Writing in the second half of the story is casual at best, and poor at worst. One alternative to the inverted pyramid is narration or story telling. Narration uses scenes, anecdotes and dialogue to build to a climax. People are prominent in the story, and they are responsible for the action. The story has a beginning, middle and end.
Quotations sound like real speech.
The words and actions of the characters reveal motives. A third story structure, the hourglass, combines some of the best elements of both the inverted pyramid and the narrative. The hourglass works well with police stories, courtroom dramas and other incidents that lend themselves to chronological narration. The tools of the trade A Web site created by Jim Hall for beginning reporters, those studying the craft and their teachers.