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ADWIT: The Audio Drama Writers' Independent Toolkit 6630 Productions
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Want there to be more good audio drama? Lindsay and Sarah do. Each episode, they'll discuss an aspect of audio drama, examples from current audio drama podcasts, and writing exercises so writers can play along. Join Sarah Golding and Lindsay Harris Friel on a voyage of discovery on the seas of audio drama podcasts.
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Ignite Your Storytelling Spark for 2024: How to Plan a Season or Story Arc, Plus Coming Attractions and The ADWIT Audience Survey
Getting ready to light a fire under your audio drama writing habits in 2024? Here's a method for planning your next season or story arc that breaks your season down into episodes, and episodes into moments, so you can make a story that matters, one storytelling beat at a time. We'll explore Dan Harmon's storytelling method in detail, and how Lindsay adapted it for her needs, making up a season and an episode. Plus, you'll learn about the ADWIT Audience Survey, and how you can shape the future of The Audio Drama Writers' Independent Toolkit. And, you can sample the coming attractions for our next episode.
WARNING: Spoilers for Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz.
Resources:
ADWIT: The Survey! NaNoWriMo.orgDan Harmon’s Story Circle at the Channel 101 WikiDan Harmon explains the story circle with examples from a Community episode in a Tumblr postWhat is Libro.fm? Produced, written and hosted by Lindsay Harris Friel.
Music and production assistance by Vincent Friel.
Additional sounds by https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld
Park Forest, Boxtel North Brabant, Netherlands
For more information about this podcast, visit adwit.org.
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 writersadwit@gmail.com, or visit our website at adwit.org.
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Audio Drama Podfest, 11th Hour Audio Challenge, Small Cast Recommendations and a Sound Writing Exercise
Where have Sarah and Lindsay been? Get ready for a quick update from ADWIT. Sarah brings you a helpful and less unwieldy than usual podcast conference for Audio Drama creatives, on the 4th of November. Meanwhile, the 11th Hour Audio Challenge casts a long dark shadow over Lindsay. Get ready for stories to chill your bones on 30th October.
What can we do for you, as podcasters? What do you need from a podcast about how to make audio drama and fiction podcasts? Coming soon: The ADWIT Survey, with fabulous* prizes for a few randomly selected respondents. Or, if you can’t wait that long to tell us what you want from this podcast, write to us at writersadwit@gmail.com.
Plus, a few listening recommendations for podcasts outside the “full cast” stereotype, and a writing exercise based on sound cues.
*for certain values of "fabulous."
Links to Resources and More info:
The Audio Drama Hub Podfest
Streaming tickets for The Audio Drama Hub Podfest.
The 11th Hour Audio Challenge and past episodes.
Hallway to Nowhere by Leslie Gideon
EVP Side B and EVP Side A by Owen McCuen (scroll down to 2022 episodes)
Magenta Presents Little Boxes (live from the London Podcast Festival) by Longcat Media
Sounds from Freesound.org:
SummerOpenFieldDusk by kvgarlic
Zipping A Huge Black Bag by Matrixxx_
Unlock by orangesheepdog
Xenorhinotherium Growl #3 by ShangASDFGuy123
Sunday Afternoon in Rejkjavik by spraguek
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 writersadwit@gmail.com, or visit our website at adwit.org.
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Shove Off The Rocks of Writer's Block: Resources to Energize Your Audio Fiction Writing
Lindsay's stuck in a rut. Sarah rows out to rescue her. Come along for a relaxing day at the beach, where we'll guide you through some resources to reignite your passion for writing! In this episode, we explore how reconnecting with nature, observing people and the environments around us, and trying different creative outlets can spark your imagination. We also share some amazing podcasts, writing prompts, and resources to help you improve your writing. Avanti!
Image photographed by Tom Price, via Shutterstock
Resources:
Gabriel Urbina's Audio Drama Writing Resources
Audio Fiction 101 Course
Improv Your Writing
Elevate Collective for Podcasters
Danielle Desir Corbett's Grant for Creators Resources
NEH Media Projects: grants for new media projects (US)
Join the WGA Audio Alliance Discord
Guidelines for Fiction Podcasters During The WGA Strike
Write Now with Sarah Rhea Werner
Learn with 11th Hour Audio
500 Writing Prompts to Help Beat Writer’s Block
Write or Die
Written? Kitten!
The ADWIT Audience Survey is your way to direct what happens with the podcast next. Take the survey now and enter to win a gift certificate to Libro.fm.
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 writersadwit@gmail.com, or visit our website at adwit.org.
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Games Writers Play: Break Writers' Block with Cards and Other Games of Chance
Visit the back room at a game cafe, where Sarah and Lindsay dig out a secret stash of games designed to help writers revisit best practices and gain perspective on their work. In the secret jungle piano bar, we'll show you The Writer Emergency Pack by John August, experiment with The Story Engine, and dissect Menelaus. Get a grip on your audio drama podcast writing with a different play.
Presented and Written by Sarah Golding and Lindsay Harris Friel
Dialogue editing by Sarah Golding
Sound design by Lindsay Harris Friel
Mastering by Vincent Friel
Music by Vincent Friel
This podcast was made without AI.
More info:
Writer Emergency Pack
The Story Engine
adwit.org
The ADWIT Audience Survey is your way to direct what happens with the podcast next. Take the survey now and enter to win a gift certificate to Libro.fm.
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 writersadwit@gmail.com, or visit our website at adwit.org.
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2022 Year In Review, Best New Audio Drama and Fiction Podcasts, Plans and Schemes for 2023
Sarah gets Lindsay unstuck from the mud to celebrate many of the great audio drama podcast success stories of 2022 and make plans and schemes for 2023. It's been a minute, hasn't it? We missed you. Find out what some of the best new podcasts in 2022 are, and what strategies they put in place (or try to, anyway) for 2023.
What is ADWIT? ADWIT is The Audio Drama Writers’ Independent Toolkit. How do you learn to write great audio drama? Listen to all the best audio drama podcasts you can, and listen to ADWIT for writing exercises, theory, strategy, and cheerleading.
Learn more at adwit.org.
Transcripts are on their way.
Hosted by Sarah Golding and Lindsay Harris Friel.
Music and sound design by Vincent Friel.
Produced by 6630 Productions.
Thoughts, comments, anecdotes, questions, opinions? Write to us at writersadwit@gmail.com.
Did you enjoy this episode? Write a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts.
The ADWIT Audience Survey is your way to direct what happens with the podcast next. Take the survey now and enter to win a gift certificate to Libro.fm.
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 writersadwit@gmail.com, or visit our website at adwit.org.
Tell us how you really feel.
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Season 2 is coming soon
Did you know that Buzzsprout has a dynamic content feature? It's true. Lindsay is testing it out right now. Here's the clip she tagged on in the post-roll to one of the episodes. See if you can find it!
Thank you for listening, thank you to Ella Watts, and thank you to my next-door neighbor.
To hear the horror piece that Lindsay, Sarah, and Ella worked on together, listen to https://tinyurl.com/Breathless-on-Podchaser.
Season 2 of ADWIT is coming soon.
Music is Five Card Shuffle by Kevin McLeod. Visit his website at incompetech.com.
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 writersadwit@gmail.com, or visit our website at adwit.org.
Tell us how you really feel.
Write us a review on Podchaser or on Apple Podcasts.
Customer Reviews
Smart advice and unusually creative
Sarah and Lindsay put way more work into this than they had to, and that makes this my favorite podcast on how to write audio fiction. They use a deep artistic and literary background to explain good storytelling, plus they explore what makes writing audio drama special. This show gives a great overview of the major aspects of writing dramatically.
It also demonstrates these lessons through its dramatized scenes, which transcend the usual weak "sample scenes" and become engaging fiction themselves.