A feature story can break a few rules that the news story must follow. For instance, a feature story does not have to be direct and to the point. There are less constraints on the length of a feature story than that of a news story. The style of writing is also different. While writing a feature story, one can be elaborative and descriptive. A news story needs to be concise and factual. A feature is not written in the inverted pyramid style like the news story and so it takes more time to get all the information out of it.
A feature story and a news story are read for different reasons as well. Typically, news stories are read just to give the reader his or her daily dose of the happenings of the world as quickly as possible. People read a feature however, for pleasure and because they are interested in a certain subject. Features are enjoyable reads and that is why journalists should be more careful while writing them.
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