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Episode 10: How to Write a Story Meant to be Told Out Loud
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:20:14
Publish Date: 2016-02-24 18:00:00
Description: Today, we’re talking about writing stories meant to be told out loud. Jahn Dope tells his story, Tackled, about the time he was raped. Andrea Askowitz tells her story Thank You For Listening, about the time she went 24 hours without talking about herself. Both stories were told on stage at Lip Service in front of 600 people. You’ll hear how a performance can change the gravity of a subject. Allison Langer is the host and substitute teacher for this episode. Andrea, our regular host and teacher is taking a personal day, but she does show up at the end of the episode to give her top tips for writing a story meant to be told out loud. Some tips include: end your sentences, paragraphs and the whole story on the strongest note; and avoid gerunds, because for some reason the audience can’t hear ING words. More tips can also be found on the Craft Talks page of our website. Your assignment for this episode is to go 24 hours without talking about yourself. Your prompt for this episode is to write about the time you went 24 hours not talking about yourself. Set a timer for ten minutes. Write without stopping. Follow your mind. Just go where it takes you. When the timer goes off, stop. Then read what you wrote into your voice memo on your phone and email it to us at info@writingclassradio.com Writing Class Radio is produced by Diego Saldana-Rojas, Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz, with additional editorial support from Tobi Ash, Miriam Herman and Alejandro Santiago. This episode is sponsored by BrainBuzz. Writing Class Radio is also sponsored by and recorded at the University of Miami School of Communication. Theme music is by Astromaps. Additional music by The Mann Sisters and Alien Sex Queen. Links to the artists can be found at www.writingclassradio.com where there is more writing class. Study the stories we study, listen to our craft-talks, follow our daily prompts. There’s no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What’s yours?
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