Day Two: Sketching
Now that you have your topic, I want you to sketch out what you want to say. Take a few minutes of peaceful time and write a few notes about your subject. You don’t need to write in complete sentences, I just want you to start focusing your thoughts. Here are a few questions to help you with this.
Is the date and time important?
Who and what is involved?
Is this an ongoing thing? Or did this happen only a few times?
What lessons did you learn from this?
How has your life changed because of this? (For better or for worse)
If your subject relates directly to a photo, write down the significance of this photo.
Is there a deeper meaning to this photo? For example, if it is of your great-grandmother reading, and she didn’t learn to read until she was 45, could you talk about how knowledge opened up doors for her? Or how you are grateful that she was a pioneer of education in your grandmother’s life? Etc.
Is the photo significant because there is something missing that is normally present?
Did you learn something the hard way?
Did someone give you advice, ask a question, say something that completely changed your outlook?
I want you to get as raw as you can. No one has to see this, if you don’t want them to. Remember, if you don’t have great passion for this subject, you won’t be able to evoke passion in others so if this is hard, perhaps you need to switch topics.
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