Feature Writing
What Are Feature Stories?
Features can be about any subject, from the fluffiest lifestyle piece to the toughest investigative report.
Writing Ledes for Feature Stories
A very different style from hard-news ledes
What Are the Different Kinds of Feature Stories?
Just as there are different kinds of hard-news stories, there are lots of different kinds of features
Five Key Ingredients for Cooking Up Terrific Feature Stories
Features tell the stories of people's lives
Feature Stories: What You Should Use, and What You Should Leave Out
How much detail, description and background information is too much - or too little?
Get the Human Element Into the Lede of Your Feature Story
Get the Human Element Into the Lede of Your Feature Story
Five Tips for Producing Great News Features
News features combine a featurey writing style with hard-news reporting
Turn a Boring Meeting Story Into a Spot-News Feature Readers Will Remember
Writing a Spot-News Feature
Five Feature Stories You Can Do in Your Hometown
Tips For Writing Spot Feature Stories
Spot features are just what they sound like - feature stories written on a spot-news, or breaking-news deadline
Everything You Need to Know About Writing Feature Stories
Newswriting is great, but for those who love words and the craft of writing, there's nothing like producing a great feature story
Ledes That Come in a Flash of Inspiration
It's a moment every reporter has experienced. You're struggling with the lede, the all-important opening of your story that will either lure readers in or send them packing. Nothing works until suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, a great lede pops into you head, fully written.
Add Drama to Your Feature Stories by Using Short Sentences and Paragraphs
Newswriting, Short Sentences and Paragraphs - Add Drama to Your News Stories by Using Short Sentences and Paragraphs
Eight Things You Learned in English Class That You Need to Forget
All those years of English class have probably left you with a lot of bad habits
So You Want to Be a Critic?
Writing great reviews is a real art, one that many have tried but only a few have mastered
Seven Tips for Producing Great Profiles
The personality profile is an article about an individual, and profiles are one of the staples of feature writing
Use Verbs & Adjectives Wisely
Most editors will tell you that beginning writers need to use fewer adjectives and stronger, more interesting verbs
Tips for Producing Great Trend Stories
Keep it Bright and Tight
Cut the Jargon Out of Your News Stories
Jargon - How to Cut Jargon From News Stories