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

I am still waiting for the podcast audio so that I can craft the framing narration that I am planning, which I think will allow me to cast it into some form of a story, if done well.  It would be difficult to really write out the entire script for that without hearing it, but I have been working on the idea in a more general way.  I've got a few thoughts on just how to start the piece.  I am finding that difficult for a number of different reasons.  First, I know that, in a practical sense, it has to introduce the listener to the concept of the podcast in some way, or at least the general topic and such.  It also has the secondary job of presenting this particular episode, which is kind of a preview piece, and it is not really in line with the pieces that are to come, or that is what I anticipate.  It is hard to be certain, since we have not created any of the rest of the episodes, or even planned them out yet.  This episode is going to be a bit strange, since it is me being interviewed, and the interview isn't exactly about the podcast either, but a bit of a broader discussion meant to introduce the audience to me and let them know a bit about me as a person and a writer, I think.  That is all fine, but I still need to answer a lot of questions in order for this to serve as a good introduction/preview.  I think it will work, and it may be that it will work better because of these things, that they will allow me to do something that is uneven and strange in a way that propels the narrative aspect of this.  It is, though, hard to go too far with this until I know what I am working with, but I am starting to feel a bit more confident that I'll be able to make it work.

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