To write my Perspective,
I thought about something kind of light weight that I could take a slightly
different viewpoint on. I knew that most of the Perspective pieces have a bit
of a narrative/personal storytelling bent, and was initially just going to
write about how nice it is to go the movie theater, but once I hit on the idea
of self-care and moviegoing I was able to knock this out pretty quickly. I
really do enjoy going to movies by myself, and I don’t think that’s a super
uncommon thing, but for the sake of the piece I tried to make it seem much more
unusual. Tying in a second element really helped me flesh out my ideas a lot
easier, and self-care seems like a pretty NPR topic to touch on.
The storytelling bit comes from the description of what the
filmgoing “ritual” is like. I listen to a lot of NPR so I definitely get the
low-key style that these perspectives are written in. I tried to make it as
conversational as I could with just one person (me) speaking, with some “they
say” moments and lots of short sentences.
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