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No. Audio Fiction 101 is concerned strictly with the hippie-dippie arts of writing and narrative. We do not deal with the state of the industry, audience building, marketing, or any technical specifics of audio production.

While the bar for entry is comparatively much, much lower to tell fiction stories in audio than in, say, web-series or film, the three of us know just how expensive podcasts are to make. While still being able to pay for our rent and all the caffeine we pounded while creating this course, we want Audio Fiction 101 to be as available as possible to as many folks as possible, especially to those from traditionally marginalized communities. To that end, we've budgeted a limited number of full and partial needs-based scholarships for the class.

So, here's the deal:

If you are unemployed or only employed part-time, or are a college student from a marginalized background, get in touch with us and let us know what your situation is by emailing us at fearofpublicshame@gmail.com with the subject line "Audio Fiction Scholarship." We'll do our best to respond within 72 hours to let you know next steps from there. 

No. No. Definitely not.

Please don't send us financial, tax, enrollment, or identification documents of any kind. A written description of why you are applying for a scholarship will suffice. 

That's amazingly generous of you and you should also email us at fearofpublicshame@gmail.com. Use the subject line "Scholarship Sponsor" and we'll be in touch. 

Each lesson in Audio Fiction 101 comes with a link to a Lesson Companion, which contains a full transcript of the lesson, as well as review questions and additional resources.  Those links are found in the description of each individual video. 

Nope! We want this class to live pretty independently from us, so we are not starting any official communities for it that we would then need to manage. 

If you want to start an unofficial community, that's totally fine. We only reserve the right not to join it and start catching up on our sleep debts instead. 

Zzzswhuht? What? So, so sleepy...

Actual answer: we worked really hard to distill a lot of our thoughts on audio fiction into the class we just made, and we'd love to take everything that ended up on the cutting room floor and do more appendices, another full class, or even a set of live workshops where we'd get to work with students directly.

All of that would be wonderful. None of it is planned at this time. If you want to stay current with all our future plots, then you should sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page. 

Totally! Audio Fiction 101 is, first and foremost, a class on storytelling, and we think a lot of the lessons in here will apply no matter what kind of podcast or radio program you're interested in making. That said, definitely be aware we go heavy on the fiction, and  you'll have to extrapolate some lessons out a little bit if you're interested in making a different kind of show. 

Not in the slightest. We do use some examples from our show and from other fiction podcasts in the course (and books, and movies, and tv shows). But we always preface those examples with spoiler warnings, and they are not essential to understand the lessons of the course itself.