I love interviewing. I HATE transcribing
One of my favorite things to do as a writer is to speak to people whose work I admire and enjoy. But then, it’s usually followed by one of my least favorite things to do: transcribing the recording I made of the interview.
I don’t like taking notes during an interview so I can concentrate on having a free-flowing conversation, but I pay for that later by having to take hours out of my day to type it all in, making sure I don’t misquote the person I was talking to. It’s friggin’ torture; I go so slowly sometimes that 45-minute interviews can take about 4-5 hours to transcribe.
Luckily, I’ve found a very nice woman who transcribes most of my stuff for me at a reasonable rates. But I had to get the following interview out at a certain time, so I transcribed it myself yesterday afternoon. Luckily a Yankee game was on (they lost 14-2) or the whole process would have driven me nuts.
Anyway, the interview was with Carter Bays, co-creator of one of my favorite current shows, How I Met Your Mother. I talked to him about the second season of the show, including MAJOR SPOILERS about the show’s finale, which airs on Monday (don’t worry, I mark the spoilery areas throughout the interview so fans can skip them). It went live on TV Squad about an hour ago. Enjoy it!
