6. Getting Started:
• There are no rules for Writing
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
7. Getting Started:
• There are no rules for Writing
• Write what you like / Write what you’re
passionate about
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
8. Getting Started:
• There are no rules for Writing
• Write what you like / Write what you’re
passionate about
• Write for YOU!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
9. Getting Started:
• There are no rules for Writing
• Write what you like / Write what you’re
passionate about
• Write for YOU!
• quot;Don't be afraid to suckquot; - Wil Wheaton
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
10. Getting Started:
• There are no rules for Writing
• Write what you like / Write what you’re
passionate about
• Write for YOU!
• quot;Don't be afraid to suckquot; - Wil Wheaton
• If you're not having fun writing, your
audience won't either.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
11. Getting Started:
• There are no rules for Writing
• Write what you like / Write what you’re
passionate about
• Write for YOU!
• quot;Don't be afraid to suckquot; - Wil Wheaton
• If you're not having fun writing, your
audience won't either.
• Write first - Podcast second.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
13. writing techniques
• Find a place where you feel
comfortable writing (in your room,
Starbucks)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
14. writing techniques
• Find a place where you feel
comfortable writing (in your room,
Starbucks)
• If you feel inspired to, listen to music -
especially Soundtracks
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
15. writing techniques
• Find a place where you feel
comfortable writing (in your room,
Starbucks)
• If you feel inspired to, listen to music -
especially Soundtracks
• Turn off the internal editor when
writing - S/he gets in the way
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
17. writing techniques
(cont)
• If you write something you like but
need to remove from the story, save it
and if needed can be used later (ie:
Clark Gable in Black Shadow)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
18. writing techniques
(cont)
• If you write something you like but
need to remove from the story, save it
and if needed can be used later (ie:
Clark Gable in Black Shadow)
....or release it as bonus content as
quot;Deleted Scenesquot;
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
20. When done writing....
• The excitement to put out a book you just
finished is great, but now it's time to EDIT.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
21. quot;Make sure you edit it and re-write it ... TWICE ...
Before you have anyone else look at it. Then
find someone who is sharp and impartial who
will look at it, get some feedback, see what you
agree with, and re-write again.
A lot of people are making the mistake of
podcasting a first- or second-draft novel. Once
you put your story out into the marketplace,
you can't take it back.quot; - Scott Sigler
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
22. When done writing....
• The excitement to put out a book you just
finished is great, but now it's time to EDIT.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
23. When done writing....
• The excitement to put out a book you just
finished is great, but now it's time to EDIT.
• Don’t think of editing as just grammar and
spelling. Think of it like audio or video editing.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
24. When done writing....
• The excitement to put out a book you just
finished is great, but now it's time to EDIT.
• Don’t think of editing as just grammar and
spelling. Think of it like audio or video editing.
• Cutting and trimming scenes/characters
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
25. When done writing....
• The excitement to put out a book you just
finished is great, but now it's time to EDIT.
• Don’t think of editing as just grammar and
spelling. Think of it like audio or video editing.
• Cutting and trimming scenes/characters
• Fix timing/pacing issues
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
26. When done writing....
• The excitement to put out a book you just
finished is great, but now it's time to EDIT.
• Don’t think of editing as just grammar and
spelling. Think of it like audio or video editing.
• Cutting and trimming scenes/characters
• Fix timing/pacing issues
• You’re making a story, don’t think of it as just
fixing words.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
28. Podcast Novels
A Brief History
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29. Podcast Novels
A Brief History
Podcast Novels have been around since 2005.
First podcast author, Tee Morris with MOREVI:
Chronicles of Rafe and Askana. Next came Scott
Sigler, Tracy Hickman, Mur Lafferty, J.C.
Hutchins......etc.
A huge community gathered and created the
best place to find Podcast
Novels - Podiobooks.com
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31. Podiobooks.com - Allows anyone for free
to subscribe to podiobooks and customize
your RSS feed to your own schedule: Daily,
Every Other Day, weekly, monthly, or
release the whole book. You take that RSS
feed and put it into any podcatcher you
wish to use, like iTunes.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
32. Podiobooks.com - Allows anyone for free
to subscribe to podiobooks and customize
your RSS feed to your own schedule: Daily,
Every Other Day, weekly, monthly, or
release the whole book. You take that RSS
feed and put it into any podcatcher you
wish to use, like iTunes.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
33. Podiobooks.com - Allows anyone for free
to subscribe to podiobooks and customize
your RSS feed to your own schedule: Daily,
Every Other Day, weekly, monthly, or
release the whole book. You take that RSS
feed and put it into any podcatcher you
wish to use, like iTunes.
They have (as of today) 235 books
available for free to download.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
34. Podiobooks.com - Allows anyone for free
to subscribe to podiobooks and customize
your RSS feed to your own schedule: Daily,
Every Other Day, weekly, monthly, or
release the whole book. You take that RSS
feed and put it into any podcatcher you
wish to use, like iTunes.
They have (as of today) 235 books
available for free to download.
Including Black Shadow!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
36. Technical stu
• Invest in good equipment - ESPECIALLY MICROPHONES!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
37. Technical stu
• Invest in good equipment - ESPECIALLY MICROPHONES!
• Software is a null issue, Audacity or Garageband
works great...and FREE
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
38. Technical stu
• Invest in good equipment - ESPECIALLY MICROPHONES!
• Software is a null issue, Audacity or Garageband
works great...and FREE
• Record several episodes ahead - Podiobooks won't
accept podcast novel submissions until you have five
episodes in the quot;canquot;
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
39. Technical stu
• Invest in good equipment - ESPECIALLY MICROPHONES!
• Software is a null issue, Audacity or Garageband
works great...and FREE
• Record several episodes ahead - Podiobooks won't
accept podcast novel submissions until you have five
episodes in the quot;canquot;
• Decide if you want to release episodes by chapter or
by time frame. Generally half an hour is a decent time
for an episode.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
41. When producing..
....You have to decide on three things
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
42. When producing..
....You have to decide on three things
• Straight narration - Much like audiobooks,
author reads the story only.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
43. When producing..
....You have to decide on three things
• Straight narration - Much like audiobooks,
author reads the story only.
• Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used lightly or
heavily.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
44. When producing..
....You have to decide on three things
• Straight narration - Much like audiobooks,
author reads the story only.
• Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used lightly or
heavily.
• Full cast, adding or asking other podcast -
Sound F/X and/or music
Recording friends,
authors/podcasters to record dialogue for your
characters.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
45. Straight narration - Much like audiobooks, author
reads the story only.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
46. Straight narration - Much like audiobooks, author
reads the story only.
• There are several techniques to record and edit
dialogue
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
47. Straight narration - Much like audiobooks, author
reads the story only.
• There are several techniques to record and edit
dialogue
• Record all at once then edit - Time consuming
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
48. Straight narration - Much like audiobooks, author
reads the story only.
• There are several techniques to record and edit
dialogue
• Record all at once then edit - Time consuming
• Record, if stumble, go back a sentence try again -
Not as time consuming.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
49. Straight narration - Much like audiobooks, author
reads the story only.
• There are several techniques to record and edit
dialogue
• Record all at once then edit - Time consuming
• Record, if stumble, go back a sentence try again -
Not as time consuming.
• Unfortunate hazard with recording narration, stumbles
will happen, just try, try again until you get it the way
you want it.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
50. Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used only lightly or
heavy
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
51. Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used only lightly or
heavy
• Same as above, now adding elements in the
background.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
52. Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used only lightly or
heavy
• Same as above, now adding elements in the
background.
• You can go really nuts with music and sound f/x
but remember people are listening to you talk as
well. More distracts
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
53. Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used only lightly or
heavy
• Same as above, now adding elements in the
background.
• You can go really nuts with music and sound f/x
but remember people are listening to you talk as
well. More distracts
• Moderation is the perfect balance.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
54. Straight narration, adding Sound F/X and/or
music - F/X and music can be used only lightly or
heavy
• Same as above, now adding elements in the
background.
• You can go really nuts with music and sound f/x
but remember people are listening to you talk as
well. More distracts
• Moderation is the perfect balance.
• Great thing is you can experiment with f/x and
music. It can add that dramatic, humorous, or
tear-jerker punch to a scene.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
55. Full cast, adding Sound F/X and/or music -
Recording friends, or asking other podcast authors to
record dialogue for your characters.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
56. Full cast, adding Sound F/X and/or music -
Recording friends, or asking other podcast authors to
record dialogue for your characters.
• Let’s add the cast!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
57. Full cast, adding Sound F/X and/or music -
Recording friends, or asking other podcast authors to
record dialogue for your characters.
• Let’s add the cast!
• When writing, sometimes your friends, or
podcasters can stick in your head as the voice of
a character (ie: Rachel Scott in Black Shadow)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
58. Full cast, adding Sound F/X and/or music -
Recording friends, or asking other podcast authors to
record dialogue for your characters.
• Let’s add the cast!
• When writing, sometimes your friends, or
podcasters can stick in your head as the voice of
a character (ie: Rachel Scott in Black Shadow)
• Ask first, send synopsis of character, sample
dialogue, etc.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
59. Full cast, adding Sound F/X and/or music -
Recording friends, or asking other podcast authors to
record dialogue for your characters.
• Let’s add the cast!
• When writing, sometimes your friends, or
podcasters can stick in your head as the voice of
a character (ie: Rachel Scott in Black Shadow)
• Ask first, send synopsis of character, sample
dialogue, etc.
• Collect all character dialogue and if you can have
them record it all at once. If not, it can delay your
release schedule.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
66. schedule
• Weekly is your best bet. Especially if you clifhanger
the audience. (This is why we record ahead of time)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
67. schedule
• Weekly is your best bet. Especially if you clifhanger
the audience. (This is why we record ahead of time)
• Make sure you stick to your commitment! Audience
can be finicky (Just ask any Sigler Junkie...)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
68. schedule
• Weekly is your best bet. Especially if you clifhanger
the audience. (This is why we record ahead of time)
• Make sure you stick to your commitment! Audience
can be finicky (Just ask any Sigler Junkie...)
• If you can’t get an episode out on time, let your
audience know! Don’t leave them in the dark. The
majority of the time they will understand (ie: MOREVI
Remastered by Tee Morris)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
70. Intro/Extro Banter
• This keeps your audience up to date with what’s going on in
your life.
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71. Intro/Extro Banter
• This keeps your audience up to date with what’s going on in
your life.
• Keeps the audience connected with the author.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
72. Intro/Extro Banter
• This keeps your audience up to date with what’s going on in
your life.
• Keeps the audience connected with the author.
• This allows you to introduce audience participation
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
73. Intro/Extro Banter
• This keeps your audience up to date with what’s going on in
your life.
• Keeps the audience connected with the author.
• This allows you to introduce audience participation
• Provide feedback (Voicemails, emails, comments on
the site)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
74. Intro/Extro Banter
• This keeps your audience up to date with what’s going on in
your life.
• Keeps the audience connected with the author.
• This allows you to introduce audience participation
• Provide feedback (Voicemails, emails, comments on
the site)
• Join in on contests (ie: Benny Clifford in Black
Shadow)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
75. Intro/Extro Banter
• This keeps your audience up to date with what’s going on in
your life.
• Keeps the audience connected with the author.
• This allows you to introduce audience participation
• Provide feedback (Voicemails, emails, comments on
the site)
• Join in on contests (ie: Benny Clifford in Black
Shadow)
• Play promos, lots, and lots, and lots of promos. One or two per
episode, usually at the end of the story or end of extro banter.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
78. Create a twitter account Fan Art Create an Alternate
Reality Game
for your character
Write short stories in same universe
Create Send promos to podcasters Start a blog
video Create posters some scenes and film them
Put up skits of
trailers Twitter about your book Create a PDF of each
Release ebook
Form a Start a book club chapter in a new feed
Start a contest
Create a promo the domain name for
Get
street
Leave postcards in bookstores
your book
team
Start a facebook Do Your Own Adventure
A
group Create a myspace page
Have podcasters do a story so far
Leave postcards in books at bookstores
Start a video blog of Do live readings via
one of your characters ustream or talkshoe
Make business
Create Demo CDs
cards
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
79. Think big,
Scale small.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
80. Think big,
Scale small.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
81. Think big,
Scale small.
• Come up with a list of ideas you want to do,
then choose what you can handle.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
82. Think big,
Scale small.
• Come up with a list of ideas you want to do,
then choose what you can handle.
• Keep that list handy, there’s always the
next book.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
83. Think big,
Scale small.
• Come up with a list of ideas you want to do,
then choose what you can handle.
• Keep that list handy, there’s always the
next book.
• More opportunities to market when
community grows.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
84. Think big,
Scale small.
• Come up with a list of ideas you want to do,
then choose what you can handle.
• Keep that list handy, there’s always the
next book.
• More opportunities to market when
community grows.
• Community is willing to help you out.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
86. Let’s start with the basics
• Create a Website/Facebook Group/Myspace Page
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
87. Let’s start with the basics
• Create a Website/Facebook Group/Myspace Page
• Make two promos, One “Teaser” One “Theatrical”
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
88. Let’s start with the basics
• Create a Website/Facebook Group/Myspace Page
• Make two promos, One “Teaser” One “Theatrical”
• Email podcasters asking to play promo on podcast.
MAKE EMAIL PERSONAL, BUT FORMAL. - Relate to
podcaster’s own show.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
89. Let’s start with the basics
• Create a Website/Facebook Group/Myspace Page
• Make two promos, One “Teaser” One “Theatrical”
• Email podcasters asking to play promo on podcast.
MAKE EMAIL PERSONAL, BUT FORMAL. - Relate to
podcaster’s own show.
• Start pre-release episodes
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
90. Let’s start with the basics
• Create a Website/Facebook Group/Myspace Page
• Make two promos, One “Teaser” One “Theatrical”
• Email podcasters asking to play promo on podcast.
MAKE EMAIL PERSONAL, BUT FORMAL. - Relate to
podcaster’s own show.
• Start pre-release episodes
• Create a Contest - (ie: “Blog, twitter, share link
Contest”)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
91. Let’s start with the basics
• Create a Website/Facebook Group/Myspace Page
• Make two promos, One “Teaser” One “Theatrical”
• Email podcasters asking to play promo on podcast.
MAKE EMAIL PERSONAL, BUT FORMAL. - Relate to
podcaster’s own show.
• Start pre-release episodes
• Create a Contest - (ie: “Blog, twitter, share link
Contest”)
• Put book on podiobooks.com
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
93. Promos
Think like a Movie.....
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
94. Promos
Think like a Movie.....
• Teaser - 30 secondes long
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
95. Promos
Think like a Movie.....
• Teaser - 30 secondes long
• Contains mini summary, name, author,
website URL, release date....coming soon
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
96. Promos
Think like a Movie.....
• Teaser - 30 secondes long
• Contains mini summary, name, author,
website URL, release date....coming soon
• Theatrical - 60 seconds - 2 mins. max
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
97. Promos
Think like a Movie.....
• Teaser - 30 secondes long
• Contains mini summary, name, author,
website URL, release date....coming soon
• Theatrical - 60 seconds - 2 mins. max
• Contains longer summary, name, author,
website URL, announce release date.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
98. Promos
Think like a Movie.....
• Teaser - 30 secondes long
• Contains mini summary, name, author,
website URL, release date....coming soon
• Theatrical - 60 seconds - 2 mins. max
• Contains longer summary, name, author,
website URL, announce release date.
You don’t have to do both, you could keep with one
and that will work fine. All this does is generate
interest on other podcasts for your work.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009