Key Ingredients for Feature Writing

1. LIST 3 DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND ABOVE THAT HELP THE STORY
*It was the night before Valentine's Day
*He was a return customer
*The F.B.I was there

2. THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT INCLUDE IN A REGULAR NEWS STORY, PLEASE LIST AT LEAST 2 OF THEM
*The appearance of the women
*What all Spitzer had provided money for

3. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?
Yes

4. LIST 3 DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND ABOVE THAT HELP THE STORY

*She looked old enough to be in school

*She was just laying there

*She was malnourished 

5. THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT INCLUDE IN A REGULAR NEWS STORY, PLEASE LIST AT LEAST 2 OF THEM

*The color of her hair

*The position she was laying in.

6. WHAT CONDITIONS EXIST REGARDING THIS CHILD THAT THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES TO YOU?

She is not being fed enough, obviously she has been neglected, and is probably very poor if not broke.

7. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes

8. HOW DOES THE QUOTE HELP THE TRANSITION STATEMENT ABOVE IT?

It helps people to feel the impact of what happened and the unfairness and cruelty of it.

9. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes

10. LIST 3 DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND ABOVE THAT HELP THE STORY

*They were in a narrow canyon

*It was very hot and dry

*They were fixing a pipe

11. THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT INCLUDE IN A REGULAR NEWS STORY, PLEASE LIST AT LEAST 2 OF THEM

*How on July 7 they knew it was going to get bad

*How the "flames were rushing through the brush toward Zaca Ridge."

12. WHAT WAS THE ANECDOTE THAT THE AUTHOR USED IN THIS STORY?

"The temperature was headed toward 100 degrees. Rainfall the previous winter had been among the lowest on record in Southern California. Sparks from a metal grinder jumped into some dry grass. Soon flames were rushing through the brush toward Zaca Ridge."

13. WHAT WAS THE IRONICAL PART OF THIS STORY IN REGARDS TO HOW THE FIRE STARTED?

The fire was started by trying to fix a water pipe.

14. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

No

15. LIST 3 PIECES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOUND IN THESE 3 PARAGRAPHS

*Congress is considering a whole budget set aside for fires

*"In California, state wildfire spending has shot up 150% in the last decade"
*"A decade ago, the agency spent $307 million on fire suppression"

16. WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST CRUCIAL?

The second bullet.

17. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

No