Final Project: Steelettos Finished

Countless hours, interviews and coffee pots later: Steelettos!

Attempt At Descriptive Writing

She's smarter than you, and she knows, it but she's very gentle about how she makes you aware of that knowledge. Her intellectualism is betrayed by her musical tastes: Amanda Palmer, the Decembrists, musicians with lyrics that require dictionaries for comprehension. She finds wordplay hilarious. Her extended metaphors and elaborate pranks are to die for. Frequently when conversing with her it is as if she's mid-delivery of a standup comedy segment. "I think you'll appreciate this" she'll say before launching into a well-placed, frequently even semi-relevant anecdote.
She's always dressed well, a wardrobe reflecting the difference between fashion and style. She's one of those people who dress up particularly when they're feeling down, clothing-and-accessory pick-me-ups.

Check out the audio of Adelia's interview with one of our sources!

Raw_CV_Interview_Clip by AMo73

Final Project: Steelettos

Our final project will be linked to here as soon as it's finished, but here is a sneak peek!

I'll tweet the website as soon as we put the finishing touches on it.

Podcasts on Writing

Podcasts on writing technique? Cool! I'm having trouble getting the audio to embed but I downloaded it to my iTunes; I imagine it could be a better use of time to listen to writing advice on my walk to work than See No Evil (not that I don't love my local Pittsburgh bands).

Parallel Structuring With Semi-Relevant Facts

For a project in another writing class I'm working on interspersing technical language and descriptions into the narrative of the piece, finding metaphors to relate the clinical definitions (in this case the science of audio engineering) to the topic (an individual audio engineer). To get a better feel for how to make this work I'm teaching myself the basics of ear training and pitch identification.

The tricky is not to take research to the point of procrastination but to get just into it enough to have a solid grasp on the material.

I'm not sure this is a technique that lends itself to our current nonfiction project, but is worth considering for future pieces that are difficult to structure.

Not What "Death of the Paper Industry" Conjures To Mind

Reverse product placement to sell paper? Not newspapers, literal sheets of printer paper? Interesting.