10 Steps to Writing a Story

1. Find a topic
-What is your story about
-Who is your audience
-Why is the story important to your audience

TOPICS:
Facebook growing among adults
Drug and Alcohol related car accidents with high school students involved

2. Find an Angle
-What about your topic?
-More specifically, what is important about your topic?
-What should the reader learn?
-Summarize in 3 words: Subject, verb, object
-ex. Wife awaits solider

3. Collect Information
-Who are the experts for this story?
-Do you need opposing points of view?
-What interview questions should I ask?
-What other research must be done to complete the story?

4. Interview
-Asking open ended questions.
-Filling silence.
-Non question, question.
-Rule of threes.
-Get good sound bytes. Piece of audio that can stand alone.