rrangement of details, may be made pathetic. But
the reporter must select his details with such a purpose in mind. And
unless he has some such definite motive and has so organized his
material before beginning to write, he will present a more or less
prosaic narrative of events with little specific appeal to the reader.
Of course, one oftentimes is too rushed to take so much care in
preparation for writing. Frequently, indeed, a reporter cannot wait
until he can get back to the office, but must telephone the facts in to
a rewrite man, who will put them into story form. But it is fair to say
that the discerning reporter never idles away his time in the smoking
compartment of the car when returning with a story. His mind is, and
should be, engrossed with the story, which he should strive to make so
good that it will appear on the front page of the paper.

=91. Four Orders of Organization.=--In organizing material for writing,
one may adopt any one or a combination of four different orders: time
order, space order, climactic order, complex order. Of these, probably
ninety-five per cent of all the news stories published are organized on
the time order or a combination of it with one or more of the other
three. Of the remaining three, probably four per cent of the stories are
written in the climactic order, leaving only about one per cent for the
space and complex orders. Numerous articles, of course, are a
combination of two or more of these orders.

=92. Time Order.=--The time order is a simple chronological arrangement
of the incidents, as illustrated in the following:

=BOY BURNS TOES IN BED=

|Fearing the wrath of his father, Kenneth Cavert, |
|5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cavert, Rankin|
|and Franklin streets, suffered in silence while fire|
|in his bed Friday evening painfully burned two of |
|his toes and caused severe burns on his body. |
| |
|The lad went to bed shortly after dark Friday |
|evening. About a half-hour later he went downstairs |
|for a drink. A few minutes later he went down again |
|for a drink. |
| |
|Shortly afterward Mr. and Mrs. Cavert smelled cloth |
|burning in the house, and going upstairs to |
|investigate, found the boy in bed, wide awake,