- 1.What did you do in order to make your description more vivid in this poem, that you want to use on your next writing piece, NO MATTER WHAT IT’S ABOUT?
I don't know if this answers the question but something I did or at least tried to do was connect Nathaniel's story to something that maybe other people could relate to. I noticed that in my interview with him he called his family a "stereotypical asian family", so I tried to make his poem about the relationships between him and his parents. I think that if I can make connections between what i'm writing about and things that are important in either my life or others, it will help me be more passionate about my writing.
2.What did you learn about doing effective research about your “client” through interviews? (We’ll be conducting interviews with strangers in our next project).
I think something really important that I learned is that its okay to ask a bunch of questions, even if you think what you're asking is ridiculous. There are two main reasons why I think this is important.
- Its easier for me to write a poem about someone that i'm really close to/know a lot about and so even asking questions that might not directly go into the poem or writing. Its better to have too much information then too little!
- Pay attention to similarities in how your client answers the questions. I noticed that all of Nathaniel's responses made me feel kind of sad so right away I knew I needed to write something heavy in order to make the audience feel the way I did.
3.What parts of the revision process were most useful to you? What do you want to make sure you do to revise your next writing piece, based on your experience with this one?
I think that getting feedback from our "client" was the most helpful. Nathaniel's comments really helped me get an idea of where I was at and helped me see what I was missing.