More Ledes: A Question

One of youze wrote to me with this question:

I did my ledes a couple days ago, but was wondering if some of the alternative ledes could be a little longer, like in the textbook. Obviously it's too late to change these ones, but if you could let me know for the next set I would greatly appreciate it. Talk to you soon.

Here was my answer:

For now, I'd like to keep the ledes to 32 words, so we can work on being concise and making decisions on what's most critical to the lede. Later on, we'll loosen up on that as you demonstrate that you have the fundamentals down pat.

-- Omar

There ya go. Let's keep it at 32 words or less for now, folks.