Monday, September 7, 2015

20 Minute Freewrite - What to argue my opinion about?

I seem to be stuck on one particular question - What am I interested in that can be argued about which the Daily Universe audience would be interested in reading?  In short, what am I interested in that will interest others?  A new topic.  Something that hasn't been debated over and over again at which point I'm so far behind I wouldn't even be able to make a good argument.  I'm going over topics in my head - and now on the computer - topics that range from my own personal interests like biking, skiing, boating, hiking, drawing.  What am I interested in?  What do I do?  Do I have a strong opinion about a specific topic?  Nothing seems to be interesting enough to others let alone argumentative.  What do I usually argue about?  I never seem to be arguing about one specific topic.

Wait, there's something maybe.  It's interesting how your brain puts pieces together so quickly!  Oh yeah that's definitely something!  I've got to write this down before I forget or my brain starts putting other things together.

I work at an internet support call center.  I don't argue with the customers who call in but there are times that I'd like to.  The topic is always computers of course.  The issue I'd occasionally like to argue is usually the most effective way to solve the customer's issue.  So, I'm thinking about computers and BYU - my audience for this paper.  I'm reminded of a conversation I had with one of my roommates the first couple days of class.  We were talking about how some classes/professors are adopting a "no laptop/tablet/handheld device" policy this semester.  That's a topic that could be argued.  I think that's a good topic to argue.


Well, look at that, my twenty minutes of brainstorming are up and I came up with one topic.  I'd say I've hit a breakthrough.

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