Create Your Own IP: How to Adapt Your Existing Script into a Podcast as Proof of Concept

Dear {NAME}, If you've had difficulty gaining attention for your screenplay, turning it into a podcast and attracting an audience may provide proof of concept for your story to move it to a show or feature. Now with many more podcast adaptations like CRIMETOWN, THE BRIGHT SESSIONS and ALICE ISN’T DEAD currently in development, this route is becoming much more common and achievable. This type of intellectual property is golden. But adapting your screenplay is, of course, easier said than done. How do you turn 100 pages of a script into a multi-episode podcast? How does writing character or story arcs change when adapting your feature script to multiple episodes? Mike Disa is the director of the highly praised Netflix show Paradise PD and has been working in the industry, both in television and features, for two decades with studios such as Dreamworks, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, and many others. Always an innovator, Mike recognized the interesting time right now for developing material based off of IP and took it upon himself to adapt his feature script SENTINELS: POINT OF NO RETURN into a 12-part podcast series, which is now produced. Having recently gone through the experience Mike is excited to share his approach and his lessons learned writing the adaptation exclusively with the Stage 32 community. If you’re excited about podcasts, curious about writing your own or adapting your feature script into one and don’t even know where to begin, start here. [New Webinar Announced- Early Bird Sale - Take $10 Off!]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Praise for Mike's Past Stage 32 Webinars "Mike Disa was amazingly generous with his time and information. And he was real. It doesn't get better than that. I'll be able to apply his insights and the information he shared immediately. I'm so glad I decided to participate." - Elizabeth A. --------------------------------------------------------------- What You'll Learn from Mike: - The State of Podcasts - What kind of podcasts are out there - Different formats of fiction podcasts - Current popular fiction podcasts - Approaching from the Outset - What format works best - How to write shorter form when you're used to feature or television writing - Using a narrator vs. full “radio play” - Planning for sound - Breaking Your Long Form Script Into Multiple Episodes - Extending your story - Where to put episode breaks - Building tension between episodes - What goes into a good cliffhanger on podcasts - How to avoid needing recaps - The Craft of Adapting Your Script Into A Podcast - Painting an audio picture without creating awkward dialogue - Holding onto your subplots without the storytelling getting choppy - Grabbing your audience in the first episode - Giving your characters separate voices - Case Study: SENTINELS: POINT OF NO RETURN - Comparing a sample of SENTINEL’s feature script and podcast adaptation - Q&A with Mike Early Bird Sale - Get $10 Off Today! [Give your script a change and create your own IP >>]( Can't make it live? Don't worry! We'll record it and you can watch it after for up to 1 year! Copyright © 2020 Stage 32, All rights reserved. You are receiving this message because you are either a member of Stage 32 community, or you have subscribed to receive a newsletter on our landing page. Our mailing address is: Stage 32 2711 N Sepulveda Blvd Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-2725 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from educational updates](. This email was sent from Stage 32 through MailChimp. To [unsubscribe]( or manage your preferences, please use the links above. Help us send you more useful emails by keeping your profile up to date.