Article Writing Tip - Getting Ideas

I read an interesting story that blew me away!
It was a story about a 7 year old homeschooler who won a writing contest with top honors!
The thing that really caught my eye was his idea for his book. That idea came to him with no problems. There was not even a hint of writer's block that got in his way!

The idea he used for his book came to him from what he loved greatly: baseball!
The book he wrote was an ABC book with a baseball theme! Simple, but brilliant!

To read this article, check it out at

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/article972985.ece

"What the heck does this article have to do with what I need?"

Well, the article that I mentioned above was what I used to generate the idea for the article you are reading right now!

"Huh??"
Yeah, I know! That article I read served as an idea for my own article, which you are now reading! This technique consists of finding an interesting article and inferring why would the author write about such a topic. In my case, I believe that the article I read was written to show a writer like me an example as to how to come up with an idea by just using what you know and what you love. I bet that this kid didn't know if his idea would be great in public eyes. And I bet that he didn't care about it either! That, to me, sounds like a writer!

So, for this article writing tip, all you have to do is find an interesting article, or any other material you would like to read, and infer why the author would write about such a topic. This inference serves as the basis for your writing topic. So, let me use the article I read as an example: If I infer that the author wrote the story I read to show me that I could generate an idea using what I know and what I love, then the topic for my article can be about how to use what you know and love to generate ideas! It is that simple!

If you have any questions, let me know!