What did you like? What didn’t you like? About the videos/podcasts you listened to:
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Words that help people to visualize – sensory
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Think about asking a question that gets the reader to ponder perhaps
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Help with identification – looking around identifying through leaves etc.
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Too general – needs more explanation – maybe definition parts
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The concept of cooperative trees as a model for how humans can be like – ethics aspect
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Think about the audience – engaging way of telling the story that you can understand
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Interview style
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Traditional medicine – informational side vs. Entertainment side
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Jargon and terminology
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What's most important to share
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Journey and conversational narrative – connect tree to ravine
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Forest succession, disease, soil, tree communication, pests, native/non-native
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Comedic relief
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Terminology – using lay language to explain a concept
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Senses and sounds
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Metaphors
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Referencing a book that is key to the discussion
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Words that have more of an affect and visual – creative writing in a sense
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Conversation with someone you are interviewing – sharing in this way- what questions someone might ask you about the plant that you would write about.