Want to create great fiction podcasts but don't know where to begin? You're not alone! Wolf 359 creator Gabriel Urbina is offering a brand new online workshop, Directing Stories For Sound, as well as a new round of his returning classic, Writing Stories for Sound! This September, join Gabriel on two guided tours of his own journey into understanding audio, as he retraces his steps and revisits the questions he asked as he was taking his first baby steps into the medium with the first episodes of Wolf 359!

He's teaching both workshops twice this September. Writing Stories for Sound will be on September 5th at 7:00 PM Eastern and on September 10th at 7:00 PM Eastern. The brand new Directing Stories for Sound will be on September 8th at 2:00 PM Eastern and on September 12th at 7:00 PM Eastern!

For more information or to sign up, please visit wolf359.fm/learn.

TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S MESSAGE:

(music plays)

Announcer: And now a quick scene from Life on the Hephaestus, Day Four-Hundred and Forty-Nine.

(sounds of Hilbert's lab fade in)

(the door bursts open)

Eiffel: Oh my god, Doctor Hilbert! Thank god, I’ve found you! 

Hilbert: Officer Eiffel. Why are you bursting into my laboratory? There is problem? 

Eiffel: Yes, there is huge problem! Minkowski was trying to reset the air regulator in the docking bay and the equipment malfunctioned! Now she’s trapped in there and the room’s losing O2! I have no idea what to do, you have to come and help me! 

Hilbert: No, no, no, no, no - wait one moment. 

(music slows down and stops, like somebody unplugged the record player)

Hilbert: Hmm...

Eiffel: ... uhhh, doc?

Hilbert: Eiffel, this is not really working for me. Can I make some suggestions?

Eiffel: Uh, sure?

Hilbert: When you say there is huge problem, put more emphasis on word huge, yes?

Eiffel: Like... there is huge problem?

Hilbert: Yes, good, good. And explanation of problem, can you do with more energy? Faster? 

Eiffel: Uh, yeah, I think I can give that a try. 

Hilbert: Excellent, excellent. And last sentence... is not really coming together. Hmm... How would you feel if instead you say, “I know exactly how to fix this, and I will go take care of it right now.” 

Eiffel: ... go take care of it right now...

Hilbert: Yes, like that, like that. Here: you leave and come back in. We try from top. 

Eiffel: All - all right. 

(the door closes as Eiffel leaves)

(pause, a new piece of music starts playing)

(the door bursts open)

Eiffel: Oh my god, Doctor Hilbert! Thank god, I’ve found you! 

Hilbert: Officer Eiffel. There is problem? 

Eiffel: Yes, there is HUGE problem! Minkowski was trying to reset the air regulator in the docking bay and the equipment malfunctioned! Now she’s trapped in there and the room’s losing O2! I know exactly how to fix this, and I will go take care of it right now! 

Hilbert: Very good. I’m glad we had this conversation.

Eiffel: Me too, but now I gotta go do the thing and save the Commander!  

Hilbert: Hmph. Excellent. Is good that I took online workshop on Directing Stories for Sound with Gabriel Urbina. Taught me everything I know on how to define what a scene should and should not be. 

(a printer prints out a message)

Hilbert: Ahhh, and would you look at that. Urbina is teaching Directing Stories for Sound this September, along with classic Writing Stories for Sound workshop as well. What great opportunity for anyone that wants to learn how to master the power of audio and fiction podcasting. 

(the door opens again)

Eiffel: Actually, doc, can we try that one more time? 

Hilbert: No, Eiffel, scene was good. Leave it alone. 

Eiffel: Aww, doc, but - ! 

Hilbert: Leave it!

(the scene and music fade out, jaunty music beings playing)

Announcer: Writing Stories For Sound and the brand new Directing Stories for Sound, a set of workshop by Gabriel Urbina. Seats are now open for sessions on September 5th, 8th, 10th, and 12th. Visit wolf359.fm/learn for more info and to sign up. 

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