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BY KYM MOORE

Why on earth would anyone be interested in what you ate as a teenager? It may surprise you how your eating habits back then could greatly affect the way teenagers look at what they eat today. It may not be what you ate, as much as your emotional state or occurrences that took place during this time. Eating involves varied emotions (hunger, frustration, happiness, anxiety, weight consciousness, etc.).

As we dissect the statement “What I Ate Today,” here are some questions to help jumpstart your train of thought when expanding the perimeters of writing opportunities:

1. What did I eat (hamburger, fries, milkshake, fried chicken)?
2. Where was I (at home, a festival, the fair, at school)?
3. What time of the day was it (morning, afternoon, evening)?
4. What was the weather like (sunny, rainy, cloudy)?
5. Who prepared it (fast food joint, a drive-in restaurant, Mom or Grandma cooked it)?
   
6. Did I enjoy it or get sick (Did you burst at the seams because you were stuffed, or were you allergic to something)?
7. Were eating disorders prevalent during this time?
8. Did I wash the dishes?
9. What meal was this (breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack)?
10. Who did I eat with (family, friends, by yourself)?

Can you imagine how many pitches you could make from writing about something as simple as what you ate that day? Here are a few market possibilities:

• Teen magazine articles
• Food magazine articles
• Health magazines
• Family oriented magazines
• Women’s magazines or journals
• Trade journals on specific types of food
• Short story markets
• Poems about food
• Website focusing on food or emotional eating

You never know how many ways you can make this simple topic alluring or the vast number of markets your story will wind up in. Newspapers will offer opportunities to make recommendations on local, affordable eateries for teens, cuisines indicative to that area or what a particular restaurant is famous for and why. Go for it! Start writing and start pitching those ideas! And you thought no one would be interested in what you ate that day.

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Kym Gordon Moore is a public relations strategist for budget conscious new authors and coordinates creative marketing packages for her clients. She is fascinated with writing instruments, machines and other noteworthy objects that contributed to the progression of the art of writing. Many of her articles, essays, short stories and poems appeared in a variety of magazines, newspapers, ezines and anthologies. Visit her website.

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