Inspiration, ideas and writing

Sometimes I feel I have nothing to look on the Internet. I avoid falling into Facebook trap or chatting online, but sometimes my mind blanks and I don’t know what else to search for. So, after looking at the outstanding portfolios website, which I loved, I have found some new entertainment as well as inspiration for my future project.
Poh Si Teng, Rachel Youens, and Lam Thuy Vo were the portfolios that most caught my attention. Poh Si Teng especially inspired me because of her video stories, very human and personal. I really liked her design and layout. It is a very easy to navigate site. I really see myself doing some kind of reporting and interesting stories of people just like Teng did. She captured a very real and crude side of Miami and other cities of Florida. And also she presents a variety of stories, from humoristic ones to more sober stories, making me believe that one can transform a simple or silly story idea into fascinating work that people would enjoy.
I am sure Teng, Youens and other journalists and reporters around the world thought of their ideas outside their houses, away from their computers. As human beings we need to explore and put in practice that sense of curiosity we all have and that is how good ideas come from. According to the book, good ideas can come in the most unexpected ways like “answering questions people ask you at parties.” By knowing people a writer can encounter bunches of different story ideas with each different person the writer meets. That also implies going outside, taking trips, enrolling in different activities, etc, all the possible ways that a writer can be expose and think of something new to research about. Another key factor is not to settle with the first idea that comes to head, but to expand it and maybe a new idea can born.
The next step after having an idea for a story established, is researching. And that can be done through reporting, reading, interviewing people, looking into databases, making phone calls, doing online searching, and so more. After having a clear direction of where the story is going to be oriented, the writer should start by writing the couple first drafts of leads and finding a focus in it. Then, the writer must continue writing and revising the material following the structure of the story. And that is basically what I am going to be doing between this week and the next one for my project.