Born to Teachers and Amateur Audio Enthusiasts in the small rural community of Belwood, Jack's first love was stories- writing, reading, telling, and singing. He developed his acting skills through High School, University, and through film and community theatre.
Jack writes the lion's share of Sonic Cinema Production's (previously Electric Vicuna) Audio Drama scripts and has his own writing site at www.jackjward.com. Jack also is the middle of book writing, screenplay production, and is the CEO of the Mutual Audio Network- where he and the best people in the world Listen & Imagine, Together!.
He's thrilled to co-host the Sonic Society with his wonderful, talented, friend David Ault as they enter their second decade in the medium!
Matthew MacLean one of the dyad of the Audio Drama Production Podcast team recently wrote an article in The Podcast Host blog detailing his picks for the best and brightest of the audio drama world.
Your show, The Sonic Society, met with the Scottish sign of approval for one of the best compilations, and we’re grateful to Matt for his recommendation.
For other recommendations of awesome audio (most of which you can hear on the Society of course) check out his article.
NADSWRIM 2016 is a go! Are you ready?!
What did you pick for your script writing goals? Now’s the time to dig in, and the best year is 2016 the year of the Audio Play! 29 Days to get going.
Jack’s already begun by working on using the Grave Shift Casebook database to begin to build script outlines and information about forensics and detective work. How do you organize your work?
Here’s a couple of suggestions:
Guidelines on Radio Script Writing
BBC Medium and Format for Scripts
Lester Dent’s Pulp Master Document in the Writers Resource
So now’s the time. Go out and write. 28 days left. Good luck!
David Ault sits down with wondrous musician, Brandon Boone composer of many, many audio fiction compositions including The No Sleep Podcast. Pop over to his Patreon and get connected to his music.
Folks who remember Twin Stars, Little Gou, and Team Iron Angel among others will remember Kung Fu Action Theatre, a beloved fan-favourite audio drama series from the mind of Rob Paterson. Well have no fear, the amazingly prolific writer hasn’t fallen off the face of the Earth. Beyond working as a teacher in his Clark Kent job, Robyn has also been working hard as an editor and writer of his own fiction since putting aside audio drama.
But the audio itch is hard not to scratch, and now talkie podcaster is added to his impressive credentials as Rob and long time best friend Don Chisholm host the new series The Department of Nerdly Affairs (aka The DNA).
Of course, we were instant fans, and most recently, Jack was invited to partake of the glorious geekery. Obey the DNA yourself and subscribe.
Excelsior!
Tonight’s exciting episode is the penultimate opportunity to get your plans out for NADSWRIM. While you’re prepping, have a break and listen to a special treat- Richard Wentworth and Michael McQuilkin’sHadron Gospel Hour. David Ault’s your host and episode 1 “The Reluctant Hadronaut” is loaded up tight in your podjector. Right here… on the Sonic Society!
Jack and David talk NADSWRIM, Biff, WriTracker and Phillipa before we get to listen to Steamboys Radioshow #1 from James Lewing!
Muskets primed and ready to fire!
The Grist Mill from AM FM Theater brings us two tales of terror “Bluebeard’s Door” and “Gravediggers Brew” as David flies solo through the scares. Don’t forget NADSWRIM!
I don’t know if Jerry Robbins or JT Turner enjoy their banter as much as the fans of Colonial Radio Talk Podcast but one can only hope.
I have a podcatcher full of shows I should be listening to, shows I listen to, and shows I’m waiting to listen. I also have a “Fabulous Five” that get bumped to the top of the rotation whenever they hit my feed. CRT Talk is one of them.
The badly kept secret in the modern audio drama world is that Colonial Radio Theatre is one of the best companies today. Don’t just take my word for it. Go rummage through the top selling spoken word shows on Amazon every once in a while. Always in the top ten, dominating the audio drama in the top fifty, Colonial Radio reminds us what brings in the fans.
The CRT Podcast is no different. Jerry and JT flip through their catalogue and share two decades worth of stories of shows, their thoughts on their characters, and when Angel Garrett will finally get that variety show due to him.
January is Audio Drama Appreciation month. Here’s your chance to go to itunes or Facebook, and write something awesome about the CRTT or about Colonial’s incredible wealth of audio drama treasures.
And if you haven’t subscribed yet. Go to the itunes link for the show. After all, what are you waiting for?
The Witch Hunter Chronicles was a triumphant Audio Epics fantasy radio drama series from Domien De Groot and Eline Hoskens (the dynamic duo of modern audio fantasy production). With original music from Peter Van Reit, Witch Hunter is back- and this time as an audio novel. This thirteen hour long legendary audio is a must buy for any lover of Tolkienesque fantasy. Buy Witch Hunter the Audiobook today and receive a tremendous new release price!
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