Sally Ann and I are reading away and gobsmacked by your experiences in the interview process.
OK - so now that I know you are avidly reading one another's posts and comparing...
Start a little note to yourself on a pad or some booklet you will bring to class... think of these questions as prompts... Short answers - a word or two, a note to yourself, NOT an essay. Think, don't sweat...
Again, you are now becoming both creators of content and as important, critical consumers of content.
What was the most personal story?
For its content?
For the way it was packaged and told?
Is there a difference? What?
Was any piece intrusive or did you feel ill-at-ease as it crossed boundaries that made you uncomfortable?
How many of you now feel they have openly been teased by the postings but want even more info - you're hungry - for more?
Why? Which? Because?
Was any story/interview so penetrating that you look at both the writer and the interviewee with new respect for their story/work?
Who? Why? Could you tell them in words if asked to say so?
What was truly something that got to the heart of who the interviewee was (as opposed to staying 'safe') and how do you think of that interviewer now - differently?
Having read the blog - now what question do you WISH you had asked? If you had a 'Mulligan' to do some part of your interview over again, what would it be?
What has this taught you --- about yourself, your technique, your strategy?
Who feels their story didn't go far enough - that they (as the interviewer) pulled back or held up - and now see that was a 'safe' but not necessarily wise editorial decision/choice?
If you could ask one more question of your interviewee… what would it be?
OK - so pass the word that I have made this post... be sure to share it among your JFresh-mates.
You DO NOT have to answer each question above in a linear fashion - use them as prompts for what will be an albeit brief discussion Thursday and - yes, both Sally Ann and I are available to chat further with you.
You did good work. Of course this means SAC and I will have to ramp up the pressure going forward. Are you ready? Can you handle that?
(I see smiles as you read...)
Sally Ann and Peter
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