Editorial Report 15B - Time Management

As the final project had to be completed in record time, my revision and editing process came under a time crunch. Looking back at my rough draft I wrote only a few days ago, I only had hours to comb through my podcast and make the editing changes that would finalize the project for good. What follows is a few question on how I made changes to my time management section from the rough cut, to the re-edited final version of project.

Selection from rough cut:

**Change in music to signify change in subject**

    As opposed to unique quality of each project, the one commonality I saw across my method for each project was time management. Across every project, I had an issue with procrastination, often waiting until the last minute to write full drafts of the project or complete the necessary process work to receive a full grade in the class. The first time I saw this issue come to light was on January 31st, the date of one of the first major deadlines for my first project. That night, I had to turn in seven major blog posts, all with many points attached to them. Thankfully, I was able to complete all of the assignments, but it took six hours straight, from 5pm to 11pm, on my free Sunday to complete all of this work. Unfortunately, just by completing these initial deadlines early on, I reinforced my already weak skills in time management, knowing that I could finish deadlines just in the nick of time. Another event where I waited until the last minute, was Sunday, March 27th, where I only turned in one blog post for my process work. Due on this date was the final draft of my second project, a video essay which caught me off guard with the amount of time it took to edit. Because I waited until the last minute, it affected how much I could react to issues such as saving the project wrong and not being able to easily edit the video, eliminating vital parts of my writing process such as review and revision. While I did receive a decent score on that project, my grade surely suffered from a lack of revision, and also, a lack of any sort of process work for that week.

**Rise in music volume**

Surely, I did learn different forms of writing processes that would go into each project, but the knowledge and amount of skill learned from each project dropped significantly due to my

failures in time management, putting off deadlines, and even more seriously, putting off any sort of thought into English for 6/7th of the week.

Questions:

1. How did the content change (even slightly - details matter!) when you re-edited it? Why do you think the content is being communicated more effectively in the re-edited version?
   - One of the few changes I made to this content was to add a transition sentence to the end of the time management paragraph, in order to allow for a smoother transition to the conclusion paragraph. This allows the reader to continue listening without any hard cuts in sound or thought.
    
2. How did the form change (even slightly - details matter!) when you re-edited it? Why do you think the form is presenting the content more effectively in the re-edited version.
   - The form of my time management paragraph did change a bit, as opposed to the long length of the text, it is now broken up into certain sections. As I recorded all of the audio, I found that certain sections that were related to each other were easier to record as opposed to a long length of text, which would often have to be completely rerecorded. The transition sentence also allows for better transition into the next paragraph, making smooth flow of audio a priority. I believe these changes allow the reader to understand me better, as my fast speaking voice can drone on when not broken up into sections.
    
    
   

   Re-Edited Selection: 
   
   
   
   

   **Change in music to signify change in subject**

   
   

       As opposed to unique qualities of each project, the one common problem I saw across my method for each project was time management. Across every project, I had an issue with procrastination, often waiting until the last minute to write full drafts of the project or complete the necessary process work to receive a full grade in the class. The first time I saw this issue come to light was on January 31st, the date of one of the first major deadlines for my first project.

   That night, I had to turn in seven major blog posts, all with many points attached to them. Thankfully, I was able to complete all of the assignments, but it took six straight hours, from 5pm to 11pm, on my free Sunday, to complete all of this work. Unfortunately, just by completing these initial deadlines early on, I reinforced my already weak skills in time management, knowing that I could finish deadlines just in the nick of time.

   Another event where I waited until the last minute, was Sunday, March 27th, where I only turned in one blog post for my process work. Due on this date was the final draft of my second project, a video essay which caught me off guard with the amount of time it took to edit. Because I waited until the last minute, it affected how much I could react to issues such as saving the project wrong and not being able to easily edit the video, eliminating vital parts of my writing process such as review and revision. While I did receive a decent score on that project, my grade surely suffered from a lack of revision, and also, a lack of any sort of process work for that week.

   
   

   **Rise in music volume**
   
   

   Surely, I did learn different forms of writing processes that would go into each project, but the knowledge and amount of skill learned from each project dropped significantly due to my failures in time management, putting off deadlines, and even more seriously, putting off any sort of thought into English for 6/7th of the week. This is a skill I’m currently working on and a part of my writing process that is still in development, to this day.