There
are several websites with good advice for aspiring feature
writers:
Find
tips from William E. Blundell, a master of the craft, at:
Read
AP trainer Barbara King’s advice about getting real people into
stories at:
Leonard
Pitts Jr. talks about writing from the heart at:
And
finally, check out Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki’s caution against
overusing feature leads at:
Many
straight news stories can be rewritten in a feature-oriented style
with a delayed lead. Log onto some hard-news websites, find some
straight-news news stories and rewrite them. Even if you just turn
a hard-news lead into a feature lead, it’s good practice.
The
major wire services, which make hard-newswriting their stock in
trade, are a good place to start:
The
Associated Press: http://wire.ap.org
Reuters:
www.reuters.com
United
Press International: www.upi.com
