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64 Interesting Topics to Write About
We have interesting topics to write about … and lots of them for you. Plus, whether you’re 8 or 80, our interesting topics to write about — or talk about (more on that soon) — will help you have a better connection to your values, ideas, emotions, and personal experiences.

Yes! Take a look and enjoy. 🙂
Because we are huge fans of writing, it is our primary focus of this blog post. Of course, you may opt to talk about these topics that are interesting rather than write or journal about them. And that’s wonderful, too.
I like to say that whether you have written one journal entry or 100 journal entries, the practice of daily writing can and will have a positive impact on your life. That’s why, to help you on your writing or journaling journey, I’ve crafted the following 64 interesting topics to write about in your journal or elsewhere.
How you choose to use these interesting topics — be it talking or writing — just be sure to use and enjoy them to the max. I know you’ll be glad you did.
- Identify a moment in your life that made you feel like you had superpowers. What did you do exceptionally well? How did circumstances change as a result of your actions?
- How have you handled being the “new kid” in your lifetime?
- When you’re feeling powerful, what song best motivates you?
- What is your power animal?
- Dear Me in 5 Years…
- How has water impacted your life?
- What would you like to go back and tell a teacher from your past?
- “Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul and you answer.” Star Richés
- “Whether you think you can or you can’t, either way, you are right.” Henry Ford
- “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein
- “You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe the world is worth your sacrifices.” Zaha Hadid
- Name three things you’d do if you weren’t so afraid.
- If time flies, what does dreaming do?
- How do you deal with boredom?
- What colors are your thoughts?
- If your alarm clock could talk, what would it say?
- How does eating impact your time with friends? With family?
- What jokes, pranks, hoaxes, or tricks have you fallen for? What jokes, pranks, hoaxes, or tricks have you played on someone else?
- What is something about you that makes you dangerous?
- If you were to play hide and seek in your home, where would you hide and why?
- What do dogs say when they bark? What do roosters mean when they crow? How do you interpret a pig’s oink?
- Outside of your family, who is someone that has made a difference in your life?
- If you had your own talk show, who would you like to interview?
- If people knew the real you, what would they think?
- What fantastical creature would you like to have come alive?
- Are there any political issues that interest you?
- If you had your own talk show, who would you want to interview?

- What events have brought you and your family closer together?
- What were your parents’ lives like before having children?
- What is special about the town or towns you grew up in?
- What are the sounds that make up the background noise of your life?
- What sounds irritate you?
- What is your favorite activity to do in the snow?
- What “urban legends” have you heard firsthand?
- If the color blue could speak, what would it say? How would it feel?
- When is your most productive time of day?
- What class do you wish students could take in school?
- Have you ever been addicted to something?
- What do you use your thumb for? How about your big toe?
- Is life fair?
- What goals and aspirations do you hope to fulfill in the next year?
- In a natural disaster, what three things would you grab first?
- What role does religion play in your life?
- What shape best describes you?
- What things did you create when you were younger?
- If you could meet any fictional character, who would it be? What would you want to do with or discuss with this character?
- What was your favorite toy growing up?
- As a child, who is/was your favorite relative?
- Is there something you’re reluctant to tell someone? Write about it here to help you get started.
- Describe your first dance.
- When is the first time you felt truly independent or older than your age?
- Is it more important to be right or to be honest?
- What old, worn-out thing can you simply not part with?
- Are you more like a hopscotch board or jump rope? Does your personality seem more like a bag of marbles or like a box of chalk?
- What messages do you keep repeating to yourself?
- Where did you like to hide when you were younger?
- What rites of passage have you participated in?
- What can older people learn from your generation?
- What can younger people learn from your generation?
- What ethical dilemmas have you faced?
- Are you proud of your accomplishments?
- If a photographer were to capture you in your most emotional moment, what would they see?
- How do gender roles, be they male and female or others — differ in your family?
- What does feminism mean to you?
- Have you ever felt like the minority in a group setting? or Have you experienced racism, sexism, or other kinds of discrimination?
- What sort of lifestyle do you dream of living and why?
I hope you enjoyed this list of interesting ideas. If you need even more inspiration, there are more ideas and topics listed below for you to discover and use. So, read and scroll on!
Why We Love Offering You Interesting, Great Topics
It might be time to face it: Your effectiveness in life may not what it could be. Perhaps you’re missing out if, as each day passes, you have little to show for it.
For example, did you help someone yesterday? Go somewhere fun? Did you say something regretful and not apologize for it? Is there a decision you’d like to change?
While these specifics may become a blur over time, what you do know is that you want to remember them.
That’s why…
Keeping your decisions and choices etched into your memory bank can help you to avoid making the same mistakes again down the road.
It can also help you to remember the aspects of your life that are well-lived. This is precisely why I encourage you to get to it and use these interesting topics and prompts as a canvas on which you pour your thoughts onto.
15 Favorite Things (More Ideas to Write or Talk About)
For those more reluctant writers, non-writers, or conversation enthusiasts, I suggest you use the time-tested favorites list. Bonus! They could also double as a wonderful list of conversation starters. These topics are simple ideas that nearly everyone can answer without much effort.
- Favorite foods
- Favorite tv shows
- Favorite form of entertainment
- Favorite book
- Favorite video games
- Favorite games and/or board games
- Favorite childhood memory
- Favorite season
- Favorite movie
- Favorite holiday
- Favorite pet
- Favorite place
- Family member
- Celebrities
- Role models
If the favorites list wasn’t enough to spark your imagination, check out this list…
13 Topics That are Interesting to Talk or Write About
Ok, now I have one final list of ideas for you. The ideas on this one may make for interesting conversation topics, yet the topics could also be used as writing prompts. It’s really about your preference.
- Who is your best friend and why?
- Did you (or do you) like high school?
- Why do friendships mean so much to you and why?
- Can you make a new friend (or friends) easily?
- What makes for a great conversation in your opinion?
- How do you like to spend your free time?
- What are your passions in life?
- When was the last time you experienced one of those awkward silences in a conversation and how did you handle it?
- Who was your first crush?
- Do you like celebrating birthdays, why or why not?
- What pop culture trends do you love and which bother you and why?
- Are different cultures interesting to you, why or why not?
- Do you believe in aliens, why or why not?
More Writing Topic List Resources for You
Looking for more writing inspiration? We have prompts for writing short stories, essay writing, persuasive writing, prompts for teenagers, and more! If science fiction, expository essays, or narrative writing are more your thing, we’ve got that covered, too!
- 33 Fresh, New Writing Topics
- 30 Good Topics to Write About
- 20 Interesting Writing Prompts for Students
- Creative Writing Prompts for All Ages
Until next time, keep on writing…
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Sincerely, Jill journalbuddies.com creator and curator

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Best Articles: 400+ Articles With Life-Changing Ideas

Thanks for checking out my blog. On July 7, 2015, I published my first article on DariusForoux.com. The last time I checked, I published more than 400 articles on this blog about many different topics. But I’ve always written about topics that are related to personal growth.
By reading books and articles, we can accelerate our learning curve. Instead of spending a lifetime figuring things out through trial and error, you can learn faster from other people’s experiences. That’s the reason I started this blog.
On this page, you can find my best articles to read on life, productivity, habits, decision making, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and more.
So if you’re new to my site, reading my best articles will give you a good introduction. I hope they will help you to live a productive life. You can browse the articles by the most popular categories. Enjoy!
Decision-Making
- Mental Models and Making Decisions You Don’t Regret — An overview of what mental models are and how you can use them to improve your decisions.
- Want To Make Better Decisions? Do This — A simple way to improve your decisions. Inspired by Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett.
- How To Be More Decisive In 3 Steps — Common cognitive errors and a 3-step framework for becoming a better decision-maker.
↳ Read the full guide to decision making
Entrepreneurship
- 8 Online Business Ideas That Generate Sustainable Revenue — The eight best and most viable online business ideas. A good place to start if you need inspiration.
- Essential Guide To Making Digital Products People Will Pay For — An expansive guide to making digital products. It’s the framework I’ve used to create my courses and books.
- How To Start A Blog Without Knowing How To Code — Every entrepreneur should have a blog. Here’s how you can get started.
↳ Read the full guide to entrepreneurship
- 10 Small Habits That Have A Huge Return On Life — A list of my favorite habits. I stick to these habits every day, no matter what.
- Transform Your Life By Transforming Your Habits — A framework for changing your habits. This is a tried and tested method that works.
- The Habits Of Unproductive People You Don’t Want To Copy — Several bad habits I’ve learned to stop. When you remove these habits, you automatically become better.
↳ Read the full guide to habits
- The Stoic Path to Wealth: An ancient investing strategy for the modern world — The most important aspect of investing is managing your emotions. This article shows you how to do that.
- The Power Of Compounding — When you take advantage of the power of compounding, you can sit back and let your investments compound.
- Investing Fallacy: ‘You Must Start Early’ — A common thinking mistake is that investing is all about starting early. That’s just not true.
↳ Read the full guide to investing
Personal Finance
- The Five Pillars Of Wealth Building — A basic way of looking at wealth building. When you follow these five pillars, you will build wealth.
- 5 Money Rules That Will Increase Your Net Worth — Basic personal finance rules that help you to increase your net worth.
- How I’m Getting Richer Every Day — Simple actions I take to make sure I get just a little bit wealthier every day.
↳ Read the full guide to personal finance
Procrastination
- How I Beat Procrastination: Do It Today, Not Tomorrow — My motto for work. This is how I beat procrastination every time.
- The Science Behind Procrastination And How You Can Beat It — Why do we even procrastinate? What’s the science behind it?
- Procrastination Study: 88% Of The Workforce Procrastinates — I held a survey with more than 2200 participants. The outcomes are fascinating.
↳ Read the full guide to overcoming procrastination
Productivity
- Know Thy Time: Peter Drucker’s Strategy To Become More Effective — The most important thing about productivity is to measure how you spend your time.
- The Pomodoro Method: Take Strategic Breaks To Improve Productivity — One of my favorite ways to improve my focus.
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↳ Read the full guide to improving your productivity
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The 51 Best Writing Articles I've Ever Read
So you want to be the world's best online writer, a David Ogilvy of the blogs, a Shakespeare of the social media.
Or maybe you just want to be good enough to get by on freelance writing.
Then again, perhaps it's somewhere in between: you want to pen a beautiful marketing strategy or communicate well with your teammates .
No matter the case, the questions are the same: Where do you get your writing education? and How do you improve?
I faced these questions and still face these questions as I aim to keep improving as an online writer. I majored in journalism in college. There wasn't a content marketing course back in the day.
Everything I've learned has been self-taught.
And I'd love to share some of my favorite lessons.
I've emptied my swipe file. What you see here is everything I've got. You want to learn more about writing for the web, content marketing, the most persuasive way to communicate online. Here's the place to start.
The Nuts and Bolts of Web Writing
1. stock & flow: the ideal writing mix for your online content.
by Robin Sloane, Snark Market
Stock is your evergreen, tentpole content that draws traffic from the moment of publish to the end of time. Flow is the filler, the stuff that keeps your blog churning or your social media streams full. Check out the article for details.
2. David Ogilvy's 10 Most Valuable Lessons on Advertising
by Gregory Ciotti
David Ogilvy is widely considered the father of modern advertising, and his 10 most valuable lessons contain advice that worked when he wrote it in the 1960s and that work for online writers today. Here’s lesson #2 of 10.
The temptation to entertain instead of sell is contagious. - Gregory Ciotti
3. Web Copy That Sells: 9 Can’t-Fail Formulas
by Karri Stover, Business 2 Community
Pretty much the cream of the crop for copywriting formulas. Appetizer. Main course to follow.
4. The Minimalist’s Guide to Becoming a Better Writer
by Demian Farnworth, Copybot
Simple tips in 3 basic categories—reading, writing, and critiquing—to help you be a better writer.
4. If Don Draper Tweeted: The 27 Copywriting Formulas That Will Drive Clicks and Engagement
by Kevan Lee, Buffer
Shameless plug alert! I wrote this article, but I didn’t really write it. All the formulas listed here are the incredible work of super smart writers and advertisers. It’s all them, none me.
6. My All Time Favorite Blog Post And Why It's So Great
by Jason Miller
Jason’s post on LinkedIn offers a great review of the factors that go into an all-time great post. Just a sampling of factors:
Unique voice
Easy to read
Has personality
Has fantastic visuals
Useful and inspiring
7. Minimum Viable Personality
by FakeGrimlock
Here’s the post that Jason Miller references as his “favorite blog post” of all time. It’s written from the point of view of a dinosaur.
8. Master This Copywriting Formula to Dominate Any Social Media Platform
by Demian Farnworth, Copyblogger
This one’s great if you want to get deep into one, single, can’t-miss formula for writing on social media or blogs.
Content Marketing Advice
9. why content marketing fails.
by Rand Fishkin
It’s an article wrapped in a SlideShare with amazing takeaways for articles. If you work backward from the title (Why Content Marketing Fails), you’ll have a pretty awesome case for How Content Marketing Succeeds.
10. 12 Things You Should Be Using Your Blog For (Besides Blogging)
by Corey Eridon, HubSpot
My favorite tip: Go into your old blog posts and make them great.
11. Use this Hollywood Secret to Write Addicting Opt-In Copy
by Felicia Spahr, KISSMetrics
Spoiler alert: The secret is Open Loops, and they work like this (click through to the story for some cool examples, including one from Buffer):
Open Loops in TV shows are the equivalent of that cliffhanger that keeps you up at night, consuming your mind with thinking about what’s going to happen the next week, or that story line that was never quite explained. Those aren’t just “blips” in a script. They are put there so that it’s harder for people to get up off the couch than it is to stay and watch “just one more episode.” Felicia Spahr
12. 25 Lessons from 25 Months of Content Marketing
by Gregory Ciotti
One of my favorite lessons: Don’t forget about “solved” problems. In the case of Men’s Health, they’ve found that the market for fitness information is so great that their “solved” headlines can work over and over again.
13. 5 Breakthrough Techniques For Running A High-Traffic Blog
by Garrett Moon, CoSchedule
14. Agile Content Marketing: How to Attract an Audience That Builds Your Business
by Brian Clark, Copyblogger
15. I’ve been blogging for 8 years
by Jessica Hagy
A short, two-minute read, this fun piece on Medium hits on some of the unspoken truths of content marketing.
You have to make time to make things. And it’s worth it to find it and protect it. Jessica Hagy
16. The 6 Elements of a Powerful Blog Post
by Neil Patel, QuickSprout
17. How to Boost Your Blog Post Production Speed by 600%
by John O'Nolan, Ghost
If you’re looking for a new blogging method, give John’s a try. I was fortunate to stumble onto many of the techniques he mentions here (ideas, outlines, etc.) and I would have been better off for finding his post first.
18. 7 Marketing Diagrams That Explain Content Marketing
by Orbit Media
19. Publish Your Blog Post Without SEO, and 1000s of Visits Will Be Forever Lost
by Rand Fishkin for ProBlogger
20. 11 Common Blogging Mistakes That Are Wasting Your Audience’s Time
by Henneke, Copyblogger
I use this post to check in every so often to make sure I haven’t fallen into any of these bad habits. The need to publish daily is a constant one for me.
21. Guest Blogging Strategies that Helped Grow 36,733 Email Subscribers
22. from ideas to traffic results: how we run a blog with 700,000 readers per month.
by Belle Beth Cooper, Buffer
23. How to Find More Content Ideas than You’ll Ever be Able to Create
by Peter Shallard, Copyblogger
24. 28 Ways to Write Moneymaking Headlines
by Noble Direct Marketing
25. 5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post with a Bang
26. the 3 keys to effective guest posting.
by James Agate, ThinkTraffic
I started thinking about the possibilities of guest posting thanks to Think Traffic founder Corbett Barr’s blogposts and articles on the topic. This article (a guest post about guest posting—meta!) has some super advice.
27. It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Present It
by A.J. Kohn, Blind Five-Year-Old
Here’s one that I failed to consider for a long time: the readability of what you write. Now I often picture what a post will look like as someone reads/scans, along with what I’ll actually be writing. How’d I do on this post by the way?
Writing inspiration
29. how to be more creative in 5 simple steps.
by Jeremy Duvall, Crew
Creativity is 85 percent a learned skill. Wow. Really? If that’s the case, it’s so great to have resources like this one from Jeremy that cover the topic so deeply. The creativity training routine he outlines is top-notch.
30. Your Life in Weeks
by Tim Urban, Wait But Why
Fair enough, this one has little to do with writing other than a huge motivation to make each day count.
31. How to Be Great
by Leo Babauta, Zen Habits
I wish I could copy/paste the whole thing right here so you could read right away. Every time I breeze through this one I want to go out and create something.
32. Failure Is an Option
by Chase Reeves, Fizzle
One hurdle I often face with writing something is a fear that it might fail. Turns out, failure is perfectly alright.
33. The Creators Code
by Hiut Denim Co, Medium
A short one from Medium, this 60-word manifesto is a superb reminder of why and how we do what we do.
34. At iDoneThis, we believe in taking it slow.
by Walter Chen, iDoneThis
The slow web movement is something really close to my heart and, I believe, close for a lot of writers, too. Online writing runs the risk of being shouted down by the noise of a busy Internet. What the team at iDoneThis has shared is that there’s another way—a quieter, simpler way that might just improve the writing work we all do.
35. The 5000th post*
by Seth Godin
In typical Godin fashion, this one’s brief. But it does outline several of the lessons he’s learned in reaching the 5,000-post milestone. To paraphrase one of my favorite parts:
Don’t write because it’s your job, write because you can. Seth Godin
36. What should you do to help your child pursue her dreams of becoming a writer?
by M. Molly Backes, Medium
First of all, let her be bored. Let her have long afternoons with absolutely nothing to do. Limit her TV-watching time and her internet-playing time and take away her cell phone. Give her a whole summer of lazy mornings and dreamy afternoons. Make sure she has a library card and a comfy corner where she can curl up with a book. Give her a notebook and five bucks so she can pick out a great pen. Insist she spend time with the family. It’s even better if this time is spent in another state, a cabin in the woods, a cottage on the lake, far from her friends and people her own age. Give her some tedious chores to do. Make her mow the lawn, do the dishes by hand, paint the garage. Make her go on long walks with you and tell her you just want to listen to the sounds of the neighborhood. M. Molly Backes
It gets better from there (and before there, too). Molly is a teacher and author who certainly knows her stuff. I want to print this article out and hand it to every middle school child.
37. How To Hack Writing A Personal Essay
by Harris Sockel, Medium
Some really great, actionable tips in this one, going beginning to end with how to create a personal essay from scratch.
38. How to Encourage More Creative Thinking
by Gregory Ciotti, Sparring Mind
Did you know: Dr. Seuss produced Green Eggs & Ham after he bet his editor he could produce an entire book in under 50 different words. Really cool insights and examples from Gregory.
39. The 25 Greatest Quotes About Writing
via This Isn’t Happiness
Just a really great collection of inspiration. One of my favorites (from Kafka, kind of an ironic inspiration):
Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Kafka
Writing productivity
40. bring sanity to your to-do list with the 1-3-5 rule.
by Sam Spurlin, 99U
Write down one big thing, three medium things, and five little things to do each day. Then do them!
41. How to Stop Procrastinating by Using The “2-Minute Rule”
by James Clear, Quora
James is one of my favorite voices on productivity and getting more from yourself and your day. The 2-Minute Rule breaks down like this (lots more examples and background in James’s post).
Part 1 — If it takes less than two minutes, then do it now.
Part 2 — When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.
42. How I Write 8 Blog Posts a Week While Running 2 Companies
by Neil Patel, Quick Sprout
The headline here says it all. Neil is a busy guy, so it’s amazing to peek inside his writing process. I’ve adopted his “intro/conclusion” technique for the blogposts I write, and it’s been a big time saver.
43. 5 Ways to Instantly Become More Productive
by Steve Kamb, Nerd Fitness
Steve tells a great story (maybe it’s familiar to you): He used to publish blogposts according to a schedule and would always be up incredibly late the night before cramming for the post that needed to be written, edited, and published. He since found several hacks—really useful things like technology tips, tools, and strategies.
44. The Origin of the 8-Hour Work Day and Why We Should Rethink It
by Leo Widrich, Buffer
This was the first Buffer blogpost I ever read—and boy was it a good one! It set me down a path for thinking of productivity in a whole new way, not so structured as before but rather an intuitive approach where I listened more to how and when my body would respond. I’ve squeezed out a whole ton of extra writing because of it.
General interestingness
45. pretty much everything i know about the news business.
by Sean Blanda, Medium
Sean’s article touches on a lot of journalism topics that can also fit for online writers, too. Things like understanding an audience and even the aforementioned stock and flow concept get mentioned here.
46. The 7 Things Writers Need to Make a Living
by Sonia Simone, Copyblogger
A list of intangibles—more like love and confidence and less “a keyboard” and “a thesaurus”—this piece from Sonia is hugely relatable for those of us who write regularly.
47. Here’s How Maria Popova of Brain Pickings Writes
by Kelton Reid, Copyblogger
I could have picked any number of “Here’s How X Writes” posts from the Copyblogger series, so narrowing it down was hard. Read several, or them all. Maria Popova’s interview was especially fascinating because she creates so much writing content all by herself, and she’s so well-versed in the writing of others.
48. Making Your Writing Work Harder For You
by Patrick McKenzie, Kalzumeus
You’re waaay into my treasures box now. This link is an archived newsletter of Patrick’s that contains so much good stuff on writing, blogging, and marketing strategies. For instance, should you place the date on your blogposts? What types of content should you be posting? Patrick’s answers will get you thinking.
49. The 20 Best Lessons from Social Psychology
by Zach Hamed, Medium
Quick, bite-sized snippets of psychology lessons that can help you understand the behavior of the people you’re writing for.
50. A Brief History of Bloggering
by Giles Turnbull, The Morning News
A fake history, for that matter. A really funny piece that, in its own satirical way, sheds some light on what online writing has become. A snippet (that doesn’t really shed any light but is a bit humorous):
Depending on who you ask, the first bloggering happened in the late 1990s, when the web was still young, and clicking links to pages where you’d click more links was cool. This was in the days when the only use for an animated GIF was to tell people you were still working on your web page. Giles Turnbull
51. Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle
by Elmore Leonard, New York Times
This piece originally appeared in the NYT in 2001, and it has tons of good takeaways for authors and writers in general. Stuff like “Never open with the weather” and “Never use an adverb to modify the verb ‘said.'”
Bonus: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO WRITING BETTER THAN YOU NORMALLY DO. by Colin Nissan, McSweeneys
Another fun one. Jokes. And a great one to end on.
Over to you
What are your favorite articles about writing? Feel free to share in the comments below or send them my way on Twitter . Excited to hear what you think!
Originally published on May 5, 2017. I add new, best articles as I find them.
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66 Ideas You Can Write About
Let me guess:
You’re a prolific creator and can write over a thousand words a day easily.
Since you’ve to write regularly, you tend to run out of interesting topics to write about.
Alternatively, you write at leisure, but seriously want to complete the novel you recently started writing.
However, you face a lot of resistance in typing those first few words, in every writing session.
The fundamental problem in both scenarios is that you feel rusty.
You might have even tried a few writing prompts and writing exercises but to no avail.
Don’t you worry, mi amigo, I’ve got you.
Whether you’re writing blogs , fiction, essays, or creating content for any other platform, I’ve got you covered. In this article, you’ll learn tips, strategies, and a few tools to spark ideas for writing. I have even shared some random topics to write about.
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You can directly get started with writing on these subjects or pick one of the below as an exercise to get your juices flowing. Let’s start with a few specific writing prompts and interesting ideas.

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Sixty Six Interesting Ideas To Write About…
If you’re feeling stuck or just want to type stuff, here are sixty-six subjects that you can write on. I’ve organized the prompts and topics into four sections, so pick the one that you like the most and crush the writer’s block.
15 Personal Topics You Can Write About
How about some self-reflection? Often, going back to yourself can flex those writing muscles. Here are a few subjects you can write about and gain perspective on your life.

1. How have the top failures in your life shaped you?
2. What are the little known hangout places in your hometown?
3. What does writing mean to you?
4. How has your education shaped your thinking?
5. Describe the last time you got super embarrassed.
6. Write a letter to your five-year-old self.
7. You’re stuck in an elevator with the high school teacher you hated the most. What will you tell her?
8. Act as your father and write a letter to yourself.
9. Describe your first encounter with politics.
( How long can you talk about politics ? )

10. Recall the first fight you had in your childhood. Now, write an apology to the person you fought with.
11. Assume you’re wrong about the way you think the world functions. Now find as much evidence as possible to prove it.
12. What are the top things people know about you that aren’t true?
13. What’s your favorite drink?
14. The world is coming to an end in a week. What are the three things you would like to do?
15. What are your top three needs without which you can’t function normally every day and why?
16 Fun And Weird Writing Ideas
If you’re searching for things to write about when you’re bored, then this section will provide the necessary ingredients. Let’s get started with the first fun writing prompt.
1. Is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?
2. How do dogs help humanity?
(Want a hint ?)

3. Flesh out the ideal life that you would like to experience.
4. Why is fast food healthy?
5. Imagine you haven’t slept for a week. Describe how you’re feeling right now.
6. Which animal would you have been born as?
7. What’s your least favorite social media platform and why?
8. Is there a pop culture fad that you hate? Throw some light on your hate and contemplate why people are so fond of it.
9. Parody your favorite song.
10. What are the most boring ways to cure boredom?
11. What are the dumbest ways to stay dumb?
12. How do you define food ? Mention the top characteristics that are essential in every meal you have.
13. Your best friend is crying because they have put on weight (and weigh 195 pounds now). What would you tell them?
14. What are some weird things to eat with coffee?
15. Do people need more juice or wine?
As per Ross :

16. You live in Gotham and the Joker wants to meet you for coffee. Write a script for a five-minute conversation with him.
10 Writing Prompts About The World
In this section, let’s look at a few prompts about worldly problems with a creative twist.

1. What’s a talent that the world is better without and why?
2. If you become Iron Man for a day, then what would you do?
3. What’s the most irritating sound in the world?
4. How can the minorities in your locality feel secure and at home?
5. Does society need to be more materialistic?
6. How does the role of a male and female differ in your culture?
7. How have memes shaped our culture?
( Can you clear Shakespeare’s doubt ? )

8. Why do riots happen?
9. When will the world be able to function without bureaucrats?
10. What role does sugar play in our everyday life?
25 Things To Write About, For Your Business Blog
If you want to create content for your business website, then this section shares a few proven subjects that generally get loved by readers.

1. Write the story of how you put together your business and the learnings from running it so far.
2. What’s the most loved article on your website? Write a followup to it.
Five years ago, business consultant Mark Schaefer wrote a post titled “content shock” that went insanely viral. Since then, he has covered the subject multiple times on his blog, the latest being last year.

3. Summarize your favorite book and share any of its learnings that you use.
4. Share a list of the books that you’ve recently read and found valuable.
5. Answer the most frequently asked question by your audience regarding a specific aspect of your business.
River Pools answered a pertinent question of their prospects “How Much Does a Fiberglass Pool Cost” on their blog. It ended up generating over 2 million dollars worth of sales for the company.

6. Write a beginner’s guide on your reader’s glaring pain point. You can also expand it into an “ultimate guide”, just like the article you’re reading.
7. Create a listicle of your favorite business tools that you can’t live without.
8. Prepare a questionnaire that shares your top business challenges. Now invite a fellow content creator/entrepreneur in your network for an interview on your website.
9. Write down your top five productivity hacks that you use every day.
10. Compile a list of the top conferences and events in your industry that your readers might find useful.
11. Write a “how-to” article that teaches your readers a pertinent subject in your industry. It could mean a breakdown of a recipe, installing WordPress and starting a website, or getting a style makeover.
12. Take your readers behind the scenes of how you run your business every day.
Buffer has baked transparency in its company culture. They share honest accounts of their success, failures, and everything else on their open blog. It even includes their founder’s story of getting burnt out and taking a 6-week break to recharge.

13. Look at the top content of your competitors and let that spark fresh ideas.
14. Round up the top myths in your industry in a piece and share the correct beliefs that people should know about.
15. Review your most used product and share actionable ways that a new user can leverage it.
16. Are there any popularly accepted opinions in your industry that you strongly disagree with? If so, write a counterpoint article with stats, examples, and anecdotes from your experience.
17. You can always find new angles on popular subjects in your industry.
Animalz offers content marketing services to SaaS companies . So they run a blog on content marketing, a topic that’s been covered to death on the web. They still manage to breathe fresh air into old subjects. Just look at the intriguing titles of their content marketing guides below:

18. What are the ethical dilemmas you’ve encountered while running your business and how did you tackle them?
19. Write a post about the causes you support and why you care about them.
20. Roundup your favorite podcasts/blog posts from the last year with the top takeaways for your readers.
21. Suppose your business wants to create a web show that your audience will love and launch it on YouTube. Write down a one-page introduction to its screenplay.
22. Write an article showing the top features of the products you sell. Marketers call this “bottom of the funnel” content and it could be quite effective at generating new business.
For example, Ahrefs CMO Tim Suolo covered thirteen things that only their digital product could do in a post.

23. Invite your top users to share how they find your product valuable. You can consider creating a case study from their experiences.
24. Write down answers to the frequently asked questions regarding your product and business.
25. Conduct a business experiment and share its updates regularly. It allows your readers to connect with your brand.
GrooveHQ started their blog by sharing the “real story” depicting the struggles and challenges of running a small business. Their personal tales resonated deeply with their audience and led to the quick growth of their blog.
Here’s a snippet of their revenue progress bar that they shared live on their blog in the early days of their business:

While these ideas are great jumping-off points, I want to empower you to come up with new subjects on your own. In the next section, you’ll learn five effective ways to do the same.
Confused What To Write About? Here Are Eight Simple Strategies…
Whether you’re stuck with writing a blog post, article, or story, here are eight strategies to discover and come up with interesting subjects to write about.
1. Scan The Headlines Of Bestselling Books And Popular Articles
A great place to spark fresh ideas is exploring the work of other writers. Indeed simply scanning the headlines can help jumpstart your writing. Here are a few platforms you can try:
1. Scan The Amazon Bestsellers List
Amazon remains a popular place for shoppers to buy books. Their bestsellers list is updated every hour with the ranks based on what’s selling well.
As an author, you can look at the eclectic mix of both nonfiction and fiction titles. I recommend you begin exploring the books by their department in the sidebar on the left.

Here are the best sellers in romance. Note how in the left sidebar you can granularly explore subsections. Right off the bat, you’ve six titles you can use as a writing prompt.

I could write a short fantasy story on #3: “Where the forest meets the stars.”
How about you?
2. Plug Your Favorite Website Inside Social Animal
You can also scan the headlines of the most shared articles on social media from a website of your liking. Start by plugging the website inside Social Animal and the tool will return the most popular pages from the past one year.
For example, below are the most shared articles from longreads.com in the last year:

If you’re creating content for your business, you can consider plugging a competitor’s website inside the tool. Once you’ve got a few relevant subjects, come with newer angles, and cover the same subject.
Suppose I find that “meditation techniques for working professionals” is a popular subject among my readers. Now I’ll write on “standing and walking meditation techniques for working professionals.” It’s a novel subject that isn’t covered extensively and it’s relevant for the busy working class.
See how it’s done?
2. Keep A Notebook (Or Evernote)
If you’re a creator, ideation is a critical part of your work. But your creative juices might not always flow at your will. Ideas can arise even while you’re driving, doing dishes, bathing, or attending to some other tedious task. At such moments, noting these ideas can be a hassle and you might not have a notebook and pen.
Evernote , one of the best note taking apps out there, offers a better bet. It works on all the common platforms — iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and on your browser. And it offers two handy ways to organize the items you choose to save: tags and notebooks. They both have their utility, but choosing a notebook for every item is necessary.
Here’s a glance at my notebooks and a few tags:

With its mobile apps, you can store even your wildest of ideas in Evernote (even when you’re on the subway!) and go back to them when you feel uninspired. And it’s not merely plain webpages — you can also save photos, videos, and voice clips in one of its Notebooks.
I also use the Evernote Chrome extension to clip articles I find interesting. The software automatically chooses a Notebook for all the pages you save, though its categorization can be faulty. I can add my commentary to each saved item and refer to them later for inspiration. Taking screenshots of web pages and annotating them through Skitch is also possible.
If you’ve enabled the Evernote extension on your browser, then on performing a Google search an Evernote tab appears in the top right corner. It shows notes related (that you saved in Evernote earlier) to the subject you’re researching. Occasionally these notes result in the addition of an example or a resource to an article I’m working on.

The Evernote Premium version syncs across multiple devices and offers a generous 10 GB storage. But you can get started with its free version that offers a capacity of 60 MB (which is pretty decent for storing your notes’ archives) and syncs two devices.
3. Re-outline
Whether you write nonfiction or fiction, an outline will lay a strong foundation for you. If you haven’t created one, then do it now so that you know the structure of your writing project and the direction it needs to go in.
The other scenario is that you’ve hit a wall because you can’t seem to expand on your current outline. In fiction, it might indicate indecision on which way your story should jump. Whereas if you’re writing a blog post, it might mean you created a shorter outline.
In either case, it makes sense to get back to your outline and redo it with some research as well as brainstorming. Limit the re outlining session to about 10 minutes so that you power through quickly.
4. Solve The Pertinent Problems Of Your Readers
If you’re a nonfiction writer serving an existing readership, then one of your main goals is to solve the problems of your readers. Here are a few tools to find the top questions that they are asking:
The question-and-answer-platform gets hoards of curious visitors. You can directly search for a subject you’re writing about to find the top questions people are asking on it.
Suppose I’m writing an article on “Yoga vs. Gym.” On performing a search, here are a few questions I found people asking. I already have three important aspects of the subject (marked in red) that I should address in my article.

2. Answer The Public
How about a tool that aggregates all the top questions that your audience is asking on a keyword and represents them visually? “Answer The Public does that by collating all the data users are typing inside Google & Bing. Here are the top questions returned for “yoga vs. gym”:

3. Survey Your Readers
Who can tell you more about their problems, motivations, and emotions than your readers themselves? So if you have an existing email list, reach out to your readers directly and ask them about the top subjects they would like you to tackle on your site.
Indeed it’s a good idea to take feedback from your readers regularly. So, like Jorden from Creative Revolt, consider asking questions and interacting with your subscribers at the end of your email in a postscript.

If you prefer staying organized, then you can use a tool like Survey Monkey to conduct a survey smoothly and generate insights.
Don’t have an email list, but an existing audience on Twitter, Slack, or other social media? Then you can conduct a poll on these platforms asking people what they struggle with the most and you can lend a hand with your blog post.
Here’s a poll copywriter André Spiteri conducted on Twitter that led him to his article’s subject on “nailing blog post introductions.”

5. Focus On Narrower Topics
When I first pitched my ideas to my editor at Foundr magazine, she gave me a piece of advice that is helpful for finding newer writing subjects when you’re stuck. She suggested attacking “more focused topics” instead of broad subjects:

Owing to the intense content marketing competition , most broad subjects have already been covered to death. It’s difficult to bring anything new to the table. However, you can get granular and hone in on a specific detail.
Instead of creating an article on “how to start writing your book”, you can attack a narrower subject like “how to write the first chapter for your novel.”
If you’re creating content for your blog, you might be afraid of narrowing the coverage of your subjects because a focused subject will have reduced readership. However, your writing will resonate deeply with those few readers and they might share it with their friends.
6. Read News And Explore What’s Trending
Is Twitter buzzing with a virus outbreak that’s slowed economies across the world? Maybe people are talking about a movie release that’s happening later this week.
The trends can serve as standalone writing subjects if your audience would like your analysis of them. However, it isn’t essential to newsjacking such events. You can also pick up ideas and anecdotes from these emerging events and integrate them into your writing.
So the next time you’re stuck and want an interesting idea, try reading the news .

Beyond the dedicated “trending” hashtags on Twitter and media publications, you can also use Google Trends . Try the Google Search Trend reports from the last couple of years. It’s even broken down into convenient sub-categories. Here’s a snapshot of the 2019 report.

Do these events, searches, actors, and athletes spark hot ideas for an article (or maybe give direction to an existing piece)?
6. Research Keywords With Ubersuggest
While we’re on the subject of the problems your audience is facing, how about some good old keyword research with quantitative data?
While most tools on the market are paid and limited, Ubersuggest offers substantial data for free.
I plugged our example query “yoga vs. gym” in Ubersuggest. Here’s data related to this query, and a few related keywords that people are typing in Google with their approximate monthly search volume:

Not only do you get ideas that can be covered in your article (like practicing yoga and gymming on alternative days), but you should also use these exact keywords inside your article.
Here’s why:
- It’s a great way to make your readers feel included by writing in their language.
- It helps Google’s algorithm understand the subject you’re writing about in more detail.
If you scroll down, Ubersuggest also shows the most shared articles on your subject from around the web.

The tool is a goldmine for bloggers and content creators to find data-backed content ideas that are proven to work.
7. Let The Music Play!
Do you know that happy music can facilitate divergent thinking (a method used for generating creative ideas)?
Indeed in my method acting training, we were taught using music as a tool to feel a requisite emotion for a scene before performing.
So open your digital jukebox and let yourself relax. Listening to your favorite music could even uplift your mood and inspire you to come up with new ideas.
Begin experimenting with various mood playlists on Spotify to evoke unique ambiances ( here are thirteen you can try). You can also explore YouTube music and its curated mood-based playlists.

If you find that a certain genre of music helps you quiet your racing thoughts and internal chatter, then let that kind of music play.
8. The (Not So) Secret Strategy For Battling “I Don’t Know What To Write About…”
Alright now let’s get the prolific and successful writers out of the closet.
- How do they get SO MANY brilliant ideas for writing?
- How can they not get nervous, afraid, and frustrated to create every day?
- It’s not any of the above seven strategies. There’s a secret recipe they must follow, huh?
I’m sorry to break it to you, but they don’t have a secret. They have fears like us. They run out of ideas. They battle imposter’s syndrome and hit writer’s block. However, they push through self-doubt and the fear of failure, which are major reasons we get stuck in creative work.
Let me share an example:
“Eat, Pray, Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert felt terrified while writing a followup to her blockbuster international bestseller. She even started thinking of dumping the project. However, she found a way to change her relationship with her work.
In her TED Talk, ‘Your elusive creative genius’, she shares a psychological construct that can liberate creatives like us from the results of our works:
Let me quickly show you the two main things that are relevant to us. The first aspect was the idea of what should count as ‘genius’:
“…the Romans did not actually think that a genius was a particularly clever individual. They believed that a genius was this, sort of magical divine entity, who was believed to literally live in the walls of an artist’s studio, kind of like Dobby the house-elf, and who would come out and sort of invisibly assist the artist with their work and would shape the outcome of that work.”
The second aspect clarifies how you the above concept takes the pressure off you:
“…if your work was brilliant, you couldn’t take all the credit for it, everybody knew that you had this disembodied genius who had helped you. If your work bombed, not entirely your fault, you know? Everyone knew your genius was kind of lame.”
Ultimately getting new ideas boils down to stop judging your creative process. Gilbert found her way by going back to ancient Rome and ancient Greece. You just need to find yours.
Now You’ve Got Cool Things To Write, Huh?
Thought so.
As you know, all stories worth telling have already been told. Most interesting topics have already been written about. However, that shouldn’t forbid you to write on these subjects in your unique voice, spicing it up with your life experiences and your creativity.
I have shown you how to find things to write about with actionable tips and tools. And even shared some random things to write about.
Hopefully, the article gets your creative juices flowing, and leaves you with something to write about.
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The World’s Most Remote Places

Internet surfing can serve many purposes, ranging from informing yourself of current events to stalking your ex to scouring for a Portuguese dish to make for a pretentious dinner party. Each of these activities are united by one thing, though: you are absolutely alone while you do them. But if that cyber solitude isn’t enough to get your introvert on, you might peruse our list of the world’s most remote places and jet off to an uninhabited archipelago smack between South Africa and South America or a scenic roadless province in Tibet. Or, at the very least, daydream about it.
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The Astounding Origins Of English Idioms

Given our familiarity with the language, it’s quite easy for us to assume that the English language, much unlike its more “exotic” and “colorful” linguistic counterparts, lacks rich and imaginative idioms. If you’re one of those who thinks that your mother tongue is rather bland, fear not! We’re here to remind you of seven idioms with bizarre–and fascinating–origins .

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The Motor City has certainly seen some brighter days. Declaring bankruptcy in 2011, Detroit is one of the many–yet most visibly–suffering cities in the wake of the Great Recession. The industrial metropolis once served as home to around two million people, but today the numbers hang just over 700,000. Truly a dying city, these photos of an abandoned Detroit are incredibly sobering.
Fascinating Photos of 1960s Afghanistan

In 1967, Arizona State University professor Bill Podlich and his family swapped the United States for the unfamiliar environs of Kabul, Afghanistan. When not working at the Higher Teachers College of Kabul, Podlich made great use of his Kodachrome camera to document an Afghanistan that many of us would simply not recognize anymore. These images just go to show our incredible capacity to change–for better and for worse.
The Most Insanely Bizarre Human Records

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An Eerie Town Where Everyone Wears Gas Masks

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What The Future Looked Like In 1900

Humanity has long sought the ability to predict the future, and to a handful of candy connoisseurs in the height of the Second Industrial Revolution, it never looked brighter. On the cusp of a new century, Hildebrand’s, a then-leading German chocolate company, produced a set of cards depicting the “sweet” life that awaited us in the year 2000. Trains could also serve as transatlantic ocean liners, cities would be mobile thanks to the fact that they’d be built on trains, and flying machines would nix the need for stuffy carriages altogether.
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The Man Who Refused To Salute Hitler

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One of the hardest parts of writing a research paper can be just finding a good topic to write about. Fortunately we've done the hard work for you and have compiled a list of 113 interesting research paper topics. They've been organized into ten categories and cover a wide range of subjects so you can easily find the best topic for you.
In addition to the list of good research topics, we've included advice on what makes a good research paper topic and how you can use your topic to start writing a great paper.
What Makes a Good Research Paper Topic?
Not all research paper topics are created equal, and you want to make sure you choose a great topic before you start writing. Below are the three most important factors to consider to make sure you choose the best research paper topics.
#1: It's Something You're Interested In
A paper is always easier to write if you're interested in the topic, and you'll be more motivated to do in-depth research and write a paper that really covers the entire subject. Even if a certain research paper topic is getting a lot of buzz right now or other people seem interested in writing about it, don't feel tempted to make it your topic unless you genuinely have some sort of interest in it as well.
#2: There's Enough Information to Write a Paper
Even if you come up with the absolute best research paper topic and you're so excited to write about it, you won't be able to produce a good paper if there isn't enough research about the topic. This can happen for very specific or specialized topics, as well as topics that are too new to have enough research done on them at the moment. Easy research paper topics will always be topics with enough information to write a full-length paper.
Trying to write a research paper on a topic that doesn't have much research on it is incredibly hard, so before you decide on a topic, do a bit of preliminary searching and make sure you'll have all the information you need to write your paper.
#3: It Fits Your Teacher's Guidelines
Don't get so carried away looking at lists of research paper topics that you forget any requirements or restrictions your teacher may have put on research topic ideas. If you're writing a research paper on a health-related topic, deciding to write about the impact of rap on the music scene probably won't be allowed, but there may be some sort of leeway. For example, if you're really interested in current events but your teacher wants you to write a research paper on a history topic, you may be able to choose a topic that fits both categories, like exploring the relationship between the US and North Korea. No matter what, always get your research paper topic approved by your teacher first before you begin writing.
113 Good Research Paper Topics
Below are 113 good research topics to help you get you started on your paper. We've organized them into ten categories to make it easier to find the type of research paper topics you're looking for.
Arts/Culture
- Discuss the main differences in art from the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance .
- Analyze the impact a famous artist had on the world.
- How is sexism portrayed in different types of media (music, film, video games, etc.)? Has the amount/type of sexism changed over the years?
- How has the music of slaves brought over from Africa shaped modern American music?
- How has rap music evolved in the past decade?
- How has the portrayal of minorities in the media changed?

Current Events
- What have been the impacts of China's one child policy?
- How have the goals of feminists changed over the decades?
- How has the Trump presidency changed international relations?
- Analyze the history of the relationship between the United States and North Korea.
- What factors contributed to the current decline in the rate of unemployment?
- What have been the impacts of states which have increased their minimum wage?
- How do US immigration laws compare to immigration laws of other countries?
- How have the US's immigration laws changed in the past few years/decades?
- How has the Black Lives Matter movement affected discussions and view about racism in the US?
- What impact has the Affordable Care Act had on healthcare in the US?
- What factors contributed to the UK deciding to leave the EU (Brexit)?
- What factors contributed to China becoming an economic power?
- Discuss the history of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies (some of which tokenize the S&P 500 Index on the blockchain) .
- Do students in schools that eliminate grades do better in college and their careers?
- Do students from wealthier backgrounds score higher on standardized tests?
- Do students who receive free meals at school get higher grades compared to when they weren't receiving a free meal?
- Do students who attend charter schools score higher on standardized tests than students in public schools?
- Do students learn better in same-sex classrooms?
- How does giving each student access to an iPad or laptop affect their studies?
- What are the benefits and drawbacks of the Montessori Method ?
- Do children who attend preschool do better in school later on?
- What was the impact of the No Child Left Behind act?
- How does the US education system compare to education systems in other countries?
- What impact does mandatory physical education classes have on students' health?
- Which methods are most effective at reducing bullying in schools?
- Do homeschoolers who attend college do as well as students who attended traditional schools?
- Does offering tenure increase or decrease quality of teaching?
- How does college debt affect future life choices of students?
- Should graduate students be able to form unions?

- What are different ways to lower gun-related deaths in the US?
- How and why have divorce rates changed over time?
- Is affirmative action still necessary in education and/or the workplace?
- Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?
- How has stem cell research impacted the medical field?
- How can human trafficking be reduced in the United States/world?
- Should people be able to donate organs in exchange for money?
- Which types of juvenile punishment have proven most effective at preventing future crimes?
- Has the increase in US airport security made passengers safer?
- Analyze the immigration policies of certain countries and how they are similar and different from one another.
- Several states have legalized recreational marijuana. What positive and negative impacts have they experienced as a result?
- Do tariffs increase the number of domestic jobs?
- Which prison reforms have proven most effective?
- Should governments be able to censor certain information on the internet?
- Which methods/programs have been most effective at reducing teen pregnancy?
- What are the benefits and drawbacks of the Keto diet?
- How effective are different exercise regimes for losing weight and maintaining weight loss?
- How do the healthcare plans of various countries differ from each other?
- What are the most effective ways to treat depression ?
- What are the pros and cons of genetically modified foods?
- Which methods are most effective for improving memory?
- What can be done to lower healthcare costs in the US?
- What factors contributed to the current opioid crisis?
- Analyze the history and impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic .
- Are low-carbohydrate or low-fat diets more effective for weight loss?
- How much exercise should the average adult be getting each week?
- Which methods are most effective to get parents to vaccinate their children?
- What are the pros and cons of clean needle programs?
- How does stress affect the body?
- Discuss the history of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
- What were the causes and effects of the Salem Witch Trials?
- Who was responsible for the Iran-Contra situation?
- How has New Orleans and the government's response to natural disasters changed since Hurricane Katrina?
- What events led to the fall of the Roman Empire?
- What were the impacts of British rule in India ?
- Was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary?
- What were the successes and failures of the women's suffrage movement in the United States?
- What were the causes of the Civil War?
- How did Abraham Lincoln's assassination impact the country and reconstruction after the Civil War?
- Which factors contributed to the colonies winning the American Revolution?
- What caused Hitler's rise to power?
- Discuss how a specific invention impacted history.
- What led to Cleopatra's fall as ruler of Egypt?
- How has Japan changed and evolved over the centuries?
- What were the causes of the Rwandan genocide ?

- Why did Martin Luther decide to split with the Catholic Church?
- Analyze the history and impact of a well-known cult (Jonestown, Manson family, etc.)
- How did the sexual abuse scandal impact how people view the Catholic Church?
- How has the Catholic church's power changed over the past decades/centuries?
- What are the causes behind the rise in atheism/ agnosticism in the United States?
- What were the influences in Siddhartha's life resulted in him becoming the Buddha?
- How has media portrayal of Islam/Muslims changed since September 11th?
Science/Environment
- How has the earth's climate changed in the past few decades?
- How has the use and elimination of DDT affected bird populations in the US?
- Analyze how the number and severity of natural disasters have increased in the past few decades.
- Analyze deforestation rates in a certain area or globally over a period of time.
- How have past oil spills changed regulations and cleanup methods?
- How has the Flint water crisis changed water regulation safety?
- What are the pros and cons of fracking?
- What impact has the Paris Climate Agreement had so far?
- What have NASA's biggest successes and failures been?
- How can we improve access to clean water around the world?
- Does ecotourism actually have a positive impact on the environment?
- Should the US rely on nuclear energy more?
- What can be done to save amphibian species currently at risk of extinction?
- What impact has climate change had on coral reefs?
- How are black holes created?
- Are teens who spend more time on social media more likely to suffer anxiety and/or depression?
- How will the loss of net neutrality affect internet users?
- Analyze the history and progress of self-driving vehicles.
- How has the use of drones changed surveillance and warfare methods?
- Has social media made people more or less connected?
- What progress has currently been made with artificial intelligence ?
- Do smartphones increase or decrease workplace productivity?
- What are the most effective ways to use technology in the classroom?
- How is Google search affecting our intelligence?
- When is the best age for a child to begin owning a smartphone?
- Has frequent texting reduced teen literacy rates?

How to Write a Great Research Paper
Even great research paper topics won't give you a great research paper if you don't hone your topic before and during the writing process. Follow these three tips to turn good research paper topics into great papers.
#1: Figure Out Your Thesis Early
Before you start writing a single word of your paper, you first need to know what your thesis will be. Your thesis is a statement that explains what you intend to prove/show in your paper. Every sentence in your research paper will relate back to your thesis, so you don't want to start writing without it!
As some examples, if you're writing a research paper on if students learn better in same-sex classrooms, your thesis might be "Research has shown that elementary-age students in same-sex classrooms score higher on standardized tests and report feeling more comfortable in the classroom."
If you're writing a paper on the causes of the Civil War, your thesis might be "While the dispute between the North and South over slavery is the most well-known cause of the Civil War, other key causes include differences in the economies of the North and South, states' rights, and territorial expansion."
#2: Back Every Statement Up With Research
Remember, this is a research paper you're writing, so you'll need to use lots of research to make your points. Every statement you give must be backed up with research, properly cited the way your teacher requested. You're allowed to include opinions of your own, but they must also be supported by the research you give.
#3: Do Your Research Before You Begin Writing
You don't want to start writing your research paper and then learn that there isn't enough research to back up the points you're making, or, even worse, that the research contradicts the points you're trying to make!
Get most of your research on your good research topics done before you begin writing. Then use the research you've collected to create a rough outline of what your paper will cover and the key points you're going to make. This will help keep your paper clear and organized, and it'll ensure you have enough research to produce a strong paper.
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- 13 Ways to Make Your Writing More Interesting to Read

There are numerous characteristics of a good essay: original thinking, a tight structure, balanced arguments, and many more .
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But one aspect often overlooked is that a good essay should be interesting . It should spark the curiosity of the reader, keep them absorbed, make them want to keep reading and learn more. A boring essay risks losing the reader’s attention; even if the points you make are excellent, a dull writing style or poor handling of a dry subject matter can undermine the positive aspects of the essay. The problem is that many students think that essays should be like this: they think that a dull, dry style is suited to the purposes of academic writing, and don’t consider that the teacher reading their essay wants to find the essay interesting. Academic writing doesn’t have to be – and shouldn’t be – boring. The good news is that there are plenty of things you can do to make your writing more interesting, even though you can only do so much while remaining within the formal confines of academic writing. Let’s look at what they are.
1. Be interested in what you’re writing about

If there’s one thing guaranteed to inject interest into your writing, it’s actually being interested in what you’re writing about. Passion for a subject comes across naturally in your writing, typically making it more lively and engaging, and infusing an infectious enthusiasm into your words – in the same way that it’s easy to chat knowledgeably to someone about something you find interesting. This makes it relatively easy to write interestingly about a subject you have a real passion for. However, problems arise when you’re forced to write an essay about subjects for which you lack enthusiasm. It’s difficult to conjure up passion for your least favourite subjects, and that will come across in your writing. There are steps you can take, though: here are some tips on writing about a subject you don’t enjoy.
- Adjust your mindset : convince yourself that there are no boring subjects. If the subject or essay comes across as boring, blame yourself; if you find yourself feeling negatively about it, try to find the interest in it. Think about how it relates to the real world and how important the subject is. Find interesting snippets of information about it and look at it from a new angle.
- Think about your reader : consider the fact that not everyone will find the subject as boring as you do. As you write, keep the reader in mind and imagine them to be the world’s biggest fan of this subject.
- Find the fans : if you find it impossible to get into the mindset of your audience, try Googling the subject to find forums, videos or blog posts in which the subject is discussed by people who do find it interesting. This will help you picture whom you’re writing for, and give you a different perspective on a subject you may not have found inspiring up to now.
2. Include fascinating details

Another factor that can make an essay boring is a dry subject matter. Some subjects or topic areas are naturally dry, and it falls to you to make the essay more interesting through your written style (more on this later) and by trying to find fascinating snippets of information to include that will liven it up a bit and make the information easier to relate to. One way of doing this with a dry subject is to try to make what you’re talking about seem relevant to the real world, as this is easier for the reader to relate to. In a discussion of a seemingly boring piece of legislation, for instance, you could make a comment along the lines of “if it were not for this legislation, none of us would enjoy the freedom to do such and such today”, or “Legislation A ultimately paved the way for Legislation B, which transformed criminal law as we know it.” Make it seem exciting!
3. Emulate the style of writers you find interesting
When you read a lot, you subconsciously start emulating the style of the writers you read. It’s therefore beneficial to read widely, as this exposes you to a range of styles and you can start to take on the characteristics of those you find interesting to read. If you feel engaged with a piece of writing, the writer must be doing something right! As you read, think consciously about what the writer is doing to hold your interest, perhaps underlining or copying out certain phrases, techniques, sentence structures and so on. Then apply their techniques to your own writing.
4. Write in the active voice

It’s the oldest trick in the book, but using the active rather than the passive voice will automatically make your writing more interesting to read. It results in more direct, energetic writing that makes the reader feel more ‘in the moment’. Unfortunately, many students employ the passive voice in the belief that it makes their writing sound more academic or intellectual; in fact, it makes their writing sound boring. Remember, the active voice is when the subject of the sentence “acts”, while the passive voice is when the subject is acted upon. Passive : It was concluded by the scientists that the methods used were… Active : The scientists concluded that the methods used were… The subject in this example is “the scientists” and the “act” they are carrying out is “concluding”. As you can see in this example, the active voice almost always results in neater and more elegant phrasing, which is more concise and enjoyable to read.
5. Borrow some creative writing techniques
There’s clearly a limit to the amount of actual ‘story-telling’ you can do when you’re writing an essay; after all, essays should be objective, factual and balanced, which doesn’t, at first glance, feel very much like story-telling. However, you can apply some of the principles of story-telling to make your writing more interesting. For example, just as the opening sentence or paragraph of a novel is incredibly important in capturing the attention of the reader early on, so the first paragraph of your essay is essential in making your reader want to continue reading it. Start with an attention-grabbing ‘hook’ to draw them in, such as a controversial statement, a tantalising snippet of information or a rhetorical question (more on these below). Here are some more techniques you can adopt from creative writing to improve your essays .
6. Think about your own opinion

Your essay is bound to be boring if all you do is paraphrase what everyone else says about something. A good essay – in humanities subjects, at least – incorporates the writer’s intelligent responses to what others say, and this critical consideration not only shows that you’re thinking at a high academic level, but it automatically adds more interest and originality to your writing. So, think independently and don’t be afraid to demonstrate that you’re doing as much.
7. Cut the waffle
Rambling on and on is boring, and almost guaranteed to lose the interest of your reader. You’re at risk of waffling if you’re not completely clear about what you want to say, or if you haven’t thought carefully about how you’re going to structure your argument. Doing your research properly and writing an essay plan before you start will help prevent this problem. Editing is an important part of the essay-writing process, so once you’ve done a first draft, edit out the waffle. Read through your essay objectively and take out the bits that aren’t relevant to the argument or that labour the point. As well as editing out chunks of text, it’s important to be economical with words – not using ten where five will suffice, and avoiding clunky phrases such as those outlined in this article . During the editing process, tighten up your phrasing by eliminating unnecessary words and reordering any sentences that read badly.
8. Using a thesaurus isn’t always a good thing

You may think that using a thesaurus to find more complicated words will make your writing more interesting, or sound more academic, but using overly high-brow language can have the wrong effect. It alienates the reader and makes you sound pompous, with the result that the essay is more laborious to read and the reader may quickly lose interest. Despite this, many undergraduates admit to deliberately over-complicating their language to make it sound more high-brow. If you want to keep your reader interested, keep your language clear and simple.
9. Avoid repetitive phrasing
Avoid using the same sentence structure again and again: it’s a recipe for dullness! Instead, use a range of syntax that demonstrates your writing capabilities as well as making your writing more interesting. Mix simple, compound and complex sentences to avoid your writing becoming predictable.
10. Use some figurative language

As we’ve already seen, it’s easy to end up rambling when you’re explaining difficult concepts, – particularly when you don’t clearly understand it yourself. A way of forcing yourself to think clearly about a concept, as well as explaining it more simply and engagingly, is to make use of figurative language. This means explaining something by comparing it with something else, as in an analogy. For example, you might use the analogy of water escaping from a hole in a bucket to explain the exponential decay of a radioactive substance, as the rate of depletion of both depends on how much remains, making it exponential. This gives the reader something familiar to visualise, making it easier for them to understand a new concept (obviously this will not be a new concept for the teacher who set your essay, but they will want to see that you can explain concepts clearly and that you have a thorough grasp of it yourself).
11. Avoid clichés
Clichés are overused words or phrases that make your writing predictable, and therefore less interesting. An example would be “at the end of the day”, but there are many such favourites of student essay-writers. Don’t forget that your teacher will have a stack of essays to read in one sitting; if you use the same tired expressions everyone else uses, your essay will blend in with all the others. Make it stand out by shunning the clichés you know your classmates will be using.
12. Employ rhetorical questions
One of the ways in which ancient orators held the attention of their audiences and increased the dramatic effect of their speeches was by making use of the rhetorical question. What is a rhetorical question? It’s essentially one you ask without expecting your audience to answer – one that you will answer yourself, like the one we asked in the previous sentence. This can be an effective way of introducing a new line of enquiry, or of raising questions that you’re going to address in more detail. A good place to use a rhetorical question is at the end of a paragraph, to lead into the next one, or at the beginning of a new paragraph to introduce a new area for exploration. The rhetorical question, “But is there any evidence to support X’s claim?” could, for instance, begin a paragraph that discusses evidence for an opinion introduced in the previous paragraph. What’s more, as we’ve already seen, you could use a rhetorical question as your ‘hook’ to lure readers in right at the beginning of your essay.
13. Proofread
Finally, you could write the most interesting essay a teacher has ever read, but you’ll undermine your good work if it’s littered with errors, which distract the reader from the actual content and will probably annoy them. Before you submit your essay, proofread it thoroughly to ensure that the grammar is elegant, the punctuation is perfect and the spelling is flawless. Don’t just use a spelling and grammar checker, as these don’t always pick up on all the errors.
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12 Things to Write About When You’re Fresh Out of Ideas

Coming up with writing inspiration is tough when you’re feeling anything but inspired. When you’re desperate for a spark of an idea to come floating out of the creative ether, you’re more likely to find the abyss staring back. Here are twelve things to write about when you’re not on speaking terms with your muse.
We’ll take a look at some fiction writing ideas as well as inspiration for articles and blog posts.
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Fictional things to write about
If it’s a short story , flash fiction, or even a novel you’re in pursuit of, these topic ideas will get the words flowing .
1 Get inspired by a song
Have you ever wondered about the story behind a song? Write about it. Choose a song that intrigues you, listen to it, and dig into the lyrics. Who are the characters behind those lyrics? What’s their situation? What challenges are they facing? Don’t try to recreate the song in prose; try to imagine the people and circumstances behind it.
2 Reinvent a childhood memory
Think of a pivotal childhood moment—something that shaped your future in some way. Now, imagine that things had gone differently. Instead of losing that contest, you won. Instead of being bullied on the playground, you were the bully. Instead of moving away from your teenage girlfriend or boyfriend your sophomore year, you stayed. How is life different? What remained the same?
3 Write about a person you see every day but don’t really know.
Invent a story for someone you encounter in your daily life. Write a backstory for the barista who always draws a lopsided heart in the foam of your soy latte. Imagine life as the person who drives the crosstown bus.
4 If your pet were a person . . .
We have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize animals by imagining or assuming they have human characteristics, so take it to the extreme. Write about what your dog would be like if he were a person. How would your cat navigate a derisive business meeting if she were a CEO? Your ball python is now a used car salesman. Go!
5 Write about what you wanted to be when you grew up
I’ve almost always wanted a career in writing , and that’s what I’ve done. But for a brief childhood moment before I discovered the magic of words I wanted to be a veterinarian. What did you want to be when you grew up? Write about what might have happened if you’d pursued a different dream.
6 Grab a writing prompt to-go
The Internet is full of writing prompts for people who need story inspiration. Some sources are better than others, but if you’re struggling to figure out what to write about, social media is a great place to start.
- Instagram Writing Prompts
- The Time is Now (Poets & Writers)
- Writer’s Digest Creative Writing Prompts
Things to write about for blog posts and articles
Sometimes you’ve just got to write a blog post or flesh out a content publishing calendar. Unfortunately, that creative well can run dry, and writing prompts may not help. Here are some ways to come up with topics when you’re in a slump.
7 Use Google to find related topics
If you know there’s a topic you want to write about but you’re not sure which angle to take, head to Google. Open an incognito window (so your search won’t be influenced by your browsing history), navigate to Google, and type a few keywords related to your topic. Google’s autocomplete feature will start showing you popular search terms, and those may spark an idea.
Here’s a tip: Use popular article title phrases like “What to” or “How to” in your search to improve the results.
8 Focus on a detail
You may have already broadly covered a topic like “ How to Write a Blog Post .” Take a look at some of your big picture posts and hone in on a specific detail. In this case, you might write about something like “ How to Title an Essay ” or “ How to Write an Opening Hook .”
9 Ask your readers
Use your mailing list and a tool like Survey Monkey to create a survey and ask your readers what they have questions about. If you have an active social media channel, that works, too.
10 Take to Twitter
Search Twitter for a relevant keyword or hashtag and look at what sorts of comments, questions, and articles people are sharing. Chances are good you’ll find inspiration.
11 Write about a time you failed
No one is successful one hundred percent of the time. Let down your guard and tell your readers about a time you failed. They’ll find your struggle relatable, and they’ll be inspired by your story of how you overcame the failure and learned from it.
12 Write about popular topics from a different angle
What are your highest ranking posts? Traffic is a good indicator that you’ve hit on a topic your readers want to know more about. Can you cover that topic from a new angle or offer up different information? There’s no reason you can’t cover an existing topic using a new approach.


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100 Opinion Article Ideas for High School and College
With citizen journalism on the rise, high schools and colleges encourage students to partake in this forceful expression of civic-mindedness by crafting opinion articles. This type of academic assignment requires clear thinking and articulate expression of one’s thoughts. Students have to take a stance on political, social, educational, or cultural issues and defend their position by presenting arguments or real-life examples. More often than not, opinion article topics are of students’ own choosing. Some young learners are flabbergasted by the broad scope of subjects suitable for discussion. If you also find it difficult to come up with ideas for your opinion piece, feel free to use ones generated by our writers below.
All the while, plotting out an idea for the article is just half the battle. It's crafting a worthy and forceful text that might give you really rough times. If you find yourself in such a down and out situation while time to complete the piece is running out at the double, we can only advise to consider getting help from our essay writer service. There are plenty of opportunities to do that. Yet, we urge you to leverage on them only when failing the task brings more trouble than delaying it.
Now, let's get back to the subject matter of our article – ideas and concepts of opinion papers!
Opinion Article Ideas for College Students
Practice to write persuasively by using the following opinion article ideas:
- What are the most important reasons to attend college?
- Are parents really the best teachers?
- Why should we sponsor social housing?
- Should we be sanguine about the prospect of space travel?
- Is it possible to fact-check our way out of fake news hurricane?
- Is Elon Musk really a sexist?
- Is there a place for language dueling on social platforms?
- What is offensive speech?
- Will liberal order withstand the onslaught of authoritarianism?
- What is more eminent: ecological collapse or technological disruption?
- Muzak vs. silence: Is there a place for silence in public spaces?
- Can children be held morally responsible for their actions?
- Is unexamined life worth living?
- Is there a place for codes of honor in the 21st century?
- Who are the modern elites?
- Should higher education be compulsory?
- Is plastic surgery an ultimate manifestation of the objectification of women?
- Do we need to learn other languages?
- Can Silicon Valley giants be considered modern agents of social control?
- What are the ethical implications of genetic engineering?
- Is it time to challenge Western notions of the family?
- What it means to be “an interesting person”?
- Is artificial intelligence another manifestation of human hubris?
- Should the Pope be held responsible for transgressions committed by Catholic priests and bishops?
- How does social climate shape transgender experiences?
- How can US society overcome its ambivalence about gender?
- How to overcome white supremacy?
- Why has racial discrimination survived for so long?
- What is the role of gender in modern political leadership?
- What is more important social unity or heterogeneity of ideas?
- What are the most effective ways to overcome institutionalized patriarchy?
- Why is leadership still associated with masculinity?
- Has Trump singlehandedly killed political decorum?
- Is it possible that the urge to share news is a narcissistic tendency?
- Why do we need to be more compassionate to deaf people?
- Why are poverty relief efforts largely ineffectual?
- Should we set a wage ceiling for CEOs?
- Can an atheist be virtuous?
- Why is claiming that universe is designed for humans considered speciesism?
- Is it possible to create a feminist utopia?
- Why does hookup culture harm women?
- Isn’t it time to bring down the patriarchy?
- Why is it impossible to eradicate white supremacy by ignoring it?
- Why does our society need more campus protests?
- Should we incarcerate climate change deniers?
- Should we tolerate the intolerance?
- Why is the technology used against us?
- Is prostitution a modern form of slavery?
- Why should we support transitioning transgender individuals?
- Can detached Buddhist feel love?
Good Opinion Articles Topic Ideas for High School
Write your own opinion article on one of the following topics:
- Selfie culture is out of control.
- The inherent hypocrisy of Western liberalism.
- High and low pleasures in the post-scarcity world.
- Psychotropic drugs whittle down the human agency.
- The futility of endless life.
- Human reproduction is not a joking matter.
- Changing the world by changing ourselves.
- Mourning is disrespectful.
- The moral purpose of higher education.
- Being cruel as an act of mercy.
- The death of investigative journalism.
- Bullying is a symptom of endemic poverty.
- Education is not a commodity.
- The commodification of medicine.
- Feeling sad is normal.
- Let’s ban the word “whatever.”
- The respect deficit.
- How to control big pharma.
- Being a woman is a process.
- The harms of screen-based learning.
- Poverty is a matter of perception.
- The need for trigger warning legislature.
- The blight of racism.
- The AI revolution is antihuman.
- Companionship beats intimacy.
- Atheists can have mystical experiences.
- To be resilient is to be heartless.
- Meditation as a cure for prejudice.
- Trump deserves leniency.
- Merits of meritocracy.
- Sexism cannot be exterminated.
- The deep roots of bullying.
- Environmental justice under the Trump administration.
- All social ills boil down to the lack of empathy.
- The danger of American right.
- Harnessing greed to achieve growth.
- The abolition of private schools.
- The virtue of self-restraint.
- The utility of abhorrent beliefs.
- Self-confidence is a vice.
- The validity of animal feelings.
- Multilingualism as a weapon against prejudice.
- Virtuous animals.
- Aristotle is still relevant.
- We need more distrust of science.
- Video game brutality is wholesome.
- Symbiotic relationships between bigots and progressives.
- White privilege.
- Racial pride shortage.
- Marriage is a bad idea.
Hope this selection of ideas and topics will help you come up with a killer opinion article that you wouldn't want to keep to yourself and proudly turn in to your tutor!

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How to use ChatGPT in your studies
Translated on February 13, 2023 by Tegan George. Originally published by Tobias Solis
ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI in November of 2022. Chatbots are computer programs that simulate human interactions via artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP). ChatGPT has quickly become popular with students due to its ability to help answer many academic questions.
You can use ChatGPT in the following areas of your studies:
- Exam preparation
- Homework assignments
- Getting a simple topic explained
- Academic writing
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You can use ChatGPT to prepare for exams by creating:
- easy-to-understand summaries
- multiple choice questions
How to create easy-to-understand summaries
ChatGPT can help you summarize text in an easy-to-understand way. This can simplify and rephrase complicated topics to help you understand them in layman’s terms.
Simply copy the text into the chat section by section and ask it to summarize.
Input: Please summarize the following text in a way that is easy to understand:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
Multiple-choice questions
You can use ChatGPT to create multiple-choice questions for your study material. This can help you test your level of knowledge.
To do this, ask ChatGPT to create multiple-choice questions for a block of text.
ChatGPT result: Here is a practice test with 4 multiple-choice questions about A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, along with their answers:
Who is the protagonist in A Tale of Two Cities?
a) Charles Darnay b) Sydney Carton c) Charles Dickens d) Jarvis Lorry
What is the central theme of A Tale of Two Cities?
a) Love b) Redemption c) The French Revolution d) Poverty
Who is the villain in A Tale of Two Cities?
a) Charles Darnay b) Sydney Carton c) Madame Defarge d) Jarvis Lorry
What is the setting of A Tale of Two Cities?
a) England b) France c) America d) Australia
You can also use ChatGPT to help you with your homework, for topics such as:
- Computer science
- Business administration
To do this, generate first draft solutions for the tasks given to you, and then improve them.
ChatGPT for computer science homework
For example, you can work on tasks from technical courses, such as computer science.
ChatGPT result: Here is one way to write a program in Python to calculate the sum of all numbers from 1 to N:
n = int(input(“Enter a positive integer: “)) sum = 0 for i in range(1, n+1): sum += i print(“The sum of all numbers from 1 to”, n, “is”, sum)
In this program, the user is prompted to enter a positive integer n. The variable sum is initialized to 0 and then we use a for loop to iterate from 1 to n (inclusive), adding each number to the sum. Finally, the result is printed to the screen.

ChatGPT for homework in business administration
You can also request assistance on your coursework related to economics or business administration.
Please solve the following task: The following data is given for planning the ordering policy of a material type in an industrial company:
Planning period: 180 days Total requirement: 30,000 ME Cost price: 30 GE/MU Order cost rate: 200 GE Storage cost rate: 1.50 GE/ME (related to the planning period) Interest rate: 5% (related to the planning period)
Determine the optimal order quantity, the optimal order frequency and storage range as well as the costs resulting from the optimal ordering policy as the sum of order costs and storage costs (including capital commitment costs).*
ChatGPT result:
The optimal order quantity, order frequency, and storage range can be determined using the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model. The EOQ model balances the trade-off between ordering costs and holding costs.
Ordering costs are the costs incurred each time an order is placed, and holding costs are the costs associated with holding inventory in stock over the planning period.
The EOQ model is calculated using the following formula:
EOQ = √(2DS/H)
Where: D = Total requirement (30,000 ME) S = Order cost rate (200 GE) H = Holding cost rate (1.5 GE/ME)
Plugging in the values: EOQ = √(2 * 30,000 * 200 / 1.5) = √(12,000,000) = 3464.16 ME
The optimal order quantity is approximately 3464.16 ME.
The order frequency can be calculated as the total requirement divided by the EOQ: Order frequency = Total requirement / EOQ = 30,000 / 3464.16 = 8.68 orders
The optimal order frequency is approximately 8.68 orders.
The storage range can be calculated as the EOQ divided by 2: Storage range = EOQ / 2 = 3464.16 / 2 = 1732.08 ME
The optimal storage range is approximately 1732.08 ME.
The costs resulting from the optimal ordering policy can be calculated as the sum of the order costs and holding costs.
Order costs = Order frequency * Order cost rate = 8.68 * 200 = 1736 GE Holding costs = (EOQ / 2) * Holding cost rate * planning period = (3464.16 / 2) * 1.5 * 180 = 126,601.76 GE Capital commitment costs = (EOQ / 2) * Interest rate * Cost price = (3464.16 / 2) * 0.05 * 30 = 523.25 GE Total costs = Order costs + Holding costs + Capital commitment costs = 1736 + 126,601.76 + 523.25 = 127,861.01 GE
*This task was taken from a document published by Prof. Dr. Kay Blaufus.
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You can get explanations on simple or definitional topics from your studies from ChatGPT as well.
Input: chemistry What are the main concepts of thermodynamics and their applications?
Input: English What is a phrasal verb and how is it used?
Input: history How has European colonial rule evolved throughout history?
Input: computer science How do operating systems work and what are their main uses?
Input: philosophy What are the most important concepts in the history of philosophy and how are they relevant in today’s world?
Input: psychology What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and how is it used?
You can also use ChatGPT to help you organize your academic essays and theses or dissertations . It can help to optimize your writing process in the following areas:
- development of your research question
- creating your research paper outline
- generating ideas for your literature review
- providing suggestions for rewriting or revising your text
- providing feedback on your writing
- proofreading your writing for spelling or grammar errors
If you want more tips on using AI tools , understanding plagiarism , and citing sources , make sure to check out some of our other articles with explanations, examples, and formats.
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82 Things to Write About: Exploring Creative Inspiration

Maybe you’re feeling mentally or physically exhausted, or perhaps you’re just not feeling all that inspired. It could be that you have lots of ideas but lack focus. Whatever the case, when colliding with a case of writer’s block, it can be tough to eke out some creative inspiration for what to write about.
Read on to find 82 things to write about with suggestions for getting your ideas out of your mind and onto the page.
How do I find inspiration for what to write about?
Before we sit down to write, however, it’s essential to find some writing inspiration. Here are some suggestions for getting your ideas flowing:
- Reflect on a childhood memory . What event, place, visual image, smell, or past conversation conjures up a powerful memory? Where were you at the time, and who were you with? What do you remember hearing, seeing, and feeling?
- Re-read a favorite book . What is it specifically about the narrative that grabs and holds your attention? What personal connection do you have to the story told? What else about the writing impresses or impacts you?
- Peruse social media for ideas . Is there a particular tweet that stands out to you on your Twitter feed? What is your local Reddit community talking about? What unfolding local drama is happening on Next Door? What are your Facebook friends posting?
- Review a past journal entry . What was happening at the time, and why was it important enough for you to write about it at the time? What emotions come up for you as you read, and how might you use these as a springboard for writing?
- Check out online writing prompts for topics to write about.
Once you have explored some writing inspiration resources, here are some things to write about suggestions for getting your ideas out of your mind and onto the page.
How to craft personal passions into actionable blog posts
Whether you have a blog and haven’t posted in a while or are seeking out an opportunity to contribute to someone else’s, here are some ideas to get you to that polished post! Select a topic that interests you – it will provide you with enough stamina to start and finish your article, and you’ll probably also learn some fun new facts along the way. Additionally, your enthusiasm can hook readers who will want to hear what you have to say.
- Determine your topic focus by doing a quick brainstorm. What topic drives your passion? What expertise do you have that might be valuable to others?
- Hook your reader with a catchy introduction that grabs their attention. You could start with a compelling question, quote, statistic, or interesting fact as a way to draw your reader into what you have to say.
- Create a basic outline as a way to plan before you write. That will help you organize your ideas and save time.
- Determine your audience. Who are you writing for? What will your readers want to know about, and what might resonate most with them?
- Do your research. What do you already know about your topic? What additional information might help round out your foundational knowledge and grab readers’ attention? While the internet provides a wealth of information at your fingertips, it’s also important to vet your potential sources for quality, accurate information.
- Draft your article. If you can’t quite find your writing flow, challenge yourself to free-write until you find your writing rhythm. Remember, you can always edit later.
- Once finished, take a break and then return to your blog post with fresh eyes for a round of revising and editing. It’s also helpful to find someone with strong writing and grammar skills who can review your blog post to provide additional editing and proofreading suggestions, or you can use an online program like Grammarly or Scribens .
Quick ideas for things to write about for blog posts
- Favorite local hangout spots
- Life regrets
- Your fears and how you tackled them
- Travel experiences and the impact they had on your life
- Your goals and how you plan to achieve/have achieved them
- Something you are an expert on and insight/advice you can share
- An interview with someone
- A guide or how-to tutorial
- A what if, then post
- A question-and-answer post
Incorporate senses and structure for short stories
A fictional short story can vary in length. More traditional stories range from about 1,500 to 5,000 words, while shorter flash fiction and micro fiction range from five to about 1,000 words. Free-writing, journaling, and reflecting on childhood memories are all effective ways to uncover a story topic. Another strategy is to take a small notebook or audio recorder with you and closely notice the world around you while engaging your senses. When on a walk around your neighborhood, what do you see, hear, and smell? When you eat a specific food, focus on the flavors. Do they remind you of past experiences? How might you describe the flavors if you were to write about them? When interacting with everyday objects, what do you notice about their textures? These exercises might help you find additional short story inspiration.
- Spend some time quickly drafting your ideas as you think through story focus, plot, characters, setting, time, and place. Perhaps spend some more time jotting down observations of things that grab your attention – a captivating snippet of conversation or a colorful or creative outfit someone is wearing.
- Build your characters. What are their habits and quirks? Strengths and weaknesses? Ages, gender, physical characteristics? Write a character sketch that incorporates answers to these questions and their backstory, how they interact with and impact others, their motivations are, and how they have changed over time.
- Come up with a basic story structure that places your main character into an immediate, compelling life scenario, provides quick context for actions your character takes, challenges faced, and eventual steps the character takes to resolve the situation.
Short story writing topic ideas
- A deep fear that is holding your main character back from moving forward/achieving something
- End of a relationship
- Losing a loved one
- A life goal or journey interrupted
- A life-altering experience that causes the main character to re-examine his/her/their life
- A dramatic family secret
- Pursuing a life dream
- Supernatural experience
- A near-death experience
- Unexpected fortune
Free-write to discover your inner muse
Free-writing, developed by Peter Elbow in the 1970s, steps beyond traditional brainstorming lists to put pen to paper and write sentences and paragraphs without stopping. Elbow suggests free-writing for a few minutes, selecting a word or idea from the text, and using that word or idea for a new free-write that extends for several minutes. This process can get repeated as a strategy for focusing on and refining a writing topic.
- Brainstorm potential ideas and topics ahead of time to provide a more focused starting point for your free-write experience.
- Time yourself as you write. Adhering to a specific time frame might help you get started with putting words on the page rather than staring at a blank page or screen.
- Write, even if you find yourself repeating ideas. If you have no topics, take a quick look around you and write about what you see. Perhaps it’s the variation of paint colors in a room, the way the curtains blow softly in the afternoon breeze through your window, or the barking of your neighbor’s dog.
As Elbow recommends, repeat the process as a way to extend and refine your ideas.
Free-writing big ideas
- Where you see yourself five years from now
- What you see outside your window
- A time you failed and what you learned from it
- Write a letter to your younger self
- Your first job
- A childhood memory
- A favorite song
- something you are struggling with
- Someone who inspires you
- What makes you laugh out loud
Make your book vision a reality
Always wanted to write a book but don’t know where to start? There are various ways to engage in writing a book, from crafting a meticulous outline to jumping in and free-writing your way through a story. Before you begin, reflect on what type of book you want to write. Will it be fiction or nonfiction? What particular genre interests you – fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, thriller, memoir, a how-to guide?
- Do some prewriting to examine what you are writing and why sharing your story matters. Articulating the what and why will help you construct a basic foundational story frame.
- Draft an outline to organize thoughts, characters, ideas, and chapters.
- Immerse yourself in research. What do you need to know to successfully tell your story? And, your research may look different depending on what type of book you are writing. A fictional novel may involve delving into people, events, and/or places to extract elements to incorporate into your story. A nonfiction piece may necessitate cultural, academic, scientific, or historical research. You may want or need to conduct in-person interviews or engage in experiential fieldwork related to your topic.
- Write your first draft! Find and stick to a writing routine that works for you. Maybe it’s setting aside an hour a day to write, or perhaps it’s participating in a monthly book-writing challenge such as NaNoWriMo. Take the pressure off by allowing yourself the freedom to write something raw and unpolished, knowing that you will revise and refine it later.
- Take some time away from your writing so you can return to it again with fresh eyes and a more detached perspective.
- Review your first draft with an eye to pacing, structure, flow, language, and tone. Make adaptations and fill in gaps where needed. Set individual and specific revision goals so that you can focus on one issue at a time rather than attempt to address the writing all at once as a whole.
- Solicit feedback from a friend, colleague, family member, or professional editor and determine whether you need to write a third draft.
- Proofread and make grammatical corrections after you’ve tackled your final draft so you can make necessary changes.
Book topic/theme ideas
- Dealing with loss
- Overcoming adversity
- Words or actions that inspire hope
- A major life event
- Coming of age
- Power and corruption
- Courage and heroism
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Discover rich story content through interviews with family members
Interviewing a family member opens up a unique opportunity to spend time with a loved one while learning about them. Maybe you’re interested in learning more about your family history or finding a way to connect through dialogue. Whatever the reason, you can use these strategies to frame the conversation as well as your post-interview writing focus:
- Start with broader warm-up questions that are easier-to-answer that may also help your family member feel more comfortable in an interview setting.
- Ask open-ended questions to encourage sharing, deeper thinking, and reflection.
- Focus on gathering family stories
- Use memory triggers, such as photo albums, letters, or home videos that capture particular moments in time and provide a visual window to past events.
- Consider audio or video recording your interview session so that you can focus on the conversation and have an accurate record of your family member’s recollections.
- Prepare your questions ahead of time. What are the most important questions you’d like to ask and why?
Some potential questions you might ask for writing about a family member:
- What is your earliest childhood memory?
- What world events impacted you and your family as a child?
- What stories have gotten passed down through your family about parents, grandparents, other relatives?
- What has been your proudest moment?
- Of everything you learned from your parents, what was the most valuable and why?
- What accomplishments have impacted you the most?
- How did you decide on your career path?
- What advice would you give to future generations of our family?
- What are some hard life decisions you have had to make?
- What is the most incredible thing that has happened to you?
Now that you have some creative inspiration and ideas for what to write about, it’s time to dive in and get writing !
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Gmail, Docs are getting generative AI tools, too: What they can do for you

Technological advancements in generative AI are taking the world by storm. After ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing , the next installment of the technology is in Google Workspace. Today Google announced that a beta version of its generative AI would roll out to select testers. The AI will transform how people use Gmail, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, and Chat applications.
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For years, Google used AI to power Smart Compose in Gmail and auto-generated summaries in Google Docs. When typing, a predicted word or phrase will appear in translucent lettering, and users can swipe or press the Tab key to fill in the predicted words.
Gmail and Docs written for you
With Google's new features , generative AI will help users write even more with less context. You can type in a topic in Gmail and Docs, and the rest will be written for you. For example, in a blog post, Google suggests hiring managers could use the new feature to draft a welcome email to a new employee. The AI will write the email in seconds; all you have to do is tweak the email to match your personal writing style, tone, and voice.
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In a lengthy email thread, you can tell the AI to summarize your conversation. Based on the email conversation, you can head over to Docs and ask the AI to write a comprehensive brief or campaign. You can adjust the tone and voice to match your professional goals and your company culture.
Accompanying Slides presentation produced for you
The new tools can then build an accompanying Slides presentation based on what the AI wrote in your brief. And based on the slideshow's written content, images, themes, and colorways can be uniquely tailored to the presentation. Within the presentation, AI can write your notes.
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In Google Sheets, users can create personalized messages in the spreadsheet for customers, clients, or coworkers about the brief or campaign.
Personalized Chat messages and Meet workflows
In Chat, you can ask the AI to create personalized messages to individuals or a team to thank them for participating. Depending on your feelings about the created message, you can ask the AI to rewrite it to elaborate, bullet your points, shorten the message, make it more formal, or use Google's staple "I'm feeling lucky" option for a randomized tone.
Google Meet will allow users to create workflows to increase productivity in formal and professional conversations.
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Google's new generative AI features aren't available to the general public yet. And it's unclear exactly when the features will be available. For now, Google is only beta testing the AI in English to ensure it's working the way it should.
Google says the company ensures users remain in control over the AI and its writing. That means the option is always available to edit the AI's output.
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Writing an interesting article is an art. You need to think about answering the right questions, using the correct writing techniques, and formatting your article in the best way. This may all seem a bit intimidating if you're new to article writing, but it's actually a lot easier than it sounds. If you know how to choose the right topic, write in a way that engages your readers, and use tricks to keep them hooked, you will be writing fantastic articles before you know it.
Planning Your Topic

- The right kind of research for you will depend upon the kind of article you are writing, For example, if you are writing a news article, you will probably want to get out there and interview people who are related to the story. If you are writing about fitness trends, however, you may be able to do all of your research online.
- When doing research, be sure to consult reliable sources. Look for academic articles, published books, and websites that are maintained by reputable organizations. Avoid personal blogs, forums, and promotional material whenever possible. [1] X Research source
- Research and writing will both be much easier if you stay up to date about the topics that you write about, Even when you aren't planning to write an article, read up on industry trends and news. This knowledge will make you more intuitive to the needs and wants of your reader when it's time to choose your next topic.

- Think about how much your audience already knows about the topic. If it's geared towards novices, you will need to walk them through the material step by step and provide lots of background information. If it's geared towards people who are knowledgeable about the field, you will need to provide a more in-depth analysis and maybe utilize some industry jargon.
- If you know exactly who your audience is, you can make your writing serve a purpose. Always aim to solve a specific problem that your audience is experiencing with each article.

- Take a moment to brainstorm questions that you have about your topic. For example, if your topic is thunderstorms, you may be wondering what locations have the most thunderstorms, why some places have more thunderstorms than other places, and what kind of damage a thunderstorm can cause. These are all great places to start for your article.
- Make sure the questions you're asking are interesting to other people, not just you. Try typing your keywords into major search engines to find out what people are asking about your topic on social media or forums. If people want to know about something, they will find your article interesting.

- Even if you know everything there is to know about your topic, it's still important to do research so that you know what else has been published on your topic. If you write an article that repeats information that is available in another article (even if this was not your intention) it will not be as interesting.
- If you can't come up with a completely new topic, try digging a little deeper into topics that have already been covered by others. Look for questions that the other articles failed to answer or angles that they didn't cover and make these the focus of your article.
Writing Compelling Content

- If you are writing for a company, they probably have a manual that outlines what kind of voice they want you to use in your articles. If you ever have any questions about what is appropriate for your article, be sure to ask your editor or supervisor.
- While this isn't appropriate for every kind of article, using the first person pronouns "I," "me," and "my" can help your writing sound much more personable. Avoid using the first person plural pronouns "we," "our," and "us," even if you're trying to write on behalf of an entire company. This does not sound nearly as personal.
- If it's appropriate for your article, express emotions and opinions. Readers will appreciate the sincerity that this brings to your writing.
- If it is appropriate for your industry, consider telling a joke or making a reference to a current event. This will help your reader connect with you. [5] X Research source

- You may find it helpful to write an outline to help you keep track of the answers to these various questions. Whether you do this or not, it is a good idea to confirm that you have thoroughly answered each question during the editing process.
- Keep in mind that some of the questions will require more elaboration than others, depending on your topic. For example, if you are writing an article about cooking, you will probably devote the most space to discussing how to prepare the meal and what ingredients are needed.

- For example, if you are writing an article about your favorite travel destination, consider describing the white sand, the sparkling blue water, and the warm sun instead of just saying that the beach is beautiful.
- This technique works better for some topics than for others, so don't feel that you can never tell. For example, technical articles probably require more telling than showing.

- Foreshadowing can add interest to your story. Consider giving your readers hints about what is to come in the title or opening sentences of your article. For example, if you are writing an article about a new business that opened in your town, you might foreshadow information about a major setback that occurred along the way by saying something like, "The owner never anticipated that she would face as many obstacles as she did."
- Readers will get hooked faster if you start your article in the middle of the action, rather than by providing background information right away. Try to use suspense to keep them guessing about what will happen next whenever you can.
- Most great stories have some kind of conflict, so make sure this comes through in your writing. For example, if you are writing about a new apartment complex that is being built, it's much more interesting to include opinions from people who are both for and against the project than to simply state that the project is moving forward. [8] X Research source

- For example, if you are writing an article about the prevalence of a disease, it would be helpful to include specific figures regarding how many people have been infected, the mortality rate, and how these numbers have changed over time.
- Even if your article does not lend itself to statistics, you can engage readers by providing specific examples of the impact of a certain situation. For example, if you are writing an article about dog training, you might include specific information about unwanted behaviors that are common in dogs who have not been trained.
Making Your Article Reader-Friendly

- Make sure it matches the article content. Readers will not appreciate it if they start reading your article because they thought it would be about one topic, only to find out that it's about something else entirely.
- Make sure it is easily understandable and unambiguous. Avoid using words that have multiple meanings or could be misunderstood. Keep in mind that readers will not spend much time trying to decipher your title.
- Make it as specific as possible. Instead of writing "How to Decorate a Room," consider something like "How to Decorate Your Living Room Like a Professional for $200."

- Readers typically find numbered or bullet pointed lists very easy to read. If you can't make a list, consider breaking up your article into different sections using subtitles.
- Make sure readers can find the answers they are looking for quickly. This may mean bolding the most important information or making sure your subtitles are very specific. [11] X Research source

- Make sure you have completely addressed your topic. If there are questions that have been left unanswered, your article is too short.
- Make sure you are not repeating yourself or writing sentences that don't add any important information to your article. If you are, you need to cut back.

- Be as specific as possible. When you talk in general terms, you run the risk of losing clarity. It helps to offer examples and descriptions whenever possible. For example, instead of writing, "There are a lot of different birds in this area," consider writing something like, "Birdwatchers come to this area to admire the many different species that live here, including robins, blue jays, cardinals, and doves."
- When editing your work, be on the lookout for words that are not adding any additional information and get rid of them. For example, if you wrote, "People love this city for the simple reason that it has so much to offer," you can change it to "People love this city because it has so much to offer" without losing any of the meaning of the sentence.
- Don't feel like you need to use long or fancy words to sound interesting. This kind of language can make your writing more difficult to understand, so stick with the simpler word when in doubt.
- It's a good idea to think about your reader when determining how complex your language should be. If you are writing for a general audience, try to write at or near a 9th grade reading level. If you are writing for a more specialized audience, adjust the complexity of your writing accordingly. If you're not sure what reading level your article is, you can try running it through one of many free online reading level calculators. [14] X Research source

- Add photos that will help your reader understand what you are talking about in your article.
- If you are talking about numbers, consider adding a chart or graph to illustrate the data. This will make it much easier for readers to absorb.
- People also find videos very helpful, so incorporate one into your article if you think it is relevant.

- Some people find it helpful to just write without worrying about spelling or grammar for their first draft. This is fine, as long as you are very thorough in your editing process and correct any errors you may have made.
- Read through your article very slowly so you will be more likely to catch typos and misused words.
- Be on the lookout for any sentence that seems too long or clunky. If it sounds a little confusing to you, chances are it will sound very confusing to your audience.
- If possible, have someone else read over your work and give you feedback. It's much easier for someone who did not write the article to pick up on potentially confusing verbiage.
- Once you have self-edited your work or had someone else edit it for you, write your final draft, making sure to copy edit it for errors one last time before submitting.
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It's similar to writing academic papers, but with vital differences.
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Techniques for writing a news article differ from those needed for academic papers. Whether you're interested in writing for a school newspaper, fulfilling a requirement for a class, or seeking a writing job in journalism, you'll need to know the difference. To write like a real reporter, consider this guide for how to write a news article.
Choose Your Topic
First, you must decide what to write about. Sometimes an editor or instructor will give you assignments, but you’ll often have to find your own topics to cover.
If you get to choose your topic, you might be able to pick a subject related to your personal experience or family history, which would give you a strong framework and a dose of perspective. However, this route means you must work to avoid bias—you may have strong opinions that could affect your conclusions. You also could pick a topic that revolves around a personal interest, such as your favorite sport.
Research for Your News Article
Even if you end up with a topic close to your heart, you should begin with research, using books and articles that will give you a full understanding of the subject. Go to the library and find background information about people, organizations, and events you intend to cover.
Next, interview a few people to collect more information and quotes that give perspective on the topic. Don't be intimidated by the idea of interviewing important or newsworthy people—an interview can be as formal or informal as you want to make it, so relax and have fun with it. Find people with backgrounds in the topic and strong opinions, and carefully write down or record their responses for accuracy. Let the interviewees know that you will be quoting them.
Parts of a News Article
Before you write your first draft, you should be aware of the parts that make up a news story:
Headline or title
The headline of your article should be catchy and to the point. You should punctuate your title using Associated Press style guidelines unless your publication specifies something else. Other members of the publication staff frequently write the headlines, but this will help focus your thoughts and maybe save those other staffers some time.
- "Lost dog finds his way home"
- "Debate tonight in Jasper Hall"
- "Panel chooses 3 essay winners"
The byline is the name of the writer—your name, in this case.
Lead (sometimes written "lede")
The lead is the first sentence or paragraph, written to provide a preview of the entire article. It summarizes the story and includes many of the basic facts. The lead will help readers decide if they want to read the rest of the news article or if they are satisfied knowing these details.
Once you’ve set the stage with a good lead, follow up with a well-written story that contains facts from your research and quotes from people you’ve interviewed. The article should not contain your opinions. Detail any events in chronological order. Use the active voice —not passive voice —when possible, and write in clear, short, direct sentences.
In a news article, you should use the inverted pyramid format—putting the most critical information in the early paragraphs and following with supporting information. This ensures that the reader sees the important details first. Hopefully they'll be intrigued enough to continue to the end.
The sources
Include your sources in the body with the information and quotes they provide. This is different from academic papers, where you would add these at the end of the piece.
Your conclusion can be your last bit of information, a summary, or a carefully chosen quote to leave the reader with a strong sense of your story.
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Writing is a vast domain that encapsulates various genres. Each one has different characteristics in terms of what information it aims to provide. Newspaper article, in this regard, has great significance, as it is a useful contrivance to inform masses about the current events.
Newspaper articles are an integral part of journalist writing. There is no denying that it does not only inform people but also help people shape opinions regarding various socio-political scenarios. You can approach journalistic writing in many ways, but the inverted pyramid structure is the most appropriate one.
The approach is about supplying the fundamental information first and then providing additional information at the end. This format of newspaper article depends on what a journalist deem to be most relevant. Journalist or writer structures the facts using inverted pyramid format to ensure readers get the important updates without reading the complete article. Following the inverted pyramid, the newspaper article incorporates descriptive content after the important factual information.
Besides that, objectivity is one of the important features of a newspaper article that require a journalist to present the things as they are. From incorporating factual account to covering a social event, every newspaper article must be based on the first-hand objective information.
To learn how to write a newspaper article, it is essential to follow the correct format. Plus, good research and the right organizational structure are the key constituents of writing an impactful newspaper article. Besides that, elements like interesting lead, catchy headlines, bylines and good additional information are the basic parts of a successful newspaper article.
Tips to Write A Good Newspaper Article
If you are an apprentice and looking for guidance to write a well-researched newspaper article, we have you covered. The guide has all the hands-on information you need to know about how to write a newspaper article.
Conduct Research
Writing an impactful and informative newspaper article requires a thorough research. It is your first step and a convenient way to accumulate first-hand reliable information. You need to,
Contact Your Sources
To avoid hassles and procrastination, it is necessary that you contact the relevant sources in advance. Make appointments or fix meetings at least a week before. It will help you arrange interviews. For acquiring reliable information, choose at least 2 primary sources. Also, choose a source that is opposite to your subject and topic to perceive the issue from all angles. It will make your article well-rounded. Before choosing your sources to consider that,
- Sources must be professionals and experts in a field you have opted to write.
- Always choose certified professional or academic to use their extensive experience to validate the information in your article.
- You can use witnesses who have first –hand information on the topic, event or incident you are covering.
Conduct a Structured Interview
In-person interviews are always beneficial for writing a newspaper article. Arrange it in a decent and quiet meeting place such as office or coffee shop. Prepare structured questions and ask for an interviewee’s consensus about recording it.
- You can conduct two or three interviews if your topic is detailed and required a follow-up discussion.
- Make all the necessary arrangements to transcribe the interview to ensure you are quoting your source correctly.
Work Out Secondary Sources
You need to collect information from other important sources like public libraries or various reliable online sources. Go through all the related articles, journals, and academic reports to search for accurate and factual information on your article’s subject.
- Use the local public library, or government official website.
- Cite all the referenced sources at the end of the article to increase the credibility of the information you provided.
Counter Check All the Statistics Prior to Adding Them in the Article
If your article includes statistical information or numerical data, checking them again may save you from any undesirable situation or claims in future. The key is to trace all the statistical data to its credible sources and counter check whether it is updated and correct.
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Structure Your Article
Once you have gathered the information and done with your research, it is the time to structure your article.
Create an Informative and Catchy Headline
The headline can make or break your reader’s interest. If it is not interesting, engaging and creative, it is less likely to draw the attention of the reader. Not only should it be creative enough to grab the reader’s attention but also precise and concise to reflect what your article is all about.
- A good headline informs the reader about “what, when and where” in a glance.
- Keep it clear and brief, not more than five words
- You can also make the headline in the end, after you have finished writing. It will give you a better idea of what to focus on that can appropriately sum-up your article.
Create a Lead or Opening Paragraph
Lead, undeniably, is an essential part of your newspaper article. Learning ‘ how to make a lead ‘ will not only make your article engaging but also help you inform your readers in the better way. You can take the assistance of an expert or pro journalist to not only learn’ what is lead’ but also specific techniques to use them in your news article.
Lead is an opening paragraph in the article. Newspaper articles often seem banal with a multitude of sources and details. Most readers like to just skim through the first paragraph or first few sentences unless they find it interesting enough to read further.
A good Lead example tells readers important information in a concise, clear and interesting manner. Not only this, it further establishes a direction, tone, and voice of an article.
The following tips may help you create an impactful lead.
- Answer Five W’s : Before you begin writing a lead, decide the important aspects associated with the story that answers who, when, what, why and where. Emphasize these aspects in the lead of your article. Do not go into the details to explain them.
- Talk about Conflict: Highlight the point of conflict to develop the reader’s interest
- Specificity: The briefer the better. Summarize the information in lead and keep it specific to make it informative
- Conciseness: Learning how to present information in a brief yet effective manner is very important to deliver what your reader is expecting to know. Be concise and relevant about the information you are giving in the lead.
- Pertinent Vocabulary: Try using specific jargon and active verbs in lead to make it interesting, impactful and lively. Avoid passive construction as it may leave readers bewildered with incomplete reporting.
- Update Your Readers: Readers already know the breaking news due to modern media culture and technology. So if you are working for print media, try to update the information instead just regurgitating an old news.
- Honesty: This tip refers to your promise that you deliver the correct information in the article.
Things to Avoid
- Flowery And Exaggerated Language: Remember that you are writing a news article and using flowery language never makes a good news lead example. Avoid overusing unnecessary adjectives and focus on using lively verbs.
- Avoid Redundancy: Smart journalists never waste lead space with random words and unintentional redundancy. Consider this news lead example, p.m , Tuesday afternoon. Try to avoid repeated information as much as you can, come right to the point.
- Formulaic Leads: Delivering information in mechanical tone brings monotonous effect. Your readers want to be entertained so create a lead that is genuine and engaging.
- Avoid Using ‘It’ In the Beginning: Clarity is an essential element of a press release or newspaper article. Never begin your article with pronouns like ‘it’. It can disorient your readers.
Follow a Chronological Order When Writing a Lead
Beginning with a well-crafted lead, always follow a chronological order. That means to place the most important and current details first and so on. This will not only make your news article comprehensive but also help your reader skim through the beginning section. Provide updated information in the first 1-3 lines following the inverted pyramid approach.
Expand Your Article with Supporting Details
Once you created a lead, and if it is interesting enough to capture the reader’s attention and make him/her curious, he/she might want to discover more. Expanding the key details is all about telling people how something happened. Provide in-depth coverage on all the important aspects of the news story.
Summarize and reflect on the first-hand information you explored from the sources. Add a background, contextual information or any other detail related to subject matter or incident. Do not extend each paragraph more than 3 – 4 sentences to make it easy to follow along.
Include Supporting Quotations
Referring to sources in the article increases the credibility of information and adds value to your organization’s reputation. By including supporting quotation/ statement from sources, you can validate the information you are providing.
Choose pertinent, short, and brief quotations that are informative. Plus, make sure you attribute the used quotes to its source in the article.
- For example, “The baby was unconscious and had his leg broken, stated Police Chief Peter Wilborn.”
- Avoid using too many quotes as the reader may get confused.
Finish Your Article with Informative Link or Quote
To wrap up the news article, you can use an impactful quote. Including a link to a company/ organization’s website is also a good option if your article focuses on any specific organization.
For example, you can write, “the family of victim expressed a concern about his health” as they say ‘We just hope he’ll be okay won’t suffer from these symptoms”.
Alternatively, “Local police has recommended parents to accompany their children everywhere they go, website. www.ty.org
Use Appropriate Tone
Easy and clear language.
Making your news article linguistically complicated is not something your reader appreciates. Remember that your purpose is to inform the reader and if you use unintelligible language it will only distract them.
To put it simply, avoid using vague language, or the words which are not useful. Talk to your readers in lay man’s language to make it accessible to all kind of readers. Avoid constructing longer sentences or run-on sentences.
Use Active Voice
Being a journalist, your job is to inform ‘WHO’ did what. That means, including subject when writing a news article is a key to reduce obscurity. It is only possible when you use the active voice. The sentence structure becomes more vivid and informative in the active voice.
Maintain an Informative Tone
The newspaper article is for everyone and aims to inform the readers by giving them correct and updated information. That is why it is crucial to maintaining an informative tone that does not show your subjectivity. It must be based on a factual account, incident or event. Do not exaggerate the details by using hyperbolic language.
Polish Your Article
Last but not the least, once you are done with structuring your article, read it again to revise and refine it. The first draft has a lot of room to improvise. Read it from the perspective of your reader. See if it is informative, engaging and communicate what it intended to.
- Make sure leads, quotes and references are clear and intelligible
- Check it for any linguistic complexity or spelling, grammar errors
- You can show it to a peer for feedback, critique on voice and tone.
- Revise your articleand create a final draft
Bottom Line
In conclusion, writing a newspaper article requires you to collect factual details, and data from the verified sources. Plus, catchy lead, headline, and appropriate structure are some important features you need to consider. Thus, the above-mentioned tips are very helpful to make you write a well-structured news article.
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Good Opinion Articles Topic Ideas for High School Write your own opinion article on one of the following topics: Selfie culture is out of control. The inherent hypocrisy of Western liberalism. High and low pleasures in the post-scarcity world. Psychotropic drugs whittle down the human agency. The futility of endless life.
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The article should not contain your opinions. Detail any events in chronological order. Use the active voice —not passive voice —when possible, and write in clear, short, direct sentences. In a news article, you should use the inverted pyramid format—putting the most critical information in the early paragraphs and following with ...
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