Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Feature Writing

  You always want to include your leads with the interesting stuff and pizzazz to pretty much reel the reader into your story. It is also good to give the reader a misleading direction of where the story is going to end up. It catches their eye to want to continue reading. However as they read the story you tend to buzz off and go into another direction and as they get confused, out of nowhere you direct back to what you were talking about in the beginning. Then you have another method of writing the lead which is just directing. This meaning you start with a very interesting lead that continues on the same subject. Sometimes your lead could be like a movie preview with various parts of what is going to happen within the story to get your attention and make you really want to read the story. Leads like that would most likely be the one to catch a readers eye and make them want to continue.
  The middle of your story is just the time for you to go into a further detail of what is going on. In the beginning you hint around on what your are going to talk about and then the middle allows you put the reader unto to the edge of their seat like a really interesting movie. Have their mouths gaped open and shocked and adrenaline umping all over the place drooling almost. You let them have it, no time for holding it back. Do not and I repeat DO NOT sugar coat anything, spill all of the tea and make another batch to spill more. This is your opportunity to show the readers who you really are and what kind of writer you are.
  Now the part that gets really interesting is the ending. This is the big bang with a wrap. You still have the readers attention but its time to go. You have made it this far, no need to give up now, you are on top and don't allow your reading to put you on bottom with a whack ending. Like you did all this other fantastic stuff and then you end all dry is a serious no-no. You summarize and conclude it all with something short and to the point. Never lead the reader on as if there is more to the story when you are obviously coming to a close that's not right at all. At the end of the day this is like a close on a major business deal like it gets that serious. So give it your all and slowly bring it to an end.

1) "People love to be dropped in to something. We’re a movie culture. We like to see scenes play out in front of us. So when in doubt, always paint a picture with a scene to start anything, any story, any lead, any feature story, whatever. Better to start it with a scene than a declarative sentence."
  • No person ever wants to gets a story and just blank read. We chose the book for a reason which was for some sort of entertainment not just to read thousands of words and test our reading level. So as a reader like myself when I read a story or something I like to feel as though  I'm there and I get a feel of what they or that group of people feel.
2)"Sometimes it’s what’s left unsaid that resonates more with the reader"
  •  If you leave a reader hungry for more that's good on your part meaning you did something good. You left reader wanting to search and find more to your story or even search and personally find you to ask what happens next and will they be more or will is continue or not. Mystery always attracts a person in so many ways. It leaves them on the edge of their seat eagerly waiting for the rest.

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