Today class members discussed ideas derived from three main sources: observation, experience and media.
New media can be excellent sources of ideas. For example, using Google Zeitgeist, one can find up-to-the-minute trends to write about.
It's important to remember that one never goes out to "get" ideas, but must learn to recognize and become an excellent receptor of ideas.
Some of the ideas discussed were:
• A piece about how people seem so easily angered when driving, as distinguished from how polite people are otherwise.
• A piece about the people in a political campaign and how they are passionate about their candidate.
• A piece about how some people are using work as a place to run other businesses. The example was given of an employee at a company who was selling items on eBay in his down time.
Many other interesting ideas were discusssed.
Class members were encouraged to follow their interests in developing ideas.
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