Behind the Scenes: How ‘The Writer Files’ Is Produced

This is a special edition of the show where we take a glimpse behind the scenes at how we produce the program, and the people responsible for it. As Rainmaker.FM approaches it’s 2nd anniversary, I thought it apropos to examine how we got here. This is going to be fun! It may seem like I’m just a guy in a garage – like so many podcasters – who interviews writers and then frantically scrambles to produce the show in the margins of my real job as a multimedia producer for Rainmaker Digital. I do host and help produce the show of course, but I don’t record it in my garage, sorry. But you will learn how and where I do it. This week I also get the rare opportunity to shine a light on my talented production team and how this all happens. Note: The conclusion of my chat with screenwriter and author of All Our Wrong Todays, Elan Mastai will be published Feb. 7th, the day his new book comes out. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. In this episode our production team and I talk about:

How the show made the jump from a written interview to a podcast format with Robert Bruce

The process we use to book our writers with Caroline Early

How I research, record interviews, and write for the show’s website

Why the raw audio for the shows needs a little massaging from a pro audio engineer with Toby Lyles

How it all comes together to beam to your phone or desktop, and nestle neatly in your ears with Clare Garrett

The Show Notes

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StudioPress.com

Unusually Short Stories at RobertBruce.com

Proust Questionnaire – Wikipedia

Here’s How Brian Clark Writes – The inaugural issue of The Writer Files

Longform Podcast #226: Terry Gross

ScheduleOnce.com – Scheduling platform

Caroline Early on Twitter

Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone, Cardioid

Auralex soundproofing

Call Recorder for Skype

Zencastr.com

How Oscar Nominee Emma Donoghue (Screenwriter of ‘Room’) Writes: Part One

How Bestselling Author Hugh Howey Writes

TwentyFourSound – The premier podcast network editing service

The Learn Podcast Production Podcast – TwentyFourSound

Adobe Audition CC

GarageBand for Mac

Audacity – Free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing

Trello – Workflow collaboration tool

Rafal Tomal – Lead Designer at Rainmaker Digital

Rev.com – Transcription service

Kibin.com – Editing service

Kelton Reid on Twitter

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Release date

Lydbog: 31. januar 2017