leads in narrative writing

Talking Lead:

“WAIT” “SLOW DOWN” is what I yelled just a few seconds before the piano smashed my body into the wall. It happened at the blink of an eye. There was no time for me to move out of the way of the flying piano. It was over.

Sound Lead:

“BOOM”! This is the last noise I heard before I found myself going unconscious. The piano came flying down the stairs right into my body in a matter of seconds. I was left hopeless with no one to help. 

Action Lead: 

I reached my arms out as far as I can using so much strength but it wasn’t enough. I thought that I could stop the fast pacing piano from coming down on me but there just wasn’t enough time nor did I have enough strength. 

Snapshot Lead:

 It was very warm in the house. The lights were bright right above the stairs where we were taking the piano down. It felt like the piano would make it down with no issues. But the heavy thing went sliding down the stairs with me in front of it causing my body to smash  directly into the wall.

Question Lead:

Do you ever wish just maybe if you had another second things could have been different? This is what I was thinking the day a piano came crushing my body into a wall in just a matter of seconds. 

Flashback Lead: 

I could feel my heart beating out of my chest and the sound of my voice screaming “slow down”. It seemed like everything was going in slow motion. The piano was coming down so fast but I felt like I had enough strength to stop it. The palms of my hands were so sweaty and I had no grip on it. Next thing I know, I heard a big “BOOM”.

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Final Lead + Story continued...

Do you ever wish just maybe if you had another second things could have been different? This is what I was thinking the day a piano came crushing my body into a wall in just a matter of seconds. It started when me and my co-worker Max entered the facility that we were moving a piano in. We were moving the piano down into the basement of the facility. I grabbed the front end of the piano that was facing the bottom of the stairs and Max was at top of the stairs pushing the front end of the piano. I started to feel the piano picking up speed so I yelled for Max to slow down but it was too late. I I tried to reach my arms out to stop it but I wasn't strong enough to push it back up the stairs. “BOOM” is the noise I heard before I went unconscious. The piano had slammed my body into the wall within a matter of seconds. I was left crushed in between the wall and the piano with no one to help, not even Max.