I found that I write the way I talk in some ways. I found revising for this podcast to be easier than I thought it would be. I do think that when recording I realized there were other things I could say but the paper kept my thoughts organized and I had an outline for everything. When writing you can’t really show any tone or inflection in your voice, which I think can make it harder to convey the point or what you are trying to share. Adding questions to my revision showed me other areas that could be used to share a personal anecdote or add more explanation to what I was saying. Even though I wrote something one way does not mean that someone will understand it and it may need to be rephrased or spoken again. My interviewee found it hard to answer some of the questions, I think because she didn’t want to say the wrong thing. This is understandable but I think that it didn’t make the audio as smooth as I planned. I might not be the next big podcaster but I do like the concept of sharing ideas and thoughts with another person and then to a larger audience. I’m not the most creative person in this kind of activity, but I do think it could be something I work on. I liked being able to plan where the conversation would go and how all of the ideas connected to one another. I am not sure if that is necessarily creative or more so controlling.
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