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Aug 2023
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Minipods - Audio storytelling episode fi...

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About this episode

Good writing connects you to your listeners, grabs their attention and makes them remember your story.

BBC Academy trainer, Sam Upton, shares some tips to take your writing to the next level.

This is the fourth in a series of minipods on audio storytelling, where Sam shares some insider tricks and tips that'll help enhance your podcast, montage or radio package.

Dur 8’40” Produced and presented by Sam Upton.

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