Entries by Oon Yeoh (6)
Tutorial I: The Blundell Technique
My first attempt at feature writing, nearly a decade ago, was a total mess.
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Tutorial II: The Lead
When journalists talk about the beginning of a story the word they use is “the lead”.
Tutorial III: Nut Graph
The relationship between the lead and the Nut Graph can be thought of in this way: The intro highlights an individual case. The Nut Graph, meanwhile, illustrates how that individual case is actually representative of a bigger trend or how it fits into a bigger overall picture.
Tutorial IV: Main Body (Blocks)
With the Nut Graph sorted out, I'd like to now share with you another aspect of the Blundell Technique. And this has to do with the blocks that he uses to organize materials for his feature stories.
Tutorial V: Conclusion
In feature writing, leads get most of the attention, but endings are equally, if not more, important.
Tutorial VI: Story Types
Now that you have all the tools to write your feature story, you need to decide what kind of story you're going to write.