"The Coffin Was Too Confining"- Feature Story Example

With all the vampire craze going on, I thought it would be appropriate to find a story on the one who started this kooky trend, Anne Rice. Ms. Rice is known for writing "Interview with a Vampire", amongst other seemingly gothic novels. Her life has changed since the death of her husband of 41 years. His death influenced her to move out of New Orleans where she spent all her life to San Diego. Though, the biggest change is in her writing from blood thirsty vampires to a series of books on the life of Jesus Christ.

This article warrants for being a great example of a feature article. According to Roy Peter Clark a feature story should "illuminate lives lived in our time", "take advantage of expanded set of language and narrative strategies," and have the foundation of being a "human interest" story. This story hits upon all these points. Without further ado, here's the link for "The Coffin Was Too Confining." Click here, the article from the New York Times.