Writing For Radio - a book about how to write for radio
It seems that a lot of people at some time in their lives have wanted to write for radio.
Writing For Radio shows readers how to write scripts for radio - radio news, radio documentaries, radio drama, and much more.
Writing For Radio emphasises working for community radio, because there are so many more opportunities in this field for creativity than other streams of radio. It's good experience. Community radio really is for everyone. The skills learned in community radio are readily adapted to mainstream radio.
While many people would like to write for radio, they do not know how to go about developing their ideas, or, once basic ideas are written down, how to develop them into material suitable for radio. The aim of this book is to show that there is much, much more to radio than being just another disc jockey.
What's radio all about then? It's about entertaining people. It's about educating them. It's about amusing them. It's a process of enriching the lives of others.
At the same time, it should be a process whereby you, the writer of programs, are fulfilled by being creative - writing programs that are fresh and original.
Whatever area of radio you eventually decide to specialise in, you must learn the art of writing for radio. Good radio is all about using the right words, and the right amount of those words.
Writing For Radio looks at writing styles that are suitable for radio. It considers the choice of words, the audience, building up your script (particularly for longer scripts), and script length.
Writing For Radio looks at good news and bad news, avoiding lopsided adjectives - that is, getting it right. It's about writing the news that's appropriate to your particular audience. It also considers aspects of news such as timing and depth, the length of each news segment, facts and distortions, and presenting your news bulletin at the most appropriate times.
A radio documentary is more than a mere presentation of the facts. A documentary should be an in-depth examination and consideration of an issue from a number of angles, including interviews with, and debates between, people with opposing views on a central issue. All aspects should be considered in a well-developed, unbiased manner. As a writer of a radio documentary, your role will be to tie in all the sections of the program, the interviews, and discussions. So, what would be a typical issue worth making a documentary about, and what should be left out? Find out, when you develop a radio documentary.
Radio drama enjoyed success and popularity until the 1950s and 1960s when television took over as the preferred entertainment medium. The good news is that radio dramas are making a come-back. Writing For Radio shows how to write a script for an interesting radio drama.
Writing radio drama is a specialised field of writing, but if you can write it, you are bound to entertain many listeners, and have tremendous fun in the process. Learn all about writing radio drama, creating tension, developing dramatic conflict, and creating the setting using only dialogue and sound effects. Create characters and put them into the setting of your choice. Make them talk, behave or misbehave, and put them into conflict with the other characters you have created. It's lots of fun!
Writing For Radio will be suitable for anyone wanting to learn how to write for radio - radio scripts, news, radio documentaries and radio dramas.
Writing For Radio is available as an e-book, and contains 100 pages. It is published as a small guidebook in Flairnet's writing guide series of publications.
The book retails for US$9.00, and is available for immediate download from ebookmall.com.
About the author
Graham Andrews is a professional writer living on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. He has worked as a scientific editor, technical writer, freelance writer and editor.
Graham has had two previous books published, and he is the author of several e-books in the Flairnet writing guidebook series. He has worked in community radio for several years, producing and presenting a wide range of programs.
Graham conducts the Flairnet online writing courses.
To purchase Writing For Radio
You can purchase Writing For Radio here.
It seems that a lot of people at some time in their lives have wanted to write for radio.
Writing For Radio shows readers how to write scripts for radio - radio news, radio documentaries, radio drama, and much more.
Writing For Radio emphasises working for community radio, because there are so many more opportunities in this field for creativity than other streams of radio. It's good experience. Community radio really is for everyone. The skills learned in community radio are readily adapted to mainstream radio.
While many people would like to write for radio, they do not know how to go about developing their ideas, or, once basic ideas are written down, how to develop them into material suitable for radio. The aim of this book is to show that there is much, much more to radio than being just another disc jockey.
What's radio all about then? It's about entertaining people. It's about educating them. It's about amusing them. It's a process of enriching the lives of others.
At the same time, it should be a process whereby you, the writer of programs, are fulfilled by being creative - writing programs that are fresh and original.
Whatever area of radio you eventually decide to specialise in, you must learn the art of writing for radio. Good radio is all about using the right words, and the right amount of those words.
Writing For Radio looks at writing styles that are suitable for radio. It considers the choice of words, the audience, building up your script (particularly for longer scripts), and script length.
Writing For Radio looks at good news and bad news, avoiding lopsided adjectives - that is, getting it right. It's about writing the news that's appropriate to your particular audience. It also considers aspects of news such as timing and depth, the length of each news segment, facts and distortions, and presenting your news bulletin at the most appropriate times.
A radio documentary is more than a mere presentation of the facts. A documentary should be an in-depth examination and consideration of an issue from a number of angles, including interviews with, and debates between, people with opposing views on a central issue. All aspects should be considered in a well-developed, unbiased manner. As a writer of a radio documentary, your role will be to tie in all the sections of the program, the interviews, and discussions. So, what would be a typical issue worth making a documentary about, and what should be left out? Find out, when you develop a radio documentary.
Radio drama enjoyed success and popularity until the 1950s and 1960s when television took over as the preferred entertainment medium. The good news is that radio dramas are making a come-back. Writing For Radio shows how to write a script for an interesting radio drama.
Writing radio drama is a specialised field of writing, but if you can write it, you are bound to entertain many listeners, and have tremendous fun in the process. Learn all about writing radio drama, creating tension, developing dramatic conflict, and creating the setting using only dialogue and sound effects. Create characters and put them into the setting of your choice. Make them talk, behave or misbehave, and put them into conflict with the other characters you have created. It's lots of fun!
Writing For Radio will be suitable for anyone wanting to learn how to write for radio - radio scripts, news, radio documentaries and radio dramas.
Writing For Radio is available as an e-book, and contains 100 pages. It is published as a small guidebook in Flairnet's writing guide series of publications.
The book retails for US$9.00, and is available for immediate download from ebookmall.com.
About the author
Graham Andrews is a professional writer living on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. He has worked as a scientific editor, technical writer, freelance writer and editor.
Graham has had two previous books published, and he is the author of several e-books in the Flairnet writing guidebook series. He has worked in community radio for several years, producing and presenting a wide range of programs.
Graham conducts the Flairnet online writing courses.
To purchase Writing For Radio
You can purchase Writing For Radio here.
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Writing For Radio - an e-book about writing for radio
