1. What I would like to write about…
My Topics!
What I would like to write about…

2. My Territories
Topics you like, know something about, have some experience with, and/or would like to explore.
If you choose a broad topic, try to break it down into more specific parts.

3. My Writing Territories
My family
My concert history
Disneyland
My great-grandparents
Teaching stories
Spring Break
Future family
Memorable students
Car Rides
Traits of siblings
Memorable teachers
Arizona
My dog, Sadie
Memorable principals
Family Traditions
Volleyball
College stories
Aggie Sports Properties
Baseball
Meeting celebrities
My Job History
Boogie boarding
Hawaii
Generations of teachers
Boating
Cruise to Mexico
Dwight Howard
Bro’s b-ball Tournaments
My bedroom
Atlanta Braves
Awkward sunburns
My routines
Summer Treats
Long walks
NYC
Movies
Reading
Graduation accident
Fruit
Writing
Reality TV
Moving
WWII
Broken bones
1st Year teaching
Civil War
Cousins, Brianna
Learning to drive
My car history
September 11
Neighbors
My pet history
Olympics
Music
My dating history
Awkward times
Art
Pulled over but no tickets
Half marathon
Failure
Memorable baseball games
Best Friends

4. What Bugs Me Cell phones: in movies, in the checkout line, in cars
Rude service
“Fair Weather” Fans
Texting and Driving
Mud
Squeezing the middle of the toothpaste tube
Cars that take more than one parking place
CD packaging
Hypocrites
Automatic flushing toilets
Shipping and handling
Abbreviated words: “Cray”, “Def”, “Whatev”
Late fees
Utah news
Dangerous drives
“Reality” tv
Steroid users
Sub plans
Using the last of the toilet paper roll and not replacing it
Waiting in line
Filling my car with gas
Empty containers in the fridge and/or pantry
Day after Thanksgiving shopping and shoppers
Grocery shopping
Bills
Sales calls
Two-faced people
Automated systems
Muscle cramps

5. Good Ideas/Bad Ideas Good Ideas Bad Ideas -Youtube McRib Sandwich
-Smoothies
TV in cars
-TV and movies on airplanes
Skates built in shoes
Daily reading habit
Lowering the drinking age
Speed limits
No more airplane meals
Freeway lines to divide lanes
Robotic vacuum cleaners
Stop lights
Paying for A/C
Ipods
Belly flopping
Etch-a-sketch
Running on ice
Indoor swimming pools
Running a half marathon with very little training
Hair straighteners
Cup holders in cars
Recycling