Processing Notes Assignment
Where are you in your sound writing process? What’s been done and what’s still left to do?
I have completed the writing portion of my radio show script and will record my final version Monday, December 11, 2023.
What are your biggest accomplishments and failures so far? How do you feel about that? What have you learned so far?
My biggest accomplishment was identifying a poetic form and appropriate subject matter, in which to create a radio show broadcast. I found the qautern poetic form interesting to research and its relationship expressed between a dressmaker and the speaker, in the poem, “The Fitting” by Allison Joseph. I have learned that it is complex to create a radio show based on a poem and its form, as the subject matter.
My biggest failure was actually a learning experience trying to figure out how to write a script for a radio show rather than writing a paper. As writing a paper is much different than writing a script, which would need to be spoken for an audience.
What ideas did you grapple with? Which problems have you solved, and which are you continuing to grapple with? How might you over come the challenges and struggles?
I struggled with finding appropriate subject matter, in which to create a radio show broadcast. After I identified a poet, a poem, and a specific poetic form: quatern, and background content to support each segment of the radio show broadcast, I was able to construct the radio show recording. I feel that I overcame these challenges by reviewing the content with my professor in order to improve the quality of the presentation.
What decisions have emerged lately as you plan and work on your project?
I decided not to use any audio recordings of interviews with the poet that I chose to do some of my research on, or the poet herself reading the poem aloud. As I found it difficult to find video clips of this, while surfing the internet. Instead, I decided to have the radio show focus on my thoughts and interpretations of the poetic form, close analysis of the poem, how feminism and self identity relate to women’s fashion.
What is the next step in your composing process?
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I will continue to rehearse my script to prepare to record at the radio station. After, I record my audio at the radio station, I will listen and make edits as needed in order to improve the quality of my work.
What do you need to do, know, and write?
I will review any suggestions made by my professor and peers and implement them as needed. Then I will rehearse my script one last time before recording at the radio station. After listening to my own voice recording, I will make any final speech edits, such as voice inflection and tone in order to give it more impact.
Walk through the four elements of the rhetorical situation:
- How are you feeling about your progress toward achieving your purpose?
Yes, I feel that I have succeeded by producing a quality presentation. This is a result of all of my hard work, time and effort in researching the subject, creating a script, and getting feedback from my professor and peers.
2. How are you feeling about your progress toward affecting your audience?
After listening to my voice inflection, tone, cadence, I feel that the audience will be captivated and interested in my presentation. I will share my excitement and passion about the subject in order to engage the audience, so they will want to learn more upon completion of the presentation.
3. How are you feeling about your progress toward situating your work in time and place of your context?
I practiced the presentation multiple times measuring my cadence, pace, and tone, which resulted in a 17 minute presentation. I reviewed the content and context of my presentation with my professor and peers to assure its accuracy and flow.
4. How are you feeling about your progress toward following the expectations of your genre?
I have meet the expectations of the genre of my presentation, which includes the quatern poetic form, and how feminism, self-identity, and women’s fashion relate to the poem, “The Fitting.” I feel I have accomplished this as a result of multiple meetings with my professor for feedback and guidance.
