Charles found hockey player Patrick Kane and started researching his life and career. He wrote down an outline of their life leading into Kane’s career, then started elaborating on each of the points.
Lelnel found an article which sits down with a variety of musicians and discusses their careers. He wrote down an outline pulled from this article which highlights the commonalities seen throughout the articles.
Remy started researching Carl Sagan and found several bibliographic sites, a couple of books, and a timeline in it to work with.
Professor Beilin’s advice: consider upbringing and preparation as a child, natural talent. Not everyone knows who or what they want to be, and sometimes decisions have to be made as soon as opportunities are presented (like in being an athlete of musician)