Finding a Topic

The passage was written to help students pick out a topic to write about and narrow it down.  The first step is to ask yourself questions.  Realize what is currently important to you and what current issues you don't understand. Ask friends and family what issues matter to them.  A little online research can help to give you a few topic ideas.  Narrowing these down can be done by writing a little bit about each of them.  Ask yourself why people will care, if they will care, and what they already know about the topic.  You know your topic is successfully narrowed when it is linked to an issue or controversy that will interest your audience.  For example, the general topic sports can b e narrowed to college sports training and men's body images.  Keep an open mind, and test the narrowness of your topic with a Google search.  Brainstorming is necessary. Think of everything that relates to your topic, and then put it on paper.  Organize these thoughts with a graphic organizer.  Guide your research with questions, and try to answer them all.