Podcast training: scriptwriting & the architecture of storytelling
Have an idea for a narrative podcast, but aren’t sure where to begin? Or maybe you’ve already started your big project, but feel stuck in the messy middle of editing. In this two-hour workshop, Stanford podcasting lecturer Laura Joyce Davis and Radio-Mercury Award winner Nate Davis share practical tools and award-winning strategies for scriptwriting and editing narrative podcasts. Whether you’re just starting out or a veteran podcaster, you’ll come away from this workshop with tools to work smarter and better immediately.
You’ll get exercises and live coaching for:
building a strong narrative arc
pulling great stories from interview tape
mapping out your story in scenes
crafting dynamite openings
writing for the ear
getting unstuck and overcoming writer’s block
diagnostic tools for editing yourself (and others)
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Workshop length: two hours
Workshop date: summer 2025
Workshop time: 9-11 am PST / 5-7 pm GMT
Workshop format: zoom call with breakouts & feedback
Workshops will be available as a video stream the week after, including slides with exercises.
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Note: space is limited to 25 attendees per workshop
Have an idea for a narrative podcast, but aren’t sure where to begin? Or maybe you’ve already started your big project, but feel stuck in the messy middle of editing. In this two-hour workshop, Stanford podcasting lecturer Laura Joyce Davis and Radio-Mercury Award winner Nate Davis share practical tools and award-winning strategies for scriptwriting and editing narrative podcasts. Whether you’re just starting out or a veteran podcaster, you’ll come away from this workshop with tools to work smarter and better immediately.
You’ll get exercises and live coaching for:
building a strong narrative arc
pulling great stories from interview tape
mapping out your story in scenes
crafting dynamite openings
writing for the ear
getting unstuck and overcoming writer’s block
diagnostic tools for editing yourself (and others)
…
Workshop length: two hours
Workshop date: summer 2025
Workshop time: 9-11 am PST / 5-7 pm GMT
Workshop format: zoom call with breakouts & feedback
Workshops will be available as a video stream the week after, including slides with exercises.
…
Note: space is limited to 25 attendees per workshop
Have an idea for a narrative podcast, but aren’t sure where to begin? Or maybe you’ve already started your big project, but feel stuck in the messy middle of editing. In this two-hour workshop, Stanford podcasting lecturer Laura Joyce Davis and Radio-Mercury Award winner Nate Davis share practical tools and award-winning strategies for scriptwriting and editing narrative podcasts. Whether you’re just starting out or a veteran podcaster, you’ll come away from this workshop with tools to work smarter and better immediately.
You’ll get exercises and live coaching for:
building a strong narrative arc
pulling great stories from interview tape
mapping out your story in scenes
crafting dynamite openings
writing for the ear
getting unstuck and overcoming writer’s block
diagnostic tools for editing yourself (and others)
…
Workshop length: two hours
Workshop date: summer 2025
Workshop time: 9-11 am PST / 5-7 pm GMT
Workshop format: zoom call with breakouts & feedback
Workshops will be available as a video stream the week after, including slides with exercises.
…
Note: space is limited to 25 attendees per workshop
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