What makes a good feature?

Blog 7: What makes a good feature?

A good feature will have the same elements of a news story but will go beyond what the news story has. A good feature will have more people and more facts. The context will also be more in depth than a news story. A good feature will also have more photos to give it an easy read and more reader friendly. A good feature will have an element of surprise. The way you write your feature is important, again, to tailor to your audience. You must grab the reader’s attention quickly for them to continue reading because not everyone reads features. If the topic is something of significance to the reader and say for example the topic is country music. You want to write in country music language to tailor to country music lovers, not say, rap lovers.

A good feature will be written the way you want to tell the story. There are few ways to structure a feature but the way you decide to tell the story will make it that much better. So a good feature will have great preparation going into it, and a strong sense of how you want to tell the story. To have a great feature story, you must engage the reader very fast and have a strong theme to the story. Correct grammar and writing play a huge part in features. It’s important for the writer to fall in love with the topic or to be clear on why he/she is writing it.