Feature notes

Personality - A profile of an unusual or outstanding person.
News feature - an up close angle in a recent news story.
Human interest - Stories with a heartwarming twist, drama or a unique turn on human lives.
Occasional pieces - based on holidays or special events, yet takins a unfamiliar slant.
Historical feature - story based on a current event or person that has a unique connection to the past.
Informative feature - a storie based on information you readers need to know. (news you can use)
First-hand experience - a story based on the first hand account of a unique experience.
Consumer report - a story based on the investigation of a product or service.
Background feature - a story that gives readers an insider or a "behind" the scenes account of a person or event.

Timelessness
- Many features are "evergreen". that means that they don't have to run in the paper immediately.

Creative Style.
Flexibility in word choice.
Rarely allowed.
Literary devices.

Unlimited subject possibilities

Feature Writing Guidelines.
Show, don't tell.
Personalize and localize.
Find the angle.
Built on good quotes.
Provide resolution.

Use examples to illustrate

Look for details

What did it look like?

What did it smell like?

What did it taste like?

What did it feel like? 

Don't describe the irrelevant details  

Describe important Details.

Put it all together.