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.

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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

• Begin your free, 14-day trial of the Rainmaker Platform and start building your own digital marketing and sales platform today at Rainmaker.FM/Platform
• 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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