Interview your subject, then write a short profile on him or her. Make sure there is a good angle and an engaging opening.

When the clock on the mantelpiece struck nine every morning, young Nick D would pick up his backpack, kiss his mum goodbye and step out the front door. As he skipped down the front yard and out of the gate, Nick would glance up the street and sure enough, two small forms would be seen turning the corner and trotting down the sidewalk. The three would exchange exuberant high fives in the way only five year old boys would and by the time they reached the school at the end of the street, they would number six. The year was 1994 and Nick was enrolled in the local primary school in Camberwell.

Over the next seven years, the surrounding area changed. Parks sprung up as houses were torn down and rebuilt. Front lawns bloomed with flowers while backyards started getting a little cluttered, but for the six fast friends, the morning ritual remained intact. They would meet up in the parks over the weekends, hanging out among the swings in the playgrounds, without a care in the world besides the next episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Then came the teenage years, when a trip to high school meant taking the public transport every morning. But some things remain the same, and when Nick boarded the bus, he knew he’d see those familiar faces he’d been seeing more than half his life. Hanging out in the parks gave way to crashing out at each other’s houses, while the TV shows lost out to Indy Rock tunes played at full volume.

Nick said he never gave much thought to whether they’d ever drift apart. It was just the sort of playground friendship that is often formed over a love of baseball or perhaps a shared passion for practical jokes. But stay together they did, and when fifteen year old Nick found a job working aisles at Target and the supervisor put out an advert for more employees, it was only natural that he roped in his mates.

Now twenty and studying at RMIT, Nick acknowledges that it has become harder to meet up. But still the six young men try their best, taking time out to bond over drinks at St Kilda’s every Saturday night. While the talk might turn to career opportunities or girls, some things never change. For if you squint really hard and forget where you are for a moment, you might just make out six little boys swapping Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cards over cans of Cola.

Tutor's comments:
hi zee, this has a good angle and it is great how it runs throughout the whole profile. What it is missing is a nut par at the top which directs readers to the point of the piece early on. Some of the language is a bit wordy too you could be more concise and I will go through this in the lecture next week and give you some tips on how to edit.

The second paragraph has some good C+A sentence structure(see Power Prose chapter 2): Over the next seven years, the surrounding area changed. Parks sprung up as houses were torn down and rebuilt. Front lawns bloomed with flowers while backyards started getting a little cluttered. But for the six fast friends, the morning ritual remained intact. They would meet up in the parks over the weekends, hanging out among the swings in the playgrounds, without a care in the world besides the next episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. THIS IS GOOD GRAMMAR.

FYI: I didn't really read Power Prose Chapter 2 :P