Feature Story Brainstorm

1. Who is your main subject?
Mom
2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to)?
Dad
3. What is the topic or potential topic?
Their interesting trip to Paris.
4. Which angle from above will you write the story?
3rd person
5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject. 

Subject: mom
1. What date did you go?

2. What important places did you go to?

3. Who all did you go with?

4. How long were you there for?

5. Do you think that was the best time of the year to go? Why or why not?

6. What was your favorite thing about Paris?

7. Was there anything strange and weird that you saw? If so, what was it?

8. What kind of food did you eat when you were there?

9. What was the occasion to go to Paris?

10. Why did you decide to go to Paris?

11. What was the most frustrating or hardest part of the trip?

12. Did anything go wrong that seems funny now?

13. What are one interesting thing about Paris that the average person doesn't know?

14. What are some fun things to do in Paris?

15. How was transportation? How did you get places?

16. Was there anything there that you didn't like

 about Paris?

17. Paris is known for shopping and fashion. Did you go anywhere good to shop at?
18. Did you go anywhere else besides Paris? If so what did you do there?

19. Was there anything that surprised you to be really cool? Why or why not?

20. Now that you've been to Paris, what are two other places you would like to go?
6. Once you complete that portion, you need to come up with 5-10 questions you need to ask your 

supporting interviews. Type these into your blog. You may need different questions for each supporting 

subject.
Dad
1. What was your favorite place in Paris and why?

2. What food did you like to eat?

3. What are some strange or different things you saw there?

4. Why did you want to go to Paris?

5. What are some fun things to do in Paris

6. What are 2 places you would like to go after going to Paris?

Martha (Grandma & Dad's Mom)

1. What was your favorite place in Paris and why?

2. Were you excited to go on the tour? 
3.What was the place you wanted to go to the most?

4.Did Paris live up to what you imagined? Why or why not?

5.What 2 places do you want to go since you've now been to Paris?

7. You will need to do a little research on the topic you expect to interview your main subject about. 

Take a little time and do some google searching - find at least 5 new things about the intended topic 

you should know before you interview your main subject. List those on your blog
-Paris is the most visited city in the world.
-The world capital city for shopping and fashion.
-The main source to tour in Paris is by boat.
-Paris is divided by the Seine River.
-The most famous park in Paris is the Bois de Boulogne
8. Write when you plan to conduct the interview(s)?
Over Thanksgiving Break.
9. Where you will interview them (some interviews are better to do in the persons environment, while 

others should be done in public places, ALL interviews should be done in person)?
At my house.
10. How will you record the information? (taking notes is ideal, and if you want to record the 

conversation you MUST get permission. You can do both if they will allow you to record, this is a really 

strong technique that you could use.)

taking notes.