It Started With This

The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththisConsume: Read Ballad in A by Cathy Park Hong. Try to read it aloud if you can!Then check out this short feature article on Cathy Park Hong and her use of the univocalic.Create: Write a 4-line, rhyming, univocalic poem. That means you pick a vowel and use only that vowel when you write. Episode Cover image by https://pixabay.com/users/cromaconceptovisual-4595909/Background Music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/Itstartedwiththispodcast@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/itstartedwiththisAA cad, calls cat, cracks bats at tackTracks slack pants at camp.A man, says cat, taps back a hatHas a damn mad clapback. EThe men tell her three trees bleedReverent she sees resplendent scenesEnds meet when green beds sleepEvents flee them where seeds keepIIn this third trip I trick himFish in thin film flip itTipping it till it sings in fiftyThrifty strings spilling thingsODog stood on top of stoop to frownBlood flows soon slow down Brown dog took down two CrooksTown Clown soon too shookUBumpy Stump chucks grubs, slugsMust flush up stunk plus pussStump puts up stuff, crud, cussPump Stump mucks pulp mush

The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththisConsume: Listen to an episode of Sleep With Me Create: Write and record a 2-minute piece about your listener. Itstartedwiththispodcast@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/itstartedwiththis

The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththisConsume: Night Vale Live Ghost StoriesCreate: Record a 1-2 min piece that is at least 25% silent. Use silence in a way that would change the meaning of the piece if it were removed.Itstartedwiththispodcast@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/itstartedwiththis

The inspiration for this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththisConsume: Listen to 20 short episodes from 20 different poets from IndieFeed: Performance Poetry.Create: Write a 2-minute, 250-word story about a wedding reception. Refine it a bit. Now, completely delete it! Then, write a 2-minute story about a bird. Record and/or share this one.Itstartedwiththispodcast@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/itstartedwiththis

The show that fuels this show: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/startwiththisConsume: Listen to Episode 1 of Steal The Stars, a podcast by Mac Rogers. Pay close attention to each line of dialogue and what it does for the story.Create: Write a 200-word, two-character dialogue. If you’re writing for audio, the recorded piece should come out to about 2 minutes.The first line of your piece must be, “Put the milk on the table” and the last line must be, “We are really only at the beginning.” Keep the purpose of the dialogue in mind as you write. If you’re feeling ambitious, try it again with a different reason for the dialogue.background music and ambient sounds: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/Itstartedwiththispodcast@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/itstartedwiththis

Consume: Episode 49 “Re: The Moon” of the podcast, Imaginary AdviceCreate: Play the game that Ross Sutherland sets up in this episode of Imaginary Advice, “Re: The Moon.” Create three different statements about the moon following the convention, “The moon is a [adjective] [noun].” The adjectives and nouns can’t come from you. Flip through a book, use a random word generator, or use some other source. Then use those statements as the first sentence of three different paragraphs that tell a storyWord generator I used: https://randomwordgenerator.com/Itstartedwiththispodcast@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/itstartedwiththis