Join award-winning audio producer Chris Gregory in this workshop introducing the techniques of writing for audio drama and radio plays.
Audio drama has enjoyed a huge growth in popularity over the last few years. Whereas previously BBC Radio 4 might have been the only place you’d have heard radio drama, now the world of podcasting offers creators a global platform for their talents.
With major players like Spotify, Audible and Realm also commissioning their own original dramas, there’s never been a better time for writers to have a go at creating an audio play. The topics we’ll cover on this workshop will be
- Why write audio drama? Challenges, possibilities and different formats.
- Writing dialogue for audio drama and working without visuals.
- Openings, plot devices and writing in sound.
- Working with actors, directors and table reads.
- Finishing touches and script amendments.
- Pitching your audio drama script: how and where to do it.
- Questions and answers.
If you’re thinking of entering the Pen To Print Audio Play Competition in 2027 this could be the perfect workshop to get you started.
Pen to Print’s Audio Play Competition is now open for entries!
FREE to enter!
Win a Tablet PC and your work fully produced as an audio play by Alternative Stories and broadcast on Alternative Stories and Fake Realities podcast channel and on Write On! Audio.
Closing Date: Monday 22 March 2027, 12pm.
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