A Writer's Notebook, Day One-Thousand-Six-Hundred-And-Fifty-Seven

I am still working on the beginning for the podcast, both the intro that I was discussing yesterday and the larger piece that I need to write which will contextualize the piece.  As I said last night, I am trying to come up with something short to welcome the audience to the episode and set the tone a bit.  The idea is that this would be the same for every episode, so it needs to be fairly simple, but it still should be somewhat unique, I think.  It is intended to help build an identity for the podcast, I think, so I don't want it to be overly generic.  The other stuff that I am writing should be a bit easier, I think, it is more that I am not all that accustomed to the podcast format and I need to develop a style of writing that fits that mode of communication a bit better.  Also, I am wanting to get certain ideas into the podcast, basically to offer a bit more of an idea of what the regular episodes will be about and a bit more about who I am, beyond the ideas discussed in the interview.  I want to get all that crammed in, but in a way that still feels natural and connects to the rest of the episode.  I think I am also finding myself a bit uncertain because I don't have all of the rest in front of me at the moment, but that shouldn't be a major issue, I don't think.  I have heard everything, I think, just not formatted, so I know what to expect in general, in terms of the content of the rest, and should be able to put the script for the opening together.  I should just push myself to get started and not worry about what results until it is done.  At least then I will have something to work with.

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