This is the sixth and final part of our new Sound Judgment quick-hit series on storytelling strategies for hooking your audience and keeping them with you. Today: specifics. The more specific our language, the more sparkling and memorable it is. In the last 18 months of speaking with incredible storytellers for this podcast, no one has been better at this than Sam Mullins. In 2023, Sam won the the Best Podcast of the Year award at the Ambies,  The Podcast Academy's attempt to rival the Oscars. He won it for his documentary series Chameleon: Wild Boys, from Campside Media. Learn how Sam's background as a comedy writer informs his approach to writing, and especially to choosing the extraordinarily specific ways he approaches building characters and enticing audiences to enter his world. Apply the six storytelling strategies for creating unforgettable content to your own work!  Sign up for our interactive, virtual Hook Your Audience & Keep Them Coming Back workshopThursday, March 14, 2024By developing skills from story structure to scene-making, suspense to specifics, you'll learn to create or improve the show, story, article or speech that expresses what you want to express, captivates the people you want to reach, and achieves quality and depth you can be proud of. You'll move from likes and follows to building trusted, engaged relationships with your audience. These practices work separately and together to ratchet up both the substance and the "wow factor" of your content, no matter the platform.Reading these show notes too late to catch this Hook Your Audience workshop? Check out our other trainings on guesting and curating guests, interviewing, and more, at www.podcastallies.com/workshops. Did you miss the rest of the series?  Be sure to follow Sound Judgment and check out the other other five bite-sized episodes: Part 1: Sound Vision Part 2: StructurePart 3: ScenesPart 4: SurprisePart 5: SuspenseAll of these segments — each around 10 minutes or less — will come together soon for a full episode on How to Hook Your Audience and Keep Them Coming Back. You won't miss a thing if you sign up for my Sound Judgment newsletter, which includes the popular hands-on segment "Try This in Your Studio," kudos to creators who are lifting up the art and business of audio storytelling, news about the show, and useful resources for content creators of all kinds. "Six S" Storytelling ResourcesShows and storytellers mentioned in this series: Bone ValleyCohosts: Gilbert King and Kelsey DeckerMarketplaceJohn Barth, Creative Media LLCThe 13th Step, an award-winning documentary series on sexual misconduct in the addiction treatment Reporter: Lauren ChooljianStory Editor: Alison MacadamNew Hampshire Public RadioDaily Creative Host: Todd HenryProducer: Joshua GottFamous & GravyCohosts: Amit Kapoor & Michael OsborneThe Rich Roll PodcastHost: Rich RollGuest: Charles DuhiggBook: Supercommunicators by Charles DuhiggCrime Show"Paging Dr. Barnes"Host & Executive Producer: Emma CourtlandKatie ColaneriSenior Podcast EditorNew Hampshire Public RadioKelly Corrigan WondersTell Me More with Kelly Corrigan"Bryan Stevenson""Samantha Power" Host: Kelly CorriganThis American Life"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quorum"Reporter: Sarah GibsonChameleon: Wild BoysHost: Sam MullinsFull Sound Judgment episodes featuring these storytellersBone Valley: How to Make a True Crime Podcast That Makes a Difference (Gilbert King, Kelsey Decker)The Host Defines the Brand with John BarthHow to Make Serious Topics Fun with the Hosts of Famous & Gravy (Amit Kapoor, Michael Osborne)Cinematic Storytelling with Crime Show's Emma CourtlandHow to Pitch an Audio Documentary and the Unusual Origin of a This American Life Story (Katie Colaneri)The Art of True Curiosity with Kelly Corrigan of Kelly Corrigan WondersHow to Make Listeners Breathless for More with Wild Boys' Sam Mullins 
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