205 - MADDY SEARLE of Snazzy Tapir / Rusty Quill on How to be THE BEST GM 💙

HELLO #AudioFiction lovin' WORLD!

Ever wanted to know what it takes to be the BEST GAMES MASTER on those Indie AF Actual Play podcasts?

Well listen up dooo cos MADDY SEARLE has got some info for you🎉

Truly grateful to Maddy for coming on and talking career development in AUDIO FICTION climes, going from MA at Goldsmiths to Indie Producer with Snazzy Tapir to Producer writer VA and show runner at one of the TOP AUDIO FICTION NETWORKS - Rusty Quill... We also talk the importance prioritising your good health, by learning to be kinder to yourself (as a freelance creative) working across timezones, and prioritising compartmentalising time so you do not burn out AND MORE!

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HAPPY

MAKING

THE

THING

Sarahx

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MADDY THINKS 'Absolutely anyone can be a game master... its a weird mixture of both planning and being in the moment and improvising - so, being able to have a plan, and meticulously kind of get all these details down and make a world feel real, but then be able to throw it away in an instant when a player does something extra interesting, that you want to follow that instead...'