Narrative podcasts have hooked millions of listeners with compelling personal stories, true crime investigations and historical explorations. Audio can achieve extraordinary intimacy due to the emotional charge of voice and the power of sound to trigger the imagination. But though podcasts can SOUND effortless, that doesn’t mean audio storytelling is easy!

Distilling a complex narrative into must-listen serialised audio storytelling requires an understanding of the audio medium as well as conventional elements of storytelling such as rounded characters, strong writing, engaging plot and twists. To harness the full power of narrative podcasts, you use the unique grammar and logic of audio to build a rich crafted aesthetic that is way more than the sum of its parts.

Acclaimed podcast producer, host and critic Siobhán McHugh will reveal the invisible art of audio storytelling and show how words, voice and sound itself can combine to make irresistible story. This four-hour masterclass will:

Show how to write for voice, not print
Discuss how you can be an engaging host that listeners relate to
Show how to develop your real-life human subjects into 3-D characters
Explore how sound and scenes can advance and energise an audio story
Discuss use of music, textures and timing
Demo basic audio editing
Survey the narrative podcast canon and analyse exemplars
Work out an episode structure for a series
Workshop your budding audio stories or podcasts
Deconstruct McHugh’s multi-award-winning podcasts from idea to serialised story

Workshop includes a tea & coffee break (no lunch).

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