So this week, I don't know what to write about. I was going to write about politics or something like that since it's easy to write about those kinds of things, but it would sound boring. It gets boring after a while to write about just politics. I don't know what else to write about other than politics, and I'm not an authority on anything else (not implying I'm an authority on politics). I have mentioned that I used to write "private essays" out of "fun", but it's mainly monologues and some coherent ramblings that don't have much context. I could make an article out of some, but again, it's mainly political stuff and scientific writing.
There's nothing really going on within campus politics (I already milked it all out for the hit piece I wrote on past SGA Presidents last week), and I don't watch TV very much to make those lists that you see other fellow Odyssey writers make. It's not because I'm completely disconnected from popular culture, I just don't watch enough of a series to make insider jokes.
Anyways, now that I established (to myself) that I have no topic to write about this week, how would I come up with one next week? This is where I can probably lay out my plan and the overall process of writing an article here.
One thing I was thinking about was writing about the "outrage" over a movie recently (I forgot which one already, it's probably Disney). It has to do with the inclusion of a gay character, but the movie itself already had a bizarre premise (I think "Beauty and the Beast", I'm just writing as I think, which contradicts what I said earlier). Yes, the premise of the movie is weird already, having to do with a buffalo (I think?) having a relationship with a woman. I could write about that, and satirize the topic.
I think the best way to write an article is to figure out what has people so angry, or so happy. Anything with some emotion attached to it makes for an interesting topic. Doesn't mean you should necessarily polarize (a lot) of people, but you will whether you like it or not. Those topics are always fun to write about because you'll have at least one person who passionately disagrees and another who passionately loves it.
That's the thrill of writing. You don't get to control what people think, but you still let an idea or voice go out and be exposed to the nature of criticism and analysis. I know my last article got a few Student Government people mad, perhaps. That's fine, it probably got a lot of people entertained. It's not really much of a trade-off when I expected that to happen.
So that's the process I'd take to write an article. Look at what has emotion in it. Nothing wrong with taking another approach, I just find that people are attracted to those things. Whether or not it is "materialistic" or "superficial" isn't much of a concern (because who cares anyways?)
But for this week, this is all I can give. A rambling on writing. I don't have a main idea or a straightforward path here, I'm just writing what comes to thought. It's literally my thoughts, word by word (or at least paraphrased).
That's what I have for this week. An anti-article. Kind of like modern art, but written down. My headline picture isn't even related to the article, it's just there because the vibrant colors are visually attractive, and because it's the first thing I could find. Seems to fit in well with this anti-article.
