Sunday, January 31, 2010

Brainstorming Enthusiast Blog

Topic: What is your topic? is it specific enough but not too narrow? Discuss the specific stimuli to which your blog entries will respond.
The topic I would like to write about in my enthusiast blog is unusual or bad gifts given by friends or family members (more often than not from an elderly grandmother or aunt). I think that the idea is specific (gifts), but broad enough because it can relate to anything that may have been a gift or even the circumstance in which the gift was given. I could also include in my posts things that should not be given as gifts.

Audience: Describe the audience that you'd like to attract. What types of things do you imagine this audience would like to see and read? What would they not like to see?
The audience is pretty large because most people, provided financial/family situations, have probably had encounters with gifts they've received that they haven't liked or have been very comical. I think that in some cases, pictures of the gift would embellish the post so that readers could see the physical object and not just have to picture it in their minds.

Personality: Describe the style that you'll be aiming for in both the writing and design of your blog. How will it rhetorically support your blog's concept and focus?
I'll probably be aiming for a comedic style in recounting memories of gifts given or stories from others who have received unusual gifts. I think that this will support the blog's focus because the idea is about gifts that were unusual, so reading about it should make readers laugh or roll their eyes.

Based on all of your above answers, list a few potential titles for your blog as well as a few potential post ideas.
Strange gifts, Things my grandmother gave me, Unwanted gifts..., Thanks...?
1. actual gifts that i've received that were strange/unusual
2. gifts received by people that i know
3. coming up with funny items that shouldn't be given as gifts and why

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