Process Notes Assignment
Jacob McAllister
Poetry
- Where are you in your soundwriting process?
- What’s been done and what’s still left to do?
I have just finished my script for the radio and all that is left to do is record. Overall the process has gone very well. I have practiced reading the script a couple of times and I think that will help me when I record.
- What are your biggest accomplishments and failures so far?
- How do you feel about that?
My biggest accomplishment so far has been getting the script to over 15 minutes in length. I was not sure if I was going to be able to do that, but so far in the times I have practiced reading the script I have gotten it over 15 minutes. My biggest failure has been reading the script in a conversational tone. I think I have gotten better at it as I have practiced more, but it is still a work in progress.
- What have you learned so far?
I have learned a lot about the list form of poetry. It is a very interesting poetic form and I think a lot of people will be interested to hear about it. I have also learned a lot about the soundwriting process. Being able to use this process has helped me a lot throughout writing the script and recording.
- What ideas did you grapple with?
- Which problems have you solved, and which are you continuing to grapple with?
- How might you overcome the challenges and struggles?
One of the ideas that I grappled with was that I think the list form of poetry can connect with a lot of people. Lists are tools that people use everyday and are something that have been used throughout the history of the world. This is why I think that the list form of poetry feels very natural because it is something that we use in our everyday lives.
- What decisions have emerged lately as you plan and work on your project?
One of the decisions that I made as I have planned and worked on the project is how many segments that I want to have. I wanted to be able to make sure I got the radio show to 15 minutes in length, but I did not want to have too many segments in order to do this. I think that I found enough information for each segment where I am going to get the radio show to 15 minutes in length, but it’s also enough information where the show is still going to flow very well.
- What is the next step in your composing process?
- What do you need to do, know, and write?
The next step in the composing process is to record the show. I have finished the script and when I have practiced I have gotten it to 15 minutes in length. All I have to do is continue to practice it and make sure that when I record I go at the same pace that I do when I’m practicing.
- Walk through the four elements of the rhetorical situation:
- How are you feeling about your progress toward achieving your purpose?
2. How are you feeling about your progress toward affecting your audience?
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3. How are you feeling about your progress toward situating your work in time and place of your context?
4. How are you feeling about your progress toward following the expectations of your genre?
I think I have achieved my purpose very well for this project. My goal was to teach people about the list form of poetry and how it is something that they use in their everyday lives. I think that my radio show will do that and that the peopl listening will come away with a new appreciation for this form of poetry.
I think that my audience will be affected by my radio show. I think that they will enjoy listening to it and will become very interested in the list form of poetry. The goal of this show was to teach people about the list form of poetry.
I feel good about my progress in situating my work in time and place of context. I think that throughout the show I give a lot of context about the list form of poetry and that is going to help the listeners have a better understanding of it.
I think I have followed the expectations of my genre very well. The lsit form of petry is pretty straightforward and is relatively easy to understand. The listeners of the show will get a good idea of this and I think are going to understand the show better because of this.
MLA Citations
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Jackson, Elizabeth. ““Not Simply Lists”: An Eddic Perspective on Short-Item Lists in Old English Poems.” Speculum, vol. 73, no. 2, 1 Apr. 1998, pp. 338–371, https://doi.org/10.2307/2887156. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
Poets, Academy of American. “Chicago by Carl Sandburg — Poems | Academy of American Poets.” Poets.org, poets.org/poem/chicago.
Pullinger, Debbie. “Infinity and Beyond: The Poetic List in Children’s Poetry.” Children’s Literature in Education, vol. 46, no. 3, 15 Aug. 2014, pp. 207–225, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-014-9230-2. Accessed 26 Sept. 2020.
Rodrigue, Tanya K, and Kyle D Stedman. Soundwriting. Broadview Press, 27 Oct. 2022.
“Song of Myself.” Poetry Archive, poetryarchive.org/poem/song-myself/.
