Stories Told through Sound
Stories Told through Sound
The Craft of Writing Audio Dramas for Podcasts, Streaming, and Radio
ISBN: 9781493065349With thousands of outlets worldwide and growing, audio drama is the new frontier in storytelling. From family dramas tales to epic space battles and period pieces to large-cast musicals, it is a medium without limits, because the audience creates the visual world in their mind. In Stories Told through Sound, audio-dramatist Barry M. Putt, Jr. lays out the essentials of the form in an engaging, easy-to-understand manner. He offers dozens of tactics and strategies: the top reasons audiences don’t connect with a character and how to avoid them, ways to create exciting plot twists, career pitfalls to watch out for, and how to draft a dynamic marketing plan that will keep your work in the forefront of any industry professional’s mind. It includes tips from a number of top-tier professionals to help give a deeper understanding of how to find success in a new and exciting creative industry.
Dust off that story idea you’ve been wanting to develop and learn how to craft an engaging script that can become a fully realized production. In audio drama, everything is possible!
By Barry M. Putt Jr.
Imprint: APPLAUSE
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 224
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Barry M. Putt, Jr. is an audio-drama writer who has adapted over forty classic and modern stories for radio theater projects and has written original audio-drama plays that have been produced by Pendant Audio Productions, Petaluma Radio Players, and more. His other books include Alice: The TV Series-Life Behind the Counter in Mels Greasy Spoon and The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew on Film, TV, and Stage.