Day 1-The stories all around us

Answer these questions:

1. Where do I sit at lunch?



2. Who do I talk to in the hallway?



3. What route do I walk to class?



4. What clubs, sports or activities do I know little about?



5. When I look through my yearbook, who don’t I know anything about (beyond their name)?



6. What holds me back from breaking out of my comfort zone?



Shake things up

1. Switch your routine/open your eyes to new ideas.

2. Talk to students you don’t know, teachers you don’t have. Sit at a different lunch table.

3. Take time to listen.

4. Broaden your horizon.

5. Acknowledge what you don’t know and listen.

6. Just watch.

7. Always ask: Anything else going on? Any good story ideas?




---Barbara Hollingsworth--Flint Hills Publications Worshop--