Author Archives: Hype
Starting tonight, to mark the 75th anniversary of Lovecraft’s passing and ARTC’s fifth season at the Academy Theatre, Atlanta Radio Theatre Company will present Lovecraft’s Nightmares, a collection of stories by and inspired by the author, with completely different performances each weekend. Presented in the format of live audio, audiences will be treated to examples of how the classic radio dramas were performed with actors on microphone, live Foley sound effects, and an immersive soundscape that encourages the listener to … Continue reading
During the last weekend of October, the Pandas of NaNoLanta celebrated the return of November by hosting not one, not two, but three kickoffs parties! Armed with a giant box of goodie bags, we invaded the Academy Theatre on Saturday evening to help support the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company, one of our fabulous sponsors this year. … Continue reading
Here’s the final part to our Plot Party Chat, Plot! Thanks for reading! MattKinsi|Plot: In general, two types of plots. Character-Driven and Story-Driven. Know which one its yours. And get in that mindset. If character centric plot, what’s going to happen to the character to cause him/her to grow? Get those events down, even if it’s a brief five point outline. If event centric, you need to do more about the events. Get an outline going and plot it out … Continue reading
Here we have Part 2! Stay tuned for plot! Hype|Character: Alright, I’m going to take everyone through a brief intro into the basics of character creation. Everyone has their own unique process for creating characters. Some may use character sheets that use points or numbers to determine skill levels and abilities are common. Others may have pages of details for each character. Others might just have a general idea. For this chat, we’ll start with just an idea, and move … Continue reading
Alrighty, here’s part one of our plot party, for those of you who weren’t able to make it on Sunday. Parts two and three are coming soon! Warning!! This is a long, long, looong post! But it’s a good one! tiakall|Setting: Okay! So, in doing some thinking about setting, I realized you can divide every setting into three types. First, there’s the “present”, where it’s basically set in the modern day. While you may have some made-up elements in it … Continue reading
Hi there wrimos! It’s Hype again, back with another update about more of our fabulous fall festivities! Namely, our kickoffs! This time with more alliteration and less typos hopefully. As we’ve mentioned in a few of our blog posts and emails, NaNoLanta is partnering with the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (ARTC) for the 2011-2012 season. We’ll be using our little corner of the internet to help the ARTC get the word out about their upcoming Halloween weekend shows. Additionally, ARTC … Continue reading
NaNo season is almost here, and the MLs have been hard at working putting together some awesome stuff for all of you! We’re getting started a little early this year with some new fundraising programs that we hope you guys will be excited to get involved with, and they start…right now! You’ve already heard about our campaign to “make Matt miserable,” but today we’re also announcing our first Early Donation Incentive Program! What is it, you say? In short, … Continue reading
Howdy everyone! As you may have noticed, we’ve done another overhaul of the NaNoLanta website. We’re hoping this one sticks around for a good long while. In the meantime, you may notice some unfinished pages and things shuffling about. Never fear! We hope to have everything organized and ready to go for October 1st. Keep watching! We have some very exciting updates coming your way!
The Big Honkin Nametag List Since it was requested that the list be made available: AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN MY NOVEL * Pirates * Ninjas * Lesbians * Pirate ninja lesbians * Plot hole * Plot device * Literal plot hole/device * Breaking the fourth wall * Traditional romance * Tragic romance * Non-traditional romance * Crushes * High school * College * Corporate workplace * A foreign country * A foreign language * Tasers … Continue reading
