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dreamwriteremmyBy the end of this episode you will be able to rest easy, no need to ask if it was Deus Ex Arya, Arya Ex Deus, or Faceless God Arya Ex? Some circles are now complete as you can exhale.
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Jul. 14th, 2019
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dreamwriteremmyWe say goodbye to the day, goodbye to some friends and some pups and goodbye to good governance all in the name of good sleep.
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dreamwriteremmyGee and DK add some fun to bird walking, it will have you flapping off to dreamland.
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dreamwriteremmyA soft ring will soothe your sleepless nights, as we explore the fictional Italian avant-garde sequel to “Flowers in the Attic” that may have influenced how I viewed this episode.
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dreamwriteremmyKick off summer movie season with a dreamy gum chewing smile, the art of sky dance will carry across your dreams.
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dreamwriteremmyThis is going to be like five New Edition reunion tours in a row as a bedtime story.
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dreamwriteremmyAs seasons change some windows close, and we say goodbye to the dreamy breeze that brought us so much. Drift off as we journey through Westeros one last time.
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dreamwriteremmyCome with me and you’ll see a place of pure commercialization, where you will freely walk off to dreamland.
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dreamwriteremmyA great piece of history spins into a sleepy tale where Gee and DK stand to the splainers.
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dreamwriteremmyAnother spacey trip to meet new friends with the Doctor and Rose will soften your pillow tonight.
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dreamwriteremmyA tale so sleepy, that a boy finds his hips, solves the skeptic's dilemma and joins “The Purple People’s Circus” all with the help of his cat, Corregator.
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dreamwriteremmyTonight I have something very special to help you drift off. We're going to visit some of Australia’s landmarks, talk to them, hear their stories about sleep. Maybe I’ll learn some Australian slang.
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dreamwriteremmySleep as the we meet a new friend named Elton who loves ELO, puppies, blue skies and garden tiles.
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dreamwriteremmyThis is one that will be spinning around like a jump rope at a Fourth of July picnic.
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dreamwriteremmyWe’re bringing you something special this week: a preview of season 2 of Marvel’s award-winning podcast, Wolverine: The Lost Trail. Episodes 1 and 2 are out right now, free, wherever you get podcasts. Subscribe to Wolverine: The Lost Trail in Apple Podcasts or learn more on the web.
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dreamwriteremmyIn this episode, John and Joseph — with the help of a guitar, engineer Vincent Cacchione, and some prune hamentashen — walk through the evolution and production of Younger, from The Mountain Goats’ new album, In League With Dragons. Featuring an exclusive demo of the song.
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dreamwriteremmyAnja Keister and Iris Explosion, creators of burlesque shows based on both the Mountain Goats and Welcome to Night Vale, talk with Joseph and John about burlesque, art, and fandom.
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dreamwriteremmyHP & The Sacred Text: Love: The Second War Begins (Bk 5, Ch 38) – Live from Indianapolis with John Green
Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of "love" in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This week we come to you live from our London show, where we were very lucky to be joined by John Green. We discuss Luna’s lost objects, John’s history with bullying, and Vanessa’s perspective on the afterlife. Throughout the show we consider the question: How can we best meet people in their grief?
Next week we're doing a wrap-up of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Thanks to everyone who came out to the Indianapolis show. We have more events coming up in the fall; you can check them out at: http://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/live-events/
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Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of "love" in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This week we come to you live from our London show, where we were very lucky to be joined by John Green. We discuss Luna’s lost objects, John’s history with bullying, and Vanessa’s perspective on the afterlife. Throughout the show we consider the question: How can we best meet people in their grief?
Next week we're doing a wrap-up of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Thanks to everyone who came out to the Indianapolis show. We have more events coming up in the fall; you can check them out at: http://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/live-events/
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dreamwriteremmyIn the final episode of season five, Vanessa and Casper pull out a few key insights from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. They give Luna Lovegood her due praise, analyze Harry’s relationship to gifts, and Vanessa comes around more to the importance of Quidditch. Throughout the episode they unpack the growing presence of death in Harry’s life and this series. Next week, we're rounding out the season with a final Owl Post and a conversation with our mentor, Matthew Potts.
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dreamwriteremmyOwl Post Edition: Reclaiming Tradition with Professor Matt Potts
What does the 4th of July mean and what should it mean? It’s Independence Day in the United States and so Casper sits down again with Professor Matt Potts to talk about tradition. They touch on marriage equality, Lectio Divina, and Matt’s favorite Christian Theologian - Julian of Norwich.
This episode we also hear owl post from Rachel, Emily Ross, Ariel Weeks, Rachel Quint, and Mike Murphy.
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What does the 4th of July mean and what should it mean? It’s Independence Day in the United States and so Casper sits down again with Professor Matt Potts to talk about tradition. They touch on marriage equality, Lectio Divina, and Matt’s favorite Christian Theologian - Julian of Norwich.
This episode we also hear owl post from Rachel, Emily Ross, Ariel Weeks, Rachel Quint, and Mike Murphy.
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dreamwriteremmyHow do you deal with the limitation of an inherently audio-only medium? Jeffrey and Joseph discuss how artistic restrictions and resource limitations can become advantages that help you jumpstart a new creative path. ****
Consume: The graphic novel, Here by Richard McGuire
If you don’t have immediate access to this book, do a quick google search to get the idea and check out this Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/17/chris-ware-here-richard-mcguire-review-graphic-novel
Create: Use a random number generator to select one thing from each list. Then write and record a 2-minute monologue incorporating each of the 3 random elements. (If you can, try setting the bluegrass song behind your piece and see what it does to the piece.)
100 Greatest Bluegrass Songs (incorporate the song title in your piece): https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bestcountry/bestbluegrass_songs.html
Most Populated US Cities List (incorporate the city): http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/
World’s 50 Best Foods List (incorporate at least one sentence or phrase from your food item description): http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-dishes/index.html
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(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: The graphic novel, Here by Richard McGuire
If you don’t have immediate access to this book, do a quick google search to get the idea and check out this Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/17/chris-ware-here-richard-mcguire-review-graphic-novel
Create: Use a random number generator to select one thing from each list. Then write and record a 2-minute monologue incorporating each of the 3 random elements. (If you can, try setting the bluegrass song behind your piece and see what it does to the piece.)
100 Greatest Bluegrass Songs (incorporate the song title in your piece): https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bestcountry/bestbluegrass_songs.html
Most Populated US Cities List (incorporate the city): http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/
World’s 50 Best Foods List (incorporate at least one sentence or phrase from your food item description): http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-dishes/index.html
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Reaction Post; Start With This: Feedback
Jul. 14th, 2019 02:41 pmdreamwriteremmyOur art is personal so sometimes receiving feedback can feel overwhelming. In this episode, Jeffrey and Joseph talk about how to give and receive comments beyond “it was good,” or “it was bad.” They outline four steps to help get and give useful responses: give permission, set specific parameters, have a limit, and evaluate what was helpful.
Consume: Read up on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process
Create: Write (and record if you’re a podcaster) a 2-minute piece (that’s about 200-250 words) about a fight between two people. Don’t work it too much. When you post it:
1. Ask for feedback
2. Set parameters for what feedback you want
3. Limit the feedback to an exact number of responses
4. Thank your responders once you’ve reached that number
Then go and give feedback to someone else who’s given permission for responses.
Be respectful of your own and other people’s limits.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Read up on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process
Create: Write (and record if you’re a podcaster) a 2-minute piece (that’s about 200-250 words) about a fight between two people. Don’t work it too much. When you post it:
1. Ask for feedback
2. Set parameters for what feedback you want
3. Limit the feedback to an exact number of responses
4. Thank your responders once you’ve reached that number
Then go and give feedback to someone else who’s given permission for responses.
Be respectful of your own and other people’s limits.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
dreamwriteremmyJeffrey and Joseph answer listener questions for Episode 1 (Idea to Execution) and Episode 2 (Know Your Limitations). Join the SWT Membership community to gain access to this full episode, to ask your own questions, and see what other listeners are making.
https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis
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https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis
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dreamwriteremmyJeffrey and Joseph talk the history of their collaboration, and how working together made them better writers in their own right. Then they discuss the qualities they’re attracted to in potential collaborators, and the value they’ve found in working together.
Consume: Listen to the podcast, Our Debut Album hosted by Dave Shumka and Graham Clark of Stop Podcasting Yourself. (Start with at least the first 2 episodes)
Create: Play “Handsome Cadaver” with a co-writer to generate a 500-word audio story. Alternate sentences. Be honest with your story. Then find a performer and record them reading the script without giving any direction.
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(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Listen to the podcast, Our Debut Album hosted by Dave Shumka and Graham Clark of Stop Podcasting Yourself. (Start with at least the first 2 episodes)
Create: Play “Handsome Cadaver” with a co-writer to generate a 500-word audio story. Alternate sentences. Be honest with your story. Then find a performer and record them reading the script without giving any direction.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
dreamwriteremmyHow can you create something with only the most bare elements? There’s a lot you can do with just a story, a microphone, and a voice. Jeffrey and Joseph talk about the virtues of single-voice narrators, budgeting, and how to make a podcast or any kind of art in its most direct and affordable form.
Consume: Listen to the fiction podcast “Gone,” about a person who finds themself alone in the world after everyone else has vanished. It’s entirely written, narrated, and produced by Sunny Moraine.
Create: Find two items in your kitchen and figure out what noises you can make with them. Let that sound inspire you. Now write and record a 2 minute audio story (200-250 words) incorporating this sound. Or if you’re not a podcaster, use those items to inspire your written story (or visual art piece)
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Listen to the fiction podcast “Gone,” about a person who finds themself alone in the world after everyone else has vanished. It’s entirely written, narrated, and produced by Sunny Moraine.
Create: Find two items in your kitchen and figure out what noises you can make with them. Let that sound inspire you. Now write and record a 2 minute audio story (200-250 words) incorporating this sound. Or if you’re not a podcaster, use those items to inspire your written story (or visual art piece)
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
dreamwriteremmyAt its core, a game is a set of fun rules. From acrostic poems to following mathematical progressions, games can take the pressure off of creating and let you have fun making your art. Jeffrey and Joseph talk about the idea of games in creative work, how playing them can provide instant structure, and how watching someone attempt to succeed is instantly captivating.
Consume: Episode 49 “Re: The Moon” of the podcast, Imaginary Advice
Create: Play the game that Ross Sutherland sets up in this episode of Imaginary Advice, “Re: The Moon.” Create three different statements about the moon following the convention, “The moon is a [adjective] [noun].” The adjectives and nouns can’t come from you. Flip through a book, use a random word generator, or use some other source. Then use those statements as the first sentence of three different paragraphs that tell a story.
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(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Episode 49 “Re: The Moon” of the podcast, Imaginary Advice
Create: Play the game that Ross Sutherland sets up in this episode of Imaginary Advice, “Re: The Moon.” Create three different statements about the moon following the convention, “The moon is a [adjective] [noun].” The adjectives and nouns can’t come from you. Flip through a book, use a random word generator, or use some other source. Then use those statements as the first sentence of three different paragraphs that tell a story.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Reaction Post: Start With This: Dialogue
Jul. 14th, 2019 04:21 pmdreamwriteremmyWriting dialogue can be daunting because you can’t rely own your own narrative voice— the characters have to speak for themselves. Joseph and Jeffrey deconstruct the popular advice that every line of dialogue has to move the plot forward, to talk instead about how the best dialogue is the kind that serves your story.
Consume: Listen to Episode 1 of Steal The Stars, a podcast by Mac Rogers. Pay close attention to each line of dialogue and what it does for the story.
Create: Write a 200-word, two-character dialogue. If you’re writing for audio, the recorded piece should come out to about 2 minutes.
The first line of your piece must be, “Put the milk on the table” and the last line must be, “We are really only at the beginning.” Keep the purpose of the dialogue in mind as you write. If you’re feeling ambitious, try it again with a different reason for the dialogue.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Listen to Episode 1 of Steal The Stars, a podcast by Mac Rogers. Pay close attention to each line of dialogue and what it does for the story.
Create: Write a 200-word, two-character dialogue. If you’re writing for audio, the recorded piece should come out to about 2 minutes.
The first line of your piece must be, “Put the milk on the table” and the last line must be, “We are really only at the beginning.” Keep the purpose of the dialogue in mind as you write. If you’re feeling ambitious, try it again with a different reason for the dialogue.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
dreamwriteremmyWhen do you let a project go, and why might you want to move on in the first place? Jeffrey and Joseph discuss the fine line between knowing when to trash a project and when to recycle it into something new. The willingness to let go of the art you consume and create can be really freeing. Thinking of art as truly disposable might even encourage you to try a new medium that you may not be as familiar with.
Consume: Listen to 20 short episodes from 20 different poets from IndieFeed: Performance Poetry.
Create: Write a 2-minute, 250-word story about a wedding reception. Refine it a bit. Now, completely delete it! Then, write a 2-minute story about a bird. Record and/or share this one.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Listen to 20 short episodes from 20 different poets from IndieFeed: Performance Poetry.
Create: Write a 2-minute, 250-word story about a wedding reception. Refine it a bit. Now, completely delete it! Then, write a 2-minute story about a bird. Record and/or share this one.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Reaction Post: Start With This: Silence
Jul. 14th, 2019 04:28 pmdreamwriteremmySilence can be terrifying— Any moment that you’re not creating sound can feel a moment when you’re not keeping your listener’s attention. But silence is incredibly attention grabbing, and if done right can be one of the most valuable tools in any artist’s arsenal. Jeffrey and Joseph talk about how, at its core, silence is a structural element of audio, and how using it adjusts your sense of time, tension, and lends rhythm to your work.
Consume: Night Vale Live Ghost Stories
Create: Record a 1-2 min piece that is at least 25% silent. Use silence in a way that would change the meaning of the piece if it were removed.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)
Consume: Night Vale Live Ghost Stories
Create: Record a 1-2 min piece that is at least 25% silent. Use silence in a way that would change the meaning of the piece if it were removed.
Listen, discuss.
(Note: If you want to share your work feel free to comment here OR post it as a new post! Please use the tag start with this: creations and tag proper trigger/content warnings in accordance with the rules.)