How On Earth Did We Make a Radio Series – And How Can You Do It As Well?
The last episode of our 5-part sci-fi comedy Space Station Zeta released yesterday! This is a big deal for us, and I hope you’ll check it out. In this article I’ll talk about how we did it and how you can write your own – how to develop the initial idea, how writing a series is different from a one off, how to record your own series and the pros and cons of a series compared to one off plays.
Before that, you really should listen to the plays – first, there are major spoilers in the article, second, it’s funny, I promise! So here it is: Space Station Zeta, All Five Episodes, about intelligence, love, and Chairman of the Federation Ronald Dump. Once you’ve listened, come back after the break to find out how to do it yourself.
Oh boy, critiquing one of my own plays. You may have noticed that the articles analysing our radio plays stopped at “Voices” a few weeks back. This is why. Talking about my work feels like driving nails into my feet. But long-time followers of the blog know it is supposed to be a reflective journal. Self-critique is a way to improve my writing by thinking about writing. So, I can’t get out of this one. What was right, what was wrong, and what was interesting about Mine?
Just in case you haven’t listened to it yet, here’s the audio link, the iTunes link, and the YouTube version with subtitles. Thorough, aren’t we? This article has mega spoilers for Mine, so I’ll see you after the break.
When we launched a month ago we hoped to achieve a thousand listens to our full cast audio dramas by September 1st. Instead, we have had more than two thousand listens in one month and a day!
To thank you for helping make this amazing, crazy adventure a success, a bunch of us got together and made a new comedy, “Loopie-Loop”, in 72 hours of SFX cock ups, line errors, unstoppable giggling and general wonderfulness. Here in this post you’ll find a new, very silly play, made specially for you to say “wow, you’re brilliant, you’ve proved that radio is very much alive!”
The seal woman’s skin has been stolen, stranding her on a reef of rage and tragedy. Can she find her true home, freeing her voice? Fay Roberts (Other Voices, Allographic, Hammer & Tongue) navigates a modern mythological sea voyage of hiraeth, poetry, music, and storytelling in this haunting solo show. Today, Little Wonder is delighted to present “Sedna”, one part of “The Selkie: A Song of Seven Waters” filled with beauty, betrayal and loss. Dog men, deception and the first time in your life you’ll be scared of hair. Take a listen.
Little Wonder are delighted to announce that this Thursday we will share with you “Sedna”, a story from Fay Roberts’ “The Selkie: A Song of Seven Waters.” To whet your appetite, here is “To Begin”, a short introduction to the mysterious world of The Selkie. Listen, then click on more to find out about Fay and her work.
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The last episode of our 5-part sci-fi comedy Space Station Zeta released yesterday! This is a big deal for us, and I hope you’ll check it out. In this article I’ll talk about how we did it and how you can write your own – how to develop the initial idea, how writing a series is different from a one off, how to record your own series and the pros and cons of a series compared to one off plays.
Oh boy, critiquing one of my own plays. You may have noticed that the articles analysing our radio plays stopped at “Voices” a few weeks back. This is why. Talking about my work feels like driving nails into my feet. But long-time followers of the blog know it is supposed to be a reflective journal. Self-critique is a way to improve my writing by thinking about writing. So, I can’t get out of this one. What was right, what was wrong, and what was interesting about Mine?
When we launched a month ago we hoped to achieve a thousand listens to our full cast audio dramas by September 1st. Instead, we have had more than two thousand listens in one month and a day!