Writing And Directing Audio Drama And The Constant Creator Mindset With Alison Haselden
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Joanna Penn
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
How do you turn a big-budget TV show idea into an audio drama you can produce yourself? What does it take to create a 10-hour, 30-actor historical drama? And how can guerrilla marketing in airport bookstores help find your audience? Alison Haselden shares her experience of writing and directing Wicked Dames.
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Alison Haselden is an author, screenwriter, and actor. Her latest project is the historical fiction audio drama, Wicked Dames.
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Show Notes
* From child actor to a “portfolio career” as an author, screenwriter, and actor
* Choosing an audio drama format to create an immersive experience
* How to produce an audio drama series on a budget
* Marketing vs monetization—project visibility as the goal
* Utilizing guerrilla marketing tactics to find new listeners
* Who are the Wicked Dames?
You can find Alison at AlisonHaselden.com.
Transcript of Interview with Alison Haselden
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur, |
| 0:08.0 | bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing craft and creative business. |
| 0:14.7 | You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint, and lots more at thecreativepen.com. |
| 0:22.5 | And that's Penn with a double N. |
| 0:25.0 | And here's the show. |
| 0:26.5 | Hello, creatives. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Joanna Penn. |
| 0:28.8 | And this is episode number 821 of the podcast. |
| 0:32.3 | And it is Saturday, the 26th of July, 2025 as I record this. |
| 0:38.1 | In today's show, I'm talking to Alison Hazelden about writing and producing an audio |
| 0:43.3 | drama, as well as the constant creator mindset and moving between different projects |
| 0:49.5 | in an intuitive manner. |
| 0:51.5 | It's a really encouraging discussion, so that's coming up in the interview section. |
| 0:59.7 | In Writing and Publishing Things. Well, one of my favourite poets and in fact favourite writers about |
| 1:06.4 | soulful things is David White and spelt with a Y, W-H-Y-T-E. |
| 1:12.3 | And he's interviewed this week on David Perel's How I Write podcast. |
| 1:17.1 | Now, yeah, they're both called David, but David White is an old soul, I think, and a wise soul. |
| 1:22.8 | Perhaps all poets are, or become so over time because of their poetry practice, I guess. |
| 1:29.8 | And the discussion is on going deeper into our writing. |
| 1:34.3 | And often what you want to write lies deep inside you, but you can't articulate it as |
| 1:40.0 | yet. |
| 1:40.5 | And it feels like it's buried in your body somewhere. |
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