I have conducted my interview already and it was a very good experience. I tried to limit my biased opinions but I couldn't help that I clung to a stereotype or two. I was right to an extent about my positive preconceptions of the interviewee; my preconceptions about the skateboarding subculture's lingo and music preference was very close to reality. I asked my interviewee 9 questions but I focused on the five stongest open-ended questions.
I have been fooling around with paraphrasing, quotes, and summary notes for my paper. I have not began writing the paper because I have mainly just been taking notes and blotting down ideas as they come to mind. I have a few good ideas for my intro, and I may use a quote to begin my second paragraph because I have a very strong quote that I feel needs to be introduced early on.
I am having a little bit of trouble learning to cite my works in text and in my works cited but it is a tactic that obviously just takes some practice. I have my everyday writer so I should be fine. I am usually pretty good at putting togethor a paper when it is on a personal subject that I have experienced first-hand. I do better on these type of assignments than boring, factual accounts that do not truly involve my opinion based on "true" personal experience.
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I would be glad to help out in class on using in-text. Your guide is a good resource though, and you're right-- practice makes perfect!
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