News Stories, and What You Wish You Would've Known

When reading a news story, it is common place to wonder about unaddressed motives behind people's actions, and this curiousity manifests in the form of the phrase, "what in the world were they thinking?"

This week, pick one news story from a news source (online or print, I recommend the Rocket personally...) and write a short story "behind the scenes" of what happened before the story was covered.

Most stories work for this, but robbery and murder stories tend to lend itself to this. It's also more effective to make the criminal your main character.

Here is a story that I've always found needed some commentary from a journalist, but feel free to use whatever story will work best.

Good luck, and happy writing!

(Police blotters often work well for this type of story, try to write a story about this as well, if you have the time.)

A picture is worth a thousand...

"A picture is worth a thousand words."

At some point in your life, you've probably heard that saying. It solidifies that a photo can convey a message more accurately than sentences and sentences of description. A good photo can convey one solid message, but a great photo can convey several messages at once.

Take for example, this photo was taken by my friend and coworker, Rebecca Dietrich.

This photo encapsulates both the emotions and stances of the man and the women in this photo.

For this week, write a 1,000 word essay on this photo, using first person point of view of any person in the photo.