Tales from the Hearth

Ah yes, it's all coming together...

What you're about to hear is a fully edited trailer for "The Wedding Gift", a modern folk tale told via audio short -- the complete episode which will be recorded, edited, produced and uploaded tomorrow December 2nd. Stay tuned via whichever podcatcher, social media, or other hearth you follow.

Our final Storyteller Workshop via the discord will also take place tomorrow at 12PM EST. Come join!

We are keeping the micro-crowdfund open until Sunday! We are almost 50% of the way to our goal of raising $500 in one week. Please consider supporting the Storyteller Project if you haven't already!

All music and sound was sourced via a Creative Commons license with Freesound.org.

Transcript

Today marks day three of the Storyteller Project. Over the course of the week I have been sharing the process of creating an audio drama short from the ground up.

What you are about to hear is a sample sound mix for "The Wedding Gift", a modern folk tale and audio drama short premiering on Friday December 2nd. This clip gives you a taste of the tone the story is aiming for. I have also been working on the script for recording and production! Tomorrow you will receive a fully produced trailer and another piece of concept art.

If you haven't yet joined our daily Storyteller Workshop at 12PM EST this week, you have two more days to hang out! Join our Discord channel. And find your hearth, we're all over the internet now!

If you like what you hear, toss a coin to your storyteller via our Storyteller Project fund. We've raised $200 out of $500, and we have only a few days left! Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far, you are helping to sustain art in your community.

All sounds and music are sourced under a Creative Commons License from FreeSound.org.

The synthesizing of yesterday's tarot reading into a coherent hook and logline for a modern folk tale called "The Wedding Gift". A much shorter unedited episode this time!

You can find the full logline and the story's moodboard on our social media. Find your hearth.

Want to join tomorrow's 12PM EST livestream? Connect via our Discord server.

It's Giving Tuesday! We have 3 days left to raise $500! We are already 23% of the way there. Support indie creatives, and contribute now.

WARNING: Unedited 30+ minute podcast episode ahead.

Welcome to the Storyteller's Workshop! For day one of the Storyteller Project, Lisette Alvarez conducted a collective tarot reading to inspire a new modern folk tale. By the end of the week, there will be a fully produced mini episode in this feed. Between now and then, however, you will get a mix of podcast episodes which include unedited workshopping, sample audio, and a trailer. That's because each day, Lisette will work for a set amount of time based on a part-time workload in their area. So this unedited episode? Didn't want to waste an hour there that could be put towards editing the final product. So you'll hear all the phone notifications, bumping of tables, ums and ahs and stutters. That's the messy work of the story sausage, my friend!

The decks used:

Tarot of the Divine by Yoshi Yoshitani

Next World Tarot by Christy C. Road

The final spread:

• The nature of the main character(s): Three of Cups

• The nature of the conflict: Six of Cups

• The nature of the motivation Four of Wands

• The antagonist: Five of Cups

• The allies/skills needed: Three of Coins

• What must be sacrificed: Four of Cups

• The message: The Lovers

• A message from collective's shadow: Queen of Cups

See and share the tarot spread across our social media. Find your hearth.

Want to join this week's daily 12PM EST livestream? Connect via our Discord server.

This is an experiment paid for by the Storyteller Project Fund. We have 5 days to raise $500! We are already 23% of the way there. You can contribute now.

Introducing the Storyteller Project, a new creative concept from the creator of Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services.

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Contribute to the Storyteller Project fund. We have one week. Let's get to $500!

Creative commons music and sounds sourced from Freesound.org