The Art and Craft of Feature Writing
The HUB note on The Art and Craft of Feature Writing.
Introduction
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Good writing is about telling a story and including facts that are as true and interesting to others as they are to us.
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It can’t be stated strongly enough—you have to tell exciting stories all the time.
Chapter 1
- Story Raw Materials [[202410200536]]
Chapter 2
- Shaping Ideas [[202410200538]]
Chapter 3
- Story Dimensions [[202410200540]]
Chapter 6
- How to Craft a Lead That Draws Readers In [[202410200541]]
Chapter 7
- Wordcraft [[202410191748]]
- Storytelling thrives on clarity of ideas, specificity of language, and the movement of characters.
Chapter 8
- Stretching Out [[202410240837]]
See Also
- First, You Write A Sentence [[202012092105]]
- The elements of reading, writing, and life.
- Writing Without Teachers [[202303221435]]
- by Peter Elbow, where he makes a case for massive freewriting.
- First We Read, Then We Write [[202105121536]]
- How To Write Short [[202012261545]]
- All these pointers are focused on short writing, which is considered 300 words or less. This is a flexible number.
- Weinberg On Writing: The Fieldstone Method [[202302252046]]
- A super metaphor for note-taking. Create a pile of ‘fieldstones’ that can be used to assemble a wall or whatever.
- Good Writing Habits [[202303121527]]
- Smart writing tips centered around observation and taking the opportunity to make notes everywhere.
References
- Blundell, William E. The art and craft of feature writing: based on the Wall Street Journal guide. 1988.