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I've completely spaced this blog!!! WHOOOPS!!!

I found simplifying the way I write to be the most difficult part. However, after I decided to just say it how I would tell a friend about it, the writing became a lot more fluid. This was also very rewarding as direct communication is something I struggle with in my writing. I am loving the radio essay genre and the recording process in general. I will be applying this to future projects for sure!

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  1. UnknownFebruary 6, 2018 at 8:29 AM

    So, when we've talked about this struggle in class, we've often said that the writer needs to talk "as if they are telling the story."

    I think the friends in this situation are implied; you don't just tell the story to anyone. And yet, the construct of the sentence is very writer focused.

    I think (not 100%) that you are the first person to actually mention the friend.

    Most if not all of us retreated to bedrooms, closets, soundproof booths to do this project. Sound quality was the biggest goal, but also--doing this out in the open is a good way to feel like a doof.

    Still, I wonder if it would help us--particularly, and part of the "us" who felt like they struggled to be natural--to enlist a friend to sit there. Not to "watch you record," because that's where feeling like a doof comes in. Instead, to listen to you tell a story, that you just happen to be recording.

    Would that help generate ease and a natural manner? Even if it did, is it a needless crutch?

    These are the things your post makes me wonder.

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