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Selecting a Topic
You have all kinds of things to write about: delicious foods, goofy pets, thrilling games, special treasures, tough classes, brave friends, new movies, old books, songs that slap, and more! To find a great writing topic, just look around you. What awesome topics are you sitting on?
"Writers store ideas like couches store odds and ends. Find a writing idea by sorting through your mind!”

Keep a Notebook.
Gather great writing ideas in a notebook. Let ideas swim around in there until you are ready to write, and then fish one out. This chapter helps you build a file of fun writing ideas.