When a Narrator Loses her Voice: the Seven Stages of Grief
Stage One: Shock & Denial - Wait....What?! No, no, no, I can not be developing laryngitis? How is that possible? Laryngitis doesn't happen to me! I have had it twice, TWICE and I am middle aged! That is just a tickle in my throat. We can fix that scratchiness in post, can't we? But Mr. Engineer, I really sound fine. yes, yes I will go home and rest... Stage Two: Pain & Guilt - But I have a deadline...a deadline...I can't be lying here in bed with this cold. What if they never