u/TheAkashain

Hey everyone! I feel so stupid for not being able to find it, but does anyone know when KDE 6.7 will be in the testing or stable branch for Manjaro KDE users?

Edit: Right after posting this, my computer pinged a BUNCH of KDE updates on the testing branch. So, this question may only be appropriate for the stable branch!

Hello everyone! So, I write primarily audio dramas and scripts as my writing of choice. My team and I (where I'm lead writer, the other members are editors) aim to do 1 episode every 2 weeks. Each script is 4000 words, and we do 2 writing sessions a week, so that's loosely 1k spoken words per session.

I was wondering, in terms of words per week, what's your goal for writing dialogue or even creative spoken scripts? Why do you use that goal?

So, I write my audio drama with the goal of writing 1 episode every 2 weeks right now. This is purely a dialogue based script with some audio cues, so about 85% of words on the page are things being said by a person.

I generally try to write about 4000 words per episode, which is 2000 per week (or 1000 per writing session). What goals do you all work with? Do you even use a goal system?

I was wondering: People in recent posts have been saying that SCP Explained is a content farm, and that people should go watch TheVolgun (which I personally agree with, TheVolgun is how I got into SCP to begin with).

I was originally heavily inspired by TheVolgun and began making my own show, which eventually became a full scripted drama. But now I'm wondering, what is it about SCP Explained specifically that makes it a content farm? I know TheVolgun is fully dedicated into high-quality audio editing and acted out readings, and I assume that's why his content specifically isn't?

Hey everyone! So, just last night I had the pleasure of trying to write an audio-only stealth scene. To make a long story short: oh boy that was hard. So, I thought I would give a couple things I learned in my 3 hours of writing a 5 minute scene, and ask you all for advice back (and to confirm if my tips are reasonable):

1. Sound effects are key - there were SO MANY points where I was stuck with "what the hell would someone say here" when trying to progress the scene. Almost every single time, the solution that felt best turned out to be "they shouldn't say anything, they need to do something that is clear in audio, like walking, breathing, or shuffling"
2. The Over-Description Trap - You've probably all heard the advice of "don't over-describe your scene, leave it up to the listener's imagination." And... Yeah, that's right, but you now have a conflict with part 1: no one will know they're near a wall if you don't say there's a wall. Worse, if someone imagines a different layout, an action becomes incomprehensible. My scene had a team, and to get around this, I opened with the senior of the team saying "what do you see" and gave a one sentence layout. The minimum I needed.
3. Building Tension / Pacing - This was the hardest part for me. How do you make a stealth scene, with the bare minimum happening physically, feel tense and like it's moving? My solution was to have very brief interjections by the two stealthing members, such as shushing each other or warning the other of things coming up. I also generally shortened any single "little happening" scene and moved on to the "oh the target is moving and is dangerous" scene as quick as I could.

So, that's what I have! Do you have any tips?