Writing a feature should not be a horrible process. Features can be made fun because they do not have to be a hard news story. The feature can be set up like a hard news story if the reporter wants, but usually features are set up as soft news.
The soft news lead should set up the story, but also capture the audience and make them want to continue to read the story. With the use of foreshadowing, exposition, characters, scenes, anecdotes, and dialogue a successful feature can be written.
Exposition is the ordering of the facts within the story. Foreshadowing gives the audience a hint as to what is happening and keeps the audience wanting to find out what is going to happen next. Anecdotes give the audience an answer to the story so they will finally find out what is going on. The characters can set up scenes and dialogues between each other so the readers are put into the story; it seems like they were there when the event happened.
If each of the elements are put into the feature and it flows nicely, then the audience will be enticed with the feature.
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