end, but not at the end.
- When you revise, make sure you've placed at least one interesting element per paragraph.
- When you run out of interesting elements, STOP.