Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Feature Story Brainstorm

1. My brother, Josh

2. My grandma and mom

3. How he changed after he went to prison and his experience there that changed him

4. First-hand experience

5. How did you use to act before you went to prison?
Why did you act like that?
What were you thinking whenever you found out you'd be going?
How long were you in prison?
What were your thoughts whenever you first arrived?
How did the inmates act in there?
How did the guards act?
What was the worst thing you saw while in prison?
What was it like?
When did you realize that you needed to change your ways?
Why do you think it took going to prison for you to change?
What did you miss the most while you were incarcerated?
What was a typical day like for you in jail?
How did you feel whenever you got out?
What was the first thing you did whenever you got out?
How do you think you changed now, from then?
What do you think your best qualities are?
What is your favorite thing about yourself, or your favorite change that you made, since being out?
How long did it take for you to adjust back to the free world?
What were you thinking whenever you saw how different things were in the world whenever you got out?

6. Mom:
How did you feel when you heard that this happened to Josh?
How do you think he learned from that experience?
What was your reaction whenever found out the news?
Why did you react that way?
When do you think he finally realized he needed to make a change?
Grandma:
How is Josh different now from before?
What was going through your mind whenever you heard about it?
Why was this experience so hard for you?
When do you think he finally realized he needed to make a change?
How do you think he learned from that experience?

7. Aggravated assault cases are first degree felonies. First degree felonies prison sentences range from 5 years to 99 years. 67 percent of people go back to prison on repeated charges within the first three years of being released. 

8. Over the break, either December 25 or December 26

9. At my grandma's house

10. Take notes

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