Episode IX: Audio Drama, Not Audio Trauma, or Getting Unstuck
04/26/21 • 43 min
Feeling stuck? Sarah and Lindsay are your tow truck. In this episode we go for a walk in the rain and chit chat about the things creative people do to sabotage themselves. We'll also share some strategies you can use to get out of the mud, get inspired and get writing again.
Warning and/or Bonus : Spoilers for Prodigal Son‘s Season 1, which is not an audio drama.
Resources:
Lynda Barry: Syllabus, Making Comics (affiliate links)
Neil Gaiman on libraries & daydreaming for The Guardian
Stanford study finds walking improves creativity
Write or Die, and Written? Kitten!
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi
Betrayal by Harold Pinter (affiliate link)
Ryan by Chris Landreth on YouTube (CW: mental health vs. trauma, addiction & recovery, suicide, self-harm, Lindsay loves this movie, relevant discussion at 6:22)
Image under a Creative Commons license via Wikimedia Commons, from cgpgrey.com
Sound effects from freesound.org:
Going on a forest road gravel and grass.wav by straget
Cork by sjnewton
Bottle Clink by FillSoko
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Get the scoop on audio drama news, opportunities, creative resources and more with The Fiction Podcast Weekly newsletter. For more info, visit The Podcast Host's Fiction Podcast Weekly.
You can shape the future of The Audio Drama Writers’ Independent Toolkit. Take the ADWIT Audience Survey, so we know what writing strategies to help you with next. One randomly selected respondent will win a gift certificate to Libro.fm. All participants will receive a PDF explaining the story crafting method described in our December 25, 2023 episode.
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Feeling stuck? Sarah and Lindsay are your tow truck. In this episode we go for a walk in the rain and chit chat about the things creative people do to sabotage themselves. We'll also share some strategies you can use to get out of the mud, get inspired and get writing again.
Warning and/or Bonus : Spoilers for Prodigal Son‘s Season 1, which is not an audio drama.
Resources:
Lynda Barry: Syllabus, Making Comics (affiliate links)
Neil Gaiman on libraries & daydreaming for The Guardian
Stanford study finds walking improves creativity
Write or Die, and Written? Kitten!
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi
Betrayal by Harold Pinter (affiliate link)
Ryan by Chris Landreth on YouTube (CW: mental health vs. trauma, addiction & recovery, suicide, self-harm, Lindsay loves this movie, relevant discussion at 6:22)
Image under a Creative Commons license via Wikimedia Commons, from cgpgrey.com
Sound effects from freesound.org:
Going on a forest road gravel and grass.wav by straget
Cork by sjnewton
Bottle Clink by FillSoko
Subscribe or Follow us, so you can be sure to hear all future episodes.
Tell us what you think, on Twitter, at @ADWITpodcast.
Like what you heard? Write a review at Podchaser or
Get the scoop on audio drama news, opportunities, creative resources and more with The Fiction Podcast Weekly newsletter. For more info, visit The Podcast Host's Fiction Podcast Weekly.
You can shape the future of The Audio Drama Writers’ Independent Toolkit. Take the ADWIT Audience Survey, so we know what writing strategies to help you with next. One randomly selected respondent will win a gift certificate to Libro.fm. All participants will receive a PDF explaining the story crafting method described in our December 25, 2023 episode.
Want to get in touch? Contact us at [email protected], or visit our website at adwit.org.
Tell us how you really feel.
Write us a review on Podchaser or on Apple Podcasts.
Previous Episode
Episode VIII: Adaptation
How can a story told one way be told differently, without losing its impact? How can a non-audio-drama story make the most of audio drama's craft? Join Sarah and Lindsay as they sort out some tools to better understand some best practices in adaptation for audio drama.
Warning and/or Spoilers: War of the Worlds, Jarnsaxa Rising,
Resources:
Albert's Beginner's Guide to Symphonic Metal
The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells at Gutenberg.org
War of the Worlds by Mercury Radio Theater (YouTube link)
The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke Smithsonian magazine
Time After Time trailer (YouTube link)
Thrymskvitha, or The Lay of Thrym
Weird World Studios: adapting The Gift of The Magi
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
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Or, write to us, at [email protected].
You can also comment on our page at Galas. Find this episode in the list, and either write to us or record a voice message.
Get the scoop on audio drama news, opportunities, creative resources and more with The Fiction Podcast Weekly newsletter. For more info, visit The Podcast Host's Fiction Podcast Weekly.
You can shape the future of The Audio Drama Writers’ Independent Toolkit. Take the ADWIT Audience Survey, so we know what writing strategies to help you with next. One randomly selected respondent will win a gift certificate to Libro.fm. All participants will receive a PDF explaining the story crafting method described in our December 25, 2023 episode.
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Next Episode
Episode X: The Mystery Attribute
What does audio drama do that other forms of art and media can't? How does it do it? What's the recipe for doing it? Join Sarah and Lindsay on a field trip as they try to find that mysterious element that makes audio drama meaningful and special.
Warning and/or Bonus: Spoilers for Can You Help Me Find My Mom, The Truth podcast
Resources:
Phila Museum of Art’s Duchamp Galleries
Marcel Duchamp
Nude Descending A Staircase
Fountain
This is Your Brain On Podcasts (Freakonomics Radio, ep 262)
Sight Unseen, by Elissa Guralnick (affiliate link)
An Artist Descending A Staircase, Tom Stoppard (affiliate link)
Fidget, 11th Hour Audio Challenge
U+1f60c by James T. Green
PMHx by James T. Green
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Tell us what you think on Twitter, at @adwitpodcast.
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Avanti!
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Get the scoop on audio drama news, opportunities, creative resources and more with The Fiction Podcast Weekly newsletter. For more info, visit The Podcast Host's Fiction Podcast Weekly.
You can shape the future of The Audio Drama Writers’ Independent Toolkit. Take the ADWIT Audience Survey, so we know what writing strategies to help you with next. One randomly selected respondent will win a gift certificate to Libro.fm. All participants will receive a PDF explaining the story crafting method described in our December 25, 2023 episode.
Want to get in touch? Contact us at [email protected], or visit our website at adwit.org.
Tell us how you really feel.
Write us a review on Podchaser or on Apple Podcasts.
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