Introduce Yourself : Hello hello! by Adi Tantimedh

happy Father’s Day, Adi! Looks like you lean towards sci-fi, what were some sci-fi shows or movies that inspired you to write in that genre?

Happy Father's Day, Adi Tantimedh. Congratulations on all your success in the last 8 months! A Sci-Fi audio drama and urban vampire screenplay sound exciting!

Thanks, Amanda. (I'm not a dad, only an occasional babysitter.)

It was probably Blade Runner that was my biggest inspiration to write Sci-Fi. I like Star Trek, Stars Wars and Doctor Who well enough, but I like more cerebral TV series like Fringe and Westworld.

My primary inspirations for Science Fiction are more from books, which take it further than movies and TV shows do with the ideas and moral and philosophical themes, writers like Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Michael Moorcock (who's mainly known as a fantasy author but the handful of SciFi books he wrote were great), Iain M. Bank's Culture novels (which are still the most radical Space Opera novels ever and now underappreciated), and the major Cyberpunk authors like William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and John Shirley.

I don't usually write Science Fiction on spec, but I get hired to write for other people because it seems I can do world-building that every SciFi and Fantasy story needs for it to make sense. Philip K. Dick wrote an essay titled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" that everyone who wants to write SciFi should read.

Thanks, Maurice.

You're welcome, Adi Tantimedh. Keep us posted on the projects (when you're able to talk about them) and your spec scripts.

welcome

Thanks, Maurice. The podcast series will probably premiere in the Fall. We've locked the first four episode and the editor is doing the first cut of episodes 4 to 8.

To all writers reading, I recommend writing podcast audio dramas, because it's one of the best ways to hone your dialogue skills and telling a story, and it's not that expensive to launch it yourself. Technically, it's possible to record it yourself on your smartphone. Ironically, I was hired to write this one.

Thank,s Dwayne.

You're welcome, Adi Tantimedh. Ok, cool. Looking forward to listening to the audio drama.

I've been thinking about writing audio dramas for a while. I have some ideas and short scripts that would be great as audio dramas. Thanks for the insight.

Maurice, if you want to start writing audio dramas, I highly recommend you listen to the audio drama podcasts from the BBC, which are the best written, produced and acted in the world. The BBC has been producing and broadcasting audio drama every day since 1929. Their radio plays and podcasts are now free to stream worldwide on the BBC Sounds app and the BBC website. The BBC also have a site called the Writer's Room that offers free resources for learning and research, including free scripts from their TV series and audio dramas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/writers

Great idea, Adi Tantimedh! Thanks for the link!

You're welcome, Maurice.

Hi Adi! Nice to meet you. That's very cool that you've had some nice writing gigs -- I've done ghostwriting for authors wanting screenplay adaptations and it can be challenging and fun at the same time.

Hi William, I've yet to do uncredited work on screenplays. Yes, they do present challenges, like many of them ask not to have swearing and cussing in the dialogue, which is to be expected when it's a PG or PG-13 script. Sometimes it's odd that I get an R-rated story where they say, "Yeah, get as violent and bloody as you like, but we prefer no swearing in the dialogue." Oooookay. Then again, 40% of reader reviews on crime novels on Amazon complain about swearing in them. Go figure.