How to approach your stories

If interviewing multiple people, watch "What Does America Stand for?"

If talking about race, families, parenting, and/or survival, watch "A Conversation with my Black Son"




If writing about traveling abroad, watch "Adele's India Video Diary"

If writing about a concept, watch "Art & Copy"



If writing about how to tell a story, watch "Ken Burns: On Story."

 


If writing about a memory using mostly voice over narration with video, watch "Disneyland 1990."


Disneyland 1990 from Chris Zabriskie on Vimeo.

Inspiration

1. Present something horrifying in a funny way.




2. Tell the story of the most challenging thing in your life.

 

 3. Help us understand a political or sociological problem by using a specific story from your own experience.

 

 4. Take a moment in history or a subject you're interested in and illustrate it in an unexpected way.

https://www.makers.com/documentary/womenwhomakeamerica

 5. Surprise the reader with a story that you've never told anyone before.

 

6. Create a story that makes someone laugh, or be scared, or feel in a particular way.

7. Write a profile about a person who has impacted your life.