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PAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectBonus: 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...2025-06-1409 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectBonus: 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...2025-06-1406 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectBonus: 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...2025-06-1309 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectExtra CreditsAcknowledgement of additional credited and uncredited character voices.2023-01-2302 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 17 - Jackknife (Season Finale)Thomas Black is put away in a very special prison... for now.2023-01-1706 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 16 - TelltaleDouglas finally has the courage to go home and face his estranged wife Blair.2023-01-0906 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 15 - ShipwreckDouglas captures Thomas and gives him to the Guild to answer for his crimes.2023-01-0107 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 14 - GroundhogDouglas reveals how he got the upper hand on Thomas and Zababa.2022-12-3010 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 13 - WormholeZababa discovers that the vault contains more than just his treasure.2022-12-2806 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 12 - StrongroomThomas loses Douglas again but manages to catch up with someone more sinister.2022-12-2303 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 11 - DreamtimeThomas Black is reunited with Douglas Dire only to discover things have changed.2022-12-1603 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 10 - WitchhuntThomas has lost the story of Douglas and now has to face an inquisition.2022-12-1409 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 9 - SwingDouglas finally understands what Zababa wants and plans his escape from the monster's grip.2022-12-0910 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 8 - FrailDouglas remembers a forgotten secret while trying to break the Shadow Man's spell.2022-12-0708 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 7 - EnchantedDouglas learns how the Shadow Man is connected to the ring.2022-12-0707 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 6 - HuskyDouglas struggles with his grip on reality as he confronts the Shadow Man.2022-12-0607 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 5 - BuildWhere Douglas Dire confronts the Shadow Man and discovers if he is real or only a creation of his own mind.2022-12-0406 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 4 - FreezeWhere 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.2022-12-0407 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 3 - BaitDouglas investigates the strange sounds only to discover he is being watched.2022-12-0405 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 2 - MindlessDouglas begins to hear strange sounds as he struggles with his own paranoia.2022-12-0406 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectChapter 1 - RingWe meet Douglas Dire as he discovers a very interesting ring.2022-12-0205 minPAUSE for Dramatic EffectPAUSE for Dramatic EffectIntroducing - PAUSE for Dramatic EffectIntroducing Pause for Dramatic Effect, an audio drama podcast about a US Marine Corps veteran challenged by survivor's guilt, dark forces, and ancient magic.2022-12-0101 min