When writing a blog post versus writing a newspaper article, there are various, distinct stylistic guidelines that need to be met in order to communicate messages effectively and appropriately. Both a lover of creative writing and an experienced news writer, I made sure to go into this assignment aware of what type of audience each piece would be reaching, and brainstormed how to best connect with that audience. When writing a blog post, the tone should be informal, and immediately connect with the audience. To accomplish this, I adjusted my voice and language to directly address the reader from the very beginning, by using the word “you” in “no matter how stressed you are.” When writing the blog post, I wrote as if I was talking to a friend and giving advice to someone I care about.
News writing requires more objectivity. I had to take a step back, and put myself into the position of writing something that a student would want to read from the UCSB newspaper, The Current. The news article still needed to be relatable to a student, however written from a more authoritative perspective. Rather than coming from a place of comfort and firsthand experience like my voice in the blog post implied, I adjusted my voice to come from a place of knowledge in health and wellness. I used words such as “At UC Santa Barbara,” to establish a sense of community with the readers as UCSB students. Overall, various changes need to be made when writing in different genres, and the first step is knowing your intended audience and how to successfully capture their attention. Act 1 Scene 1 Miller Household, 8:00 AM Delilah Miller: Ahhhhhhh!! Mrs. Miller: *Runs over, concerned* Woah, that was shrill. Are you okay? Delilah Miller: Yes, oh my god, Lana Del Rey is going to perform at Coachella this year!! Ahhh! Mrs. Miller: Hey, calm down! I was worried you were hurt from that screech. Can you take it down a notch? Delilah Miller: Yes, sorry mom, I’m just so excited *Deep breath* Now I’m back to normal. Mrs. Miller: Who is Lana Del Rey? Can you play me one of her songs? *Summertime sadness plays* I’ve got that summertime summertime sadness I’ve got that summertime summertime sadness oh, ohhhhh. Mrs. Miller: Wow, this very melancholy. But her voice is full, rich, and beautiful. Delilah Miller: Exactly! She is so talented, her voice can shift from sounding sweet, thin, and cheerful, to dark, deep, and bitter. I can’t wait to hear her voice live! Explanation For my project, I wrote a scene of a short play centered around a mother-daughter relationship. The term I chose to explore is “voice timbre.” Timbre is defined as “whether [a voice] sounds thin, flat, warm, round, nasal, etc.” I chose to illustrate this concept through a mother-daughter relationship because age difference, maturity level, and energy level can be predictors of an individual’s voice timbre. The addition of a singing voice to the mix, particularly, Lana Del Rey’s full, deep vocals, implements a supplementary element that the audience can use to understand different voice timbres. It is easy to recognize how voices can differ in sound from warm, thin, soft, round, etc. through these three different voices and how they shift throughout the scene.
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