I understand that the budget is probably about trends, but beyond that, I fail to see a connection between the stories. It would be more helpful to focus in a little more to be able to form a few good contacts that can be reused for multiple stories– someone to ask about social media, someone to ask about the trend in the community, someone to ask about the trend itself, etc.
Some of the story ideas like the Barre fitness and wedding story fail to provide source ideas. How would the writer be able to find sources to interview about each? Perhaps narrowing the focus and establishing more specific ideas for an angle would help the writer establish better contacts who would be able to answer more tailored interview questions and put out a better story in general.
Finally, I believe the first story idea is the most fleshed out and it is revealed to be the writer’s forte of sorts. Perhaps the theme of the first story, the connection of physical and mental fitness, is the theme through which to establish a connection between stories. This theme can be applied as a more specific angle for the Barre story and the CAPS story– create an underlying connective theme of the effect of physical activity on mental wellness and I believe the stories would more easily connect and shape themselves.
