A Simple Review

I wish I could have reviewed a performance from a place I never go to. But with a tight schedule I was only able to go to Mountain Springs church on saturday evening to view the church choir. Now, in class we read articles on reviews of a play with Jeremy Pivens in them... reading those reviews, I noticed that the only thing I did on my own review was mention the impact of the show when I completely missed out on the people performing, their names, and a detailed report on each individual and how they performed in the show. Lesson learned though, I should definitely pay attention to what's happening on stage and the audience instead of focusing on one item during a review. We'll see how the "Restaurant" article goes with the new focus...

Quoting a Stranger

I interviewed Shasta Thomas for my Stranger article. This was the first assignment and only using 5 questions was hard. I was able to get some good information that told me a lot about her so it was easy to come up with an article. The hardest part for me was quoting her exact words since I didn't have a tape recorder or anything. But I managed to jot down a few phrases from her. I wonder if there is an easy way to write a person's exact quote without missing out on other important information from the story he or she has...