In 1000 to 1500 words (ballpark), profile your randomly selected CW junior.
Some examples:
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas in the Washington Post Style section.
Actor Michael Ashe in Vanity Fair.
High school football player Shayne Skov in Sports Illustrated.
The trick is to find the human interest angle. Write for a non-ASFA, non-Birmingham audience.
Specific strategies:
1. Sit down and talk with your partner at least twice.
2. Converse, don't survey.
3. Try, if at all possible, to observe your partner in a setting outside of school.
4. Think nouns and verbs: what people, places, and things does your partner associate with? What does your partner spend his/her precious time doing?
5. Sketch out your partner's average day, their average week. Ask questions about things you're interested in. Ask questions about things other (i.e., non-ASFA) people might be interested in.
6. This is a human interest story. Always ask yourself: why is this human interesting? If you can't find an answer, that's your fault, not theirs.
Turn it in on Tuesday, November 25.
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