A Blueprint for (semi) Rambling

I'll admit, when I wrote that first draft of my podcast transcript, I really only did so with a vague pre-planned idea of generally where I wanted bits of my research to go, and roughly of where I wanted the podcast to finish. As I wrote it though, it started to take an actual sort of direction, and now that I've had to go through to find a way to illustrate its structure, it does seem to have taken on a (semi) coherent structure, which is pictured below.

This structure is called "The Castle" (pretty well simply due to the fact that the way the drawing came out, it looks like castle walls and a main gate... if you kind of squint at it... which I've spent a lot of time doing while trying to figure out a way to describe it that makes even a scrap of sense).

It starts with the first main point of reflection (the exclamation point) followed by the straight line, in which the focus of the podcast is introduced in an opening scene story of sorts and in the main points for later reflection. Next, there are the three horizontal lines and another exclamation point, signifying the three random interviewees selected from the general public and their reflections given for the point made at that moment. Then, after the "V" dip (which establishes additional context) and another brief discussion of the the podcast's key focus, it dips down into the "trough", where the bulk of the research on the topic is brought up and discussed. Within the trough, there is another "V" dip to further establish context, and within that is an "e" loop where the narrative goes back in time for a bit, briefly exploring the topic's history and widening the context. By the end of the "e", it comes back to the present, and by the end of the trough, there are the dashes going from one end to the other over it to signify four key developments (or events) that were touched upon in the trough. Following that, there is another "V" dip for further context, and another exclamation point for reflection, followed then two more repeats of the three horizontal lines and the exclamation point which signify the general public interviewee's opinions on two additional mentioned points. Finally, finishing it off is a single horizontal line and an exclamation point (which signifies additional reflection, though this time based on one individual's opinion on a point), and then there is a straight line and an exclamation point, which conclude the podcast with the narrator's closing statements and reflections on the overall podcast.

After all of that... safe to say that my podcast does indeed differ, a lot, from the structure of the podcast I'm emulating. I don't even need to check; I listened to several episodes of "Spark", and they were mercifully much more clear cut, based almost entirely on information mentioned within recorded and included interviews, with some general reflections given throughout the episodes' duration.

Oh, and last but not least: I counted 23 citations for 'Icon for Access'. I'm crossing my fingers, and hoping I'm close enough for chips :)