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softersteel ([info]softersteel) wrote,
@ 2013-06-08 21:26:00


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Voicetesting.
 JoEllen Kent was looking back and forth from her right hand to her left. One was holding open a copy of Strunk&White's Elements of Style, the other keeping her place in the AP Stylebook

"Y'know, I'd say 'Maybe it's just as well print media is dying,' but somehow, Mom would hear me." No, it's not Dad, who really can hear her, right now, wherever he is, that she's as worried about.

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 12:53 am UTC (link)
"The hair on the back of her neck is already standing up, you know that, right?"

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[info]softersteel
2013-06-09 12:56 am UTC (link)
"I'm living dangerously, yeah. Just saying, a trade that both attracts English majors and lays down rules liable to cause grammar wars... it gives a certain appeal to the broadcast strain."

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 01:21 am UTC (link)
"As I understand it, grammar wasn't always Mom's strong point. She wrote a great story for content, then had to spend ten times as long editing as the initial writing... so that's something, anyway."

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[info]softersteel
2013-06-09 01:27 am UTC (link)
"Yeah. A lot of people would just hand off the first draft to the copy desk, and let the ambiguities and possible changes fall where they might." Jo giggled. "Not that it needs saying why that didn't happen. So.. I might... kindasorta... have a gig."

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 01:31 am UTC (link)
"You have a job? What kind of job?" he asks, quickly taking to sharing the excitement for his sister.

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[info]softersteel
2013-06-09 01:43 am UTC (link)
"Just an ad-hoc one, but," Jo is clearly still pretty exciting, in a smiling-till-her-face-hurts way. "Conducting a set of mini-documentary interviews for, um, well, Steven Garrick's first film foray."

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 01:57 am UTC (link)
"I... hadn't heard anything about that. But that's a good deal, I think. I'm happy for you. I know you're a solid interviewer."

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[info]softersteel
2013-06-09 02:22 am UTC (link)
"It's under wraps; can't really give details at this point." She smiles. "And thanks."

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 02:56 am UTC (link)
"Ok, that makes a reasonable amount of sense. I'll just wish you luck with it then, and congratulations. Or maybe take you out for burgers to celebrate."

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[info]softersteel
2013-06-09 03:04 am UTC (link)
"That sounds perfect. Your fraternal expertise never fails. Well, hardly ever."

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 03:20 am UTC (link)
"Makes it very easy to be perfect when I know just the places to go to celebrate your accomplishments. At least since you switched to burgers from Chuck E. Cheese's."

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[info]softersteel
2013-06-09 03:23 am UTC (link)
And the blushing ensues. "Which was some time ago, yes."

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[info]first_son
2013-06-09 05:00 am UTC (link)
He can't help but grin a little. "At least a year or two."

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