After the prize had been announced

Text A: an original contemporary practice extract.

The community newsletter described my short film as the winner of a local competition. At the next club meeting, people asked what I would make for the national contest. I had enjoyed making one film about my grandfather’s allotment and had not entered anything else. The award seemed to have supplied a future plan that I had never agreed to.

I thanked the club and said I wanted to finish the family recording project before deciding about another competition. A few people looked disappointed, but one offered to help catalogue the interviews. I kept the prize certificate beside the editing notes. It recorded something completed; it did not need to become an instruction about what the next piece of work must be.

Text B: an original contemporary practice extract.

After my cake won the neighbourhood fair, the organisers invited me to take charge of the baking category next year. They described it as a natural next step. I had entered partly because my sister was visiting and we enjoyed preparing the cake together. Winning did not give me the time or enthusiasm to organise a whole section.

I declined the role but offered to bring another cake if the dates suited us. The organiser accepted that answer and found somebody who wanted the larger task. I was still pleased to have won. I was also relieved that being good at one enjoyable afternoon’s activity did not require me to turn it into an annual responsibility. The rosette went into a drawer with our photograph of the kitchen.

Both texts describe the experiences following the public recognition.

What similarities do the experiences following the public recognition share in these extracts? Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.