It Started With This

The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththis

Consume: Listen to The Worst Idea of All Time and think about how it’s specific, novel, practical, and repeatable. I listened to the 11/28/2020 episode Emmanuelle in Space

Create: Take a podcast (or any artistic idea) idea you have and walk through the four litmus tests.

Specificity: Write the one sentence elevator pitch for your podcast.

Novelty: Write one sentence about what makes your podcast different.

Repeatability: Write one to two sentences to describe what Episode 40 would sound like, or what the arc of your limited series would be.

Practicality: Make a list of equipment, people, and how much time you’ll need for each episode

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The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththis

Consume: Read Ballad in A by Cathy Park Hong. Try to read it aloud if you can!

Then check out this short feature article on Cathy Park Hong and her use of the univocalic.

Create: Write a 4-line, rhyming, univocalic poem. That means you pick a vowel and use only that vowel when you write.

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A

A cad, calls cat, cracks bats at tack

Tracks slack pants at camp.

A man, says cat, taps back a hat

Has a damn mad clapback.

E

The men tell her three trees bleed

Reverent she sees resplendent scenes

Ends meet when green beds sleep

Events flee them where seeds keep

I

In this third trip I trick him

Fish in thin film flip it

Tipping it till it sings in fifty

Thrifty strings spilling things

O

Dog stood on top of stoop to frown

Blood flows soon slow down

Brown dog took down two Crooks

Town Clown soon too shook

U

Bumpy Stump chucks grubs, slugs

Must flush up stunk plus puss

Stump puts up stuff, crud, cuss

Pump Stump mucks pulp mush

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The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththis

Consume: Listen to an episode of Sleep With Me

Create: Write and record a 2-minute piece about your listener.

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Consume: Night Vale Live Ghost Stories

Create: Record a 1-2 min piece that is at least 25% silent. Use silence in a way that would change the meaning of the piece if it were removed.

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Consume: Listen to 20 short episodes from 20 different poets from IndieFeed: Performance Poetry.

Create: Write a 2-minute, 250-word story about a wedding reception. Refine it a bit. Now, completely delete it! Then, write a 2-minute story about a bird. Record and/or share this one.

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The show that fuels this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththis

Consume: Listen to Episode 1 of Steal The Stars, a podcast by Mac Rogers. Pay close attention to each line of dialogue and what it does for the story.

Create: Write a 200-word, two-character dialogue. If you’re writing for audio, the recorded piece should come out to about 2 minutes.

The first line of your piece must be, “Put the milk on the table” and the last line must be, “We are really only at the beginning.” Keep the purpose of the dialogue in mind as you write. If you’re feeling ambitious, try it again with a different reason for the dialogue.

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Consume: Episode 49 “Re: The Moon” of the podcast, Imaginary Advice

Create: Play the game that Ross Sutherland sets up in this episode of Imaginary Advice, “Re: The Moon.” Create three different statements about the moon following the convention, “The moon is a [adjective] [noun].” The adjectives and nouns can’t come from you. Flip through a book, use a random word generator, or use some other source. Then use those statements as the first sentence of three different paragraphs that tell a story

Word generator I used: https://randomwordgenerator.com/

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Consume: Listen to the fiction podcast “Gone,” about a person who finds themself alone in the world after everyone else has vanished. It’s entirely written, narrated, and produced by Sunny Moraine.

Create: Find two items in your kitchen and figure out what noises you can make with them. Let that sound inspire you. Write and record a 2-minute audio story incorporating this sound.

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Consume: Listen to the podcast, Our Debut Album hosted by Dave Shumka and Graham Clark of Stop Podcasting Yourself. http://www.ourdebutalbum.com/

Create: Play “Handsome Cadaver” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse) with a co-writer to generate a 500-word audio story. Alternate sentences. Be honest with your story. Then find a performer and record them reading the script without giving any direction.

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Consume: Read up on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process:

https://lizlerman.com/critical-response-process/

https://www.writersdigest.com/craft-technique/4-steps-to-useful-critiques-the-lerman-method

Create: Write (and record if you’re a podcaster) a 2-minute piece (that’s about 200-250 words) about a fight between two people. Don’t work it too much. When you post it:

1. Ask for feedback

2. Set parameters for what feedback you want

3. Limit the feedback to an exact number of responses

4. Thank your responders once you’ve reached that number

Then go and give feedback to someone else who’s given permission for responses.

Be respectful of your own and other people’s limits.

The original piece that I edited to use for this episode: https://www.poetrysue.com/2018/05/one-brick-at-time.html

Link to “Shadow’s Ascendance” The story I reviewed: https://www.inkitt.com/stories/fantasy/76319

“Another fun story from this author. I love Jonas. I want to be Ivana. My only critique on this would be that far too often the characters lose themselves in wool gathering. A flash back can happen in an instant. It may take time in the reading, but it doesn't always need to interrupt the action of the characters. Overall, I love the story. I love this world. I could happily live here traveling in my Ronan Wagon telling fortunes”

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