Top 10 Tips to Write an Interesting Feature Article

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Top 10 Tips to Write an Interesting Feature
Articles
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A feature article provides evidence about human
interest. It is the main news-related article
that involves stories.These feature articles
generally you can be seen in newspapers and
magazine that spotlights a particular person,
place, or event in great detail.
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These feature articles drag the attention of the
readers emotionally through its story hence we
call it feature stories.The first 2-3 sentences
of a feature writing draw your reader into the
story. The second part explains the importance
that why the reader keeps reading, and the rest
of the article needs to follow your outline so
that everything flows together how you projected.
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1. Be a reporter

• A feature writer is generally a journalist at a
  magazine or in a newspaper. 
• Any feature writer before starting with your work
  you should think like an editor because thinking
  like an editor makes your work more perfect. 
• Being a feature article writer you should have
  good command on the language and vocabulary to
  take an interview and pen down your observations.
  Be quick in your work, so that you can observe
  many things around you. 
• None can become a writer overnight, at the same
  time its not fun too. It needs lots of effort
  and everyday practice. So to produce any featured
  article you should have keen eyes. 
• Youll surely discover the true strength of the
  stories in every sentence of your work. That
  might be the quote that establishes a tone or a
  description that defines the background. 
• On the other hand a writer should think in the
  readers perspective as well. Your writing should
  be a soft and comfortable undertaking. There is
  no formula behind every story, but it requires
  three best things to remember i.e. research,
  interviewing and observation.

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2. Become a good researcher

• Research is an essential source that will provide
  you with detailed information. The wonderful part
  of good research is that it takes you to in-depth
  of the factual details. 
• No matter which article you are digging for your
  facts, that might be a newspaper, magazine,
  probate files, old high school register, divorce
  file, but finally you should be able to produce a
  good piece of work.
• Certainly, research needs at least a few hours of
  investigation to give your story a solid
  beginning. Your research will give a strong
  background for your work. It will also help you
  to focus on ideas.
• Research expands your hypothesis and makes you
  understand whether you are on the right/wrong
  path.  
• If you have a strong idea and background
  information, it will be easier for you to build a
  strong foundation for your article. So that you
  will be able to gather the required information
  to meet your story head-on.

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3. Develop an interviewing ability

• An interview is something that required more
  attention. The interviewer should possibly gather
  all kinds of questions until the interview turns
  into a conversation. 
• Taking an interview is not tough, still many
  writers worry about what to wear and whether to
  use a tape recorder or jot down. It looks very
  funny but its a fact. 
• Its not a hard task to interview a person. You
  just think of some questions and start with the
  easy once first just to make the subject more
  comfortable and the talk should lead in an ease
  flow. 
• Many a time it will end-up in one short but
  sometimes that will lead to taking two-three
  attempts until you feel you have gotten a true
  sense of who they are. 
• Always remember you are not interviewing to
  impress the person on whom you are going to
  write, you should give an interesting story to
  your readers.
• No matter your question might look so silly, but
  still that may lead to a great conversation and
  gives you the right answer.

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4. A keen observer

• Observation is an obvious tool for a feature
  article writer. Good observational writing
  consumes all the senses in recounting the event,
  character, or item.
• The observational writing transports your reader
  into the sphere into which you are creating. 
• In some instances, the subject may be a small
  household thing, but with a detailed description,
  the reader may then start looking at it with new
  eyes, noticing new aspects and angles. 
• The same way the most exciting stories are often
  a succession of crucial moments, and seeing those
  moments unfold, rather than trying to re-create
  them, which leads to a stronger and richer
  narration. 
• Observational writing mainly depends on writers
  and readers perceptions or interpretations to
  any sensational writing. 
• For a feature writer it allows more time to
  produce any work that is because he has to
  observe, analyses and then he should give a
  proper shape to the writing with factual details.

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5. A sense of control

• A good story isnt just a bunch of pretty words,
  its a stream of detailed information in which
  each sentence has something to express. And its
  more of an observation and getting to know your
  subject.
• Accuracy is the primary thing in any interview,
  so you should frame your questions several times
  back and forth until you understand what is being
  said. 
• Most of the time people talk themselves during
  the interview and say many things that are
  unrelated be patient to them. Sometimes the
  subject will probably be less than ideal. Here
  you want to dig beneath the veneer to find out
  the reality and lifes hidden stories. 
• Often there will be pressure from the editors to
  make the interview simple so, here you should
  only focus on the main theme rather than focusing
  on unrelated information. 
• So being a feature writer you should be very much
  patience and hold your breath while pulling out
  the information which is necessary for your
  writing.

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6. Learn to listen

• Being a writer you should be a good listener too.
  Watching and listening are important techniques
  to become a feature writer. Since most of the
  information gathering depends on the interview
  you should be very attentive. 
• Communication is just a small part of an
  expression, whereas facial expression, the tone
  and sitting posture expresses many things which
  are unknown to many people. 
• Similarly there is a famous quote that Face is
  the Index of Mind which matches this context. 
• Listening is not just paying attention, it needs
  more concentration on what a subject is
  expressing. Being a feature writer you should pay
  attention to minute words and focus on every word
  that comes out from your subject.

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7. Ability to explain with an ideal example

• Being a feature story writer you should be
  narrative enough while producing your story. To
  make the readers more interesting its advisable
  to add ideal examples so, that your story stays
  in the minds of the readers for a long time.
• Your article must reach every reader and also
  grab the attention of readers. To make this
  happened a feature article format should be
  perfect and attractive.
• A writer should follow feature article format so
  that the topic will cover the entire information
  that the writer intended to explain.
• Through feature article a writer is giving unseen
  information about a person to the readers. So a
  writer must be very conscious while explaining
  sensitive information. 
• To make sure any sensitive information will not
  impact readers, its necessary to explain them
  with ideal or perfect examples to make the
  readers clear without leaving any misconception.

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8. Organizing Your Material

• To sort your content in an organized way to give
  a perfect meaning is a cosmic gift because this
  talent will not be the same in all the writers. 
• Writing is not just putting your thoughts on
  paper or a writing is not the act of putting
  marks on paper. Writing involves comparisons,
  synthesizing, making precise, thinking and
  observing. 
• Each of us is unique in our perspective, but a
  writer creates a difference from all of us,
  because of his ability to think and observe
  things differently.
• Being a feature writer always you should keep
  these four vital questions in your mind
• Whats your subject?
• What are you trying to say?
• How will I say it?
• Have I said it well enough?

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9. Use Description

• Once you think of a story, the beginning of the
  story comes almost naturally however its not
  easy. On the other hand your story should be
  descriptive. Being a novice writer description
  slowdowns your move. 
• Since a feature article is focusing on human
  life, its basic thing that to be descriptive
  enough to drag the attention of the readers. 
• Moreover, you are the author of your article and
  its your responsibility to makes things happen.
  A feature story should be more descriptive so
  that your readers shouldnt be ending up with
  conflict.

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10. Quotes and Questions

• When it comes to quotes and questions you should
  be very careful. Being a feature writer you
  should not ask any question to the reader instead
  you should answer all the questions in your
  writing.
• And when it comes to quotation lead, they are
  ineffective because every quotation needs
  explanation to make them better understand. These
  explanatory materials can slow down the leads.
• This clearly explains that using quotations and
  questions purely based on the context of what and
  why you are placing them in your writing.
• In many cases the writer uses quotes and
  questions to make things understand better.

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