Many great writers and podcasters say how important it is to edit your work to make it better—but after you have a draft script, how do you know what to keep, and what to cut? Beginning with trip back in time, Nate shares a dead-simple script and audio editing practice he uses every single episode to help his creative babies grow up into healthy episodes.

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Show notes:

• For more on editing, see chapter 5 of Jessica Abel's wonderful graphic novel about narrative podcasting, Out on the Wire.
• Can't wait to hear what other steps I go through to audio edit and sound design? Here's a whole blog post about it.
• The Voxer voice memo app is my favorite way to share rough scripts with feedback partners.

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Listening to someone tell a story is primal; it's how we understand our families, our cities, ourselves. Stories are how we create, share, and learn culture. Narrative podcasts are the timeless human tradition of storytelling, adapted for today's mobile, digital age, and this show is dedicated to helping you make your own.