What is Feature Writing?...
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07 30th, 2009 |
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Excerpts from a lecture by Dr. Lourdes D. Servito
What is this thing called FEATURE?
Why is it known as the jewel of the newspaper?
What happens to a newspaper without the features?
FEATURE spells:
F – factual not fictitious
E – Entertaining
A – appealing to the emotions
T – timely or not timely
U...
Tips in Feature Writing...
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07 28th, 2009 |
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Here are some simple tips in enhancing your feature writing.
1. Use alliterations.
Example:
“We happily hopped out the truck…”
“[The rain] waltzed with the wind!”
“Nothing super specific. Nothing deadly demanding. Nothing surprisingly strange.”
“The only...
My Pregnancy: 2nd Trimester...
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07 25th, 2009 |
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At 5 months
My clothes won’t fit me; maternity dresses were too big for me. I had nothing to wear; left me frustrated.
My bulge began to show; people stared at it and I wasn’t used to it, I wore a jacket. Awkward.
Back and joint pains were killing me; I can’t sleep on my back nor on...
My Pregnancy: 1st Trimester...
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07 23rd, 2009 |
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No morning sickness. No dizziness. No nausea. My practitioner said, “Good for you.”
Indeed; it was a blessing. No early and unwanted signs of the first trimester.
I wanted and needed to work. Otherwise I’ll be as bedridden, immobilized, and could possibly be hospitalized as how my Mother was when...
Sonnet to Dolour...
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07 20th, 2009 |
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Sonnet to Dolour
By: Dr. Lourdes D. Servito (December 1982)
You were then a coined word
By two souls bound with mutual drems,
Dreams conceived and nurtured between odds and events;
Carried through the years, for or against the world;
The bells rang, that day fully remembered
Candles lighted..music heard…banquet...
April Beauty...
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Poetry on
07 20th, 2009 |
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April 1986
This poem was written by our Mother when April, our youngest was eight years old.
April Beauty
By: Dr. Lourdes D. Servito (Jan. 30, 1994)
One April 13 proves to be lucky;
As a beautiful baby came to be.
My 3rd treasured gift divine;
I labored for hours in pain.
You made your first cry then.
In...
Guidelines in Feature Writing...
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07 20th, 2009 |
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Excerpts from a lecture by Dr. Lourdes D. Servito
(Lecture delivered during the Division Journalism Workshop held at Pangasinan National High School, Lingayen, Pangasinan, Oct. 8-10, 2008)
1. Use the “You” approach or the 3rd person.
Ex: Are you health-conscious? Beware of milk and milk products...
I Miss You My Hawaii...
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07 18th, 2009 |
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My favorite trio
This is one of my favorite Hawaiian songs ever. It was sang and performed by the Hawaiian trio Na Leo Pilimehana; and this was their number one song; the most famous one, released in 2000.
NA LEO PILIMEHANA, which in Hawaiian means the voices blending together in warmth, is the most...
Things I miss about Hawaii...
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07 18th, 2009 |
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I miss the rainbows of Hawaii.
They say that at the end of a rainbow rests a pot of gold.
It was only in Hawaii where I have seen the literal end of those mysterious bows of colors. It was morning when I was strolling down the campus of BYUH when transparent rows of colors rested upon the green leaves...
JOURNA LIZ...
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Poetry on
07 17th, 2009 |
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This is a poem my Mommy composed when I was a baby.
By: Dr. Lourdes D. Servito (1983)
You’re never expected yet never unwanted,
Just in time you desired to be apart from me,
Not to be away but in my arms you’d stay.
For the past 270 days, your presence within,
Conditioned most of my activities.
At...
