A scripted podcast has a peculiar challenge: it has to sound like it was not scripted. A stumble, forgive me, but an essay read to you, no thank you, is an instant unforgivable ear-ache. So, the typeset sentences must actually sound like speech. back to ALL assignments »
That means fragments. Restarts. The occasional aside a written editor would delete and a producer would keep. It also means the writer has to know your show well enough to hear you saying the line before it goes in.
Two factors determine if your podcast captures an audience: do your listeners go beyond the ninety second mark? Do they return for the next episode? Both factors are ruled by structure. A strong opener drops your listener into the action. A clear purpose for the episode and a reason to return each episode are essential. A show can’t settle into one register. Boredom is a quick way to lose an audience.
A podcast script is usually written in article format with a welcome back greeting at the top. Podcast scripts are written in this manner and do not capture thes ups and downs and pauses in a conversation (i.e. unscripted). As a result, hosts are forced to improvise, rendering the scripts obsolete.
Before writing a single line, we listen to two episodes to catch the phrases that you lean on the most and the phrases that you avoid. We then break your episode into sections with time budgets per section, draft, and then read it aloud to see if we captured your use of phrases that you deploy as part of your vernacular, that you would never say.
During prep-work, the script is studied to see what specifically shows up when a recording happens. This includes that one three-syllable word that trips you up, that ad-libbed segment that runs four minutes over, and even the sponsor read that’s placed correctly but right where you lose momentum. Facts go into a sidebar so you are never reading a citation into the microphone.
One rate, whatever the format: $10 per 100 words. You are paying for the writer’s time and judgement, so the price scales with the words rather than with a package tier.
| Typical podcast script | Words | Writing | Fee (1%) | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short episode (10 min) | 1,400 | $140 | $1.40 | $141.40 |
| Standard episode (25 min) | 3,200 | $320 | $3.20 | $323.20 |
| Two-part feature (45 min) | 5,500 | $550 | $5.50 | $555.50 |
The writer receives 100% of the writing price. Our 1% fee is added on top of it, and 0.5% is donated to tree planting. Full pricing breakdown.
Yes. Send the template, a previous example, or the structure you are required to use, and the writer works inside it. If a required section does not fit the material honestly, they will flag it rather than pad it out.
Ask on the contact page and a person will answer, usually the same working day. For a live order, reply to your confirmation email and it reaches whoever is handling it.
Yes, even though the script format changes. Instead of both having complete scripts, one host gets the spine and the other host gets the interruptions and the questions, which is more similar to how the recording is actually done. Having complete scripts for two hosts sounds staged.
We write ads within sponsor copy in the language of the host, as long as the advertiser’s demands are satisfied. Include the mandatories as is, with their claim wording and words they will not allow. We do not write dynamic ads, as these are recorded by the network, not the host.
Completely. Copyright transfers to you on delivery, with no attribution requirement and no licence back to us. Nothing written for you is resold, repurposed or republished.
Reviews from completed, paid orders in this category.
Our audience left before 40 seconds because it was too slow. The section after the two minute mark is very good. A colder open was requested and we delivered and the drop off on the retention graph finally flattened where it use to be a steady decline.
Each of the nine sessions across the five weeks brought the same line of questioning about the shop in 1987. I had to keep telling her there was nothing to say. Chapter four is the part of my memoir my daughter cried over.
Chapter seven got me stuck for almost a year, and the suggested structure finally helped. Great outline, but the email with it was a two-sentence filler. I had to ask for a paragraph explaining the order of the chapters.
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