1. Find an article in the newspaper that attracts your attention for its oddity or for a striking detail or piece of language that jumps off the page at you. Perhaps an image that is conjured up while you read the story may be the triggering subject.
2. Try to develop a narrative or meditation based on the events that are discussed.
• [Often descriptive passages can be helpful in jumpstarting ideas]
3. If you are writing a narrative, try imagining the events from the perspective of the person who is most involved. Or try imagining them from the perspective of someone who is a bystander. Or, as a last resort, imagine them from the perspective of yourself as the author writing them.
Strange News [Associated Press]