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Zachary Bondo
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PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Bonus: Quality Between the Pauses (Part 8)
For the most part, garbage in creates garbage out. And when you're on a super tight schedule, the quality of that garbage becomes a matter of perspective. What would be an immediate re-record session suddenly becomes "good enough" when you don't have any time left.But here's the revelation that I had when doing an audio drama this way: what you think is garbage turns out to be genius! I like to call them Happy Accidents - but I had so many of them that it starts to become art - good art! In fact, the...
2025-06-14
09 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Bonus: Gear Between the Pauses (Part 7)
Do you need the best gear to record an audio drama? Do you need a full sound stage and the best microphones to record your voice actors? Do you need all your actors in that studio all at the same time? Or how about "that guy behind the glass" guy? The one everyone knows is moving around dials and switches to make all your actors sound amazing? Do you need that guy? Do you need that big room behind the glass? Do you need any of it? The short answer is, No. You don't need expensive...
2025-06-14
06 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Bonus: Sounds Between the Pauses (Part 6)
Do you need a sound library to make an audio drama? No. No, you don't. You can get away with making your own special effects. It might not be exactly what you want. But it has a few advantages:You get to decide what the sound is, rather than settling for what's availableYou don't have to search for a sound for hoursYou own itWill it be perfect? Maybe. But for a daily or homebrewed audio drama, sometimes, good enough sounds can work when you're in a rush. When...
2025-06-13
09 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Extra Credits
Acknowledgement of additional credited and uncredited character voices.
2023-01-23
02 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 17 - Jackknife (Season Finale)
Thomas Black is put away in a very special prison... for now.
2023-01-17
06 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 16 - Telltale
Douglas finally has the courage to go home and face his estranged wife Blair.
2023-01-09
06 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 15 - Shipwreck
Douglas captures Thomas and gives him to the Guild to answer for his crimes.
2023-01-01
07 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 14 - Groundhog
Douglas reveals how he got the upper hand on Thomas and Zababa.
2022-12-30
10 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 13 - Wormhole
Zababa discovers that the vault contains more than just his treasure.
2022-12-28
06 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 12 - Strongroom
Thomas loses Douglas again but manages to catch up with someone more sinister.
2022-12-23
03 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 11 - Dreamtime
Thomas Black is reunited with Douglas Dire only to discover things have changed.
2022-12-16
03 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 10 - Witchhunt
Thomas has lost the story of Douglas and now has to face an inquisition.
2022-12-14
09 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 9 - Swing
Douglas finally understands what Zababa wants and plans his escape from the monster's grip.
2022-12-09
10 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 8 - Frail
Douglas remembers a forgotten secret while trying to break the Shadow Man's spell.
2022-12-07
08 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 7 - Enchanted
Douglas learns how the Shadow Man is connected to the ring.
2022-12-07
07 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 6 - Husky
Douglas struggles with his grip on reality as he confronts the Shadow Man.
2022-12-06
07 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 5 - Build
Where Douglas Dire confronts the Shadow Man and discovers if he is real or only a creation of his own mind.
2022-12-04
06 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 4 - Freeze
Where Douglas Dire finally gets a glimpse of his watcher only to have the sighting resurrect a memory he thought he had buried back in Iraq 15 years ago.
2022-12-04
07 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 3 - Bait
Douglas investigates the strange sounds only to discover he is being watched.
2022-12-04
05 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 2 - Mindless
Douglas begins to hear strange sounds as he struggles with his own paranoia.
2022-12-04
06 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Chapter 1 - Ring
We meet Douglas Dire as he discovers a very interesting ring.
2022-12-02
05 min
PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Introducing - PAUSE for Dramatic Effect
Introducing Pause for Dramatic Effect, an audio drama podcast about a US Marine Corps veteran challenged by survivor's guilt, dark forces, and ancient magic.
2022-12-01
01 min