Years ago, I was trying to get into advertising, but failing, so I ended up doing manual labor for a while instead. It was a dirty, frustrating, paid-in-cash period — but resulted in some valuable life skills, and a perfect illustration for a universal story structure you can put to use in scriptwriting for your narrative podcast.  In the first half of the episode, I tried to recreate a rich sense of scene with sound effects, and also use them in a rhythmic, almost musical manner. How did I do? ………… Show notes: Kurt Vonnegut "the shapes of stories" video The ancient mythology equivalent of "person in hole," the Greek term "katabasis" for a journey to the underworld Studio Shed, our backyard office Outdoor-sports philosopher Brendan Leonard's post, "the benefits of discomfort is where I encountered the Kelly McGonigal quote."  Freesound contributors: hammer, nail gun, pounding nails, hand saw, hammer, power saw, city ambience. .......... Do you have other questions about creating a narrative podcast, like how to write a script, where you get story ideas, or how to make a podcast trailer? See our tips here.

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