Stalking?

Stalking someone for the first time was something very new to me. I had never stalked anyone before and, to be honest, it felt creepy watching someone from a distance. This exercise did however teach me that in order to fully understand the subject at hand, you must look at all the details. At first, I started out making the basic observaions; what my subject was wearing, what he was doing, who he was talking to. Then from these observations I was able to make inferences. One thing I noticed was my subject was constantly tapping his feet like he was nervous or in a rush. Then I asked myself, "why would this person be so nervously typing a paper?". From this question, and the other details i garnered from stalking this person, I almost created a story around him. He was constantly tapping his feet and moving around because he was going to be late for a class and needed to finish his paper. There was only minutes remaining and he was so focused on the computer screen, nothing distracted him from accomplishing the task at hand.
I took all the details and observations I made and turned them into something more. I feel like when when we are going through the process of writing a paper, the same process must occur. You choose a subject and begin writing about the things you know. The next step is to create and make inferences. From these inferences we ask ourselves questions which creates more ideas. When we write it's not only important to write what we know, but also to ask questions and create.