Advanced Feature Writing

2 Days

(split)

What you will learn:

This course is ideal for those who have
some feature-writing experience, whether in journalism or
PR, and want to improve the quality and content of their
copy. It deals with all areas of feature writing, from how to
cover highly technical subjects in a more interesting way
to profiles and news features. Delegates write a feature and
have it assessed on the second day.

Workshop content includes:

• A look at differing narrative forms
• The overriding importance of structure
• Analysing where features have gone wrong
• The power of language for emotion or effect
• An outline of advanced interviewing and investigation
methods
• The need for stories to have a beginning, a middle and an
end, with emphasis on intros
• Troubleshooting
• Coaching junior feature writers
Not for: Junior feature writers