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Out On The Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio Paperback – 15 September 2015

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Go behind the scenes of our most ambitious radio programs and witness an intensely creative moment in a medium that's changing the way we tell stories.Every week, millions of devoted fans download or tune in toThis American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment,Radio Diaries,99%Invisible, and other nonfiction narrative radio shows. The compelling stories they produce are almost cinematic in scope and approach-intricately weaving sound into robust and engaging storytelling. A lot goes into making the shows we love. Anchored by surprising characters and big questions, their stories are tightly structured, edited, and soundtracked, and they introduce us to authentic voices from every walk of life.Radio and podcasts today are entrepreneurial and DIY; there's a can-do, collaborative spirit that characterizes people working in this field, fearlessly breaking new artistic ground. And more than ever, given the excellence and explosive popularity of shows like Serial, it's clear that the creative producers working in this medium hold the key to storytelling secrets that the rest of us must learn.Out on the Wire, a documentary comic, literally illustrates those secrets, gleaned straight from those on the frontlines of radio's revolution. With the help of This American Life's Ira Glass, cartoonist Jessica Abel uncovers just how producers construct a story, spilling some juicy insider details along the way. Jad Abumrad of RadioLab talks about chasing moments of awe with scientists, while Planet Money's Robert Smith speaks candidly about his slightly embarrassing strategy for putting interviewees at ease. And Abel reveals how mad-really mad-Ira Glass becomes when he receives tough edits from his colleagues.Informative and inventive, Out on the Wire shows us the magic that makes these shows great and why we can't stop listening to them.

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Praise for Jessica Abel's Out on the Wire

A Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2015

A Tech Times Best Comic of 2015

"A boundary-pushing comic, a love letter from one blossoming new media to another...Out on the Wire is a terrific book for radio superfans and would-be producers, a niche audience that isn't so niche anymore."--Los Angeles Times

"With comics and podcasts both on the rise, it's a perfect time for a media collision: Abel investigates modern narrative radio and its stars." -Entertainment Weekly

"One of fall's coolest graphic reads...Consider the 240 pages a documentary comic and Abel your host."--Marie Claire

"What makes [Out on the Wire] especially fascinating is its use of visuals to represent an aural form; not only are we reading behind-the-scenes stories of what we eventually hear, but we get a rare glimpse of what the people and places in them look like thanks to the not-often-enough-used comics journalism." --Chicagoreader.com

"This instructive, impassioned, and educational volume uses a deliberate and friendly approach in the vein of Scott McCloud... A must-read not just for listeners of today's great flowering of audio storytelling but for those who want to learn how to do it themselves."--Publishers Weekly

"A richly engaging graphic narrative about radio storytelling and storytelling in general... A spirited work whose readership should not be limited to those who make radio narrative or love to listen to it." --Kirkus Reviews [starred]

"Abel (La Perdida) has performed a metamasterpiece by reporting with visual finesse and detail the complicated and sometimes precarious process behind public radio shows such as Radiolab and This American Life... Indispensible for communications collections and a valuable asset for anyone considering a career in media." --Library Journal [starred]

About the Author

Cartoonist and writer JESSICA ABEL is the author of two textbooks about making comics,Drawing Words & Writing PicturesandMastering Comics, written in collaboration with her husband, the cartoonist Matt Madden. She is also the author of the graphic novelLa Perdidaand a new science fiction comics series calledTrish Trash- Rollergirl of Mars.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0385348436
Publisher ‏ : ‎ CROWN; 1st edition (15 September 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780385348430
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385348430
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.03 x 2.03 x 23.11 cm

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Author and coach Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills, Out on the Wire, La Perdida, and two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. Abel’s latest work of fiction is the Eisner-nominated Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars. She is Chair of the Illustration Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and lives with her family in Philadelphia.

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awaloski

No Annotation Ability or Text to Speech

Reviewed in the United States on 11 November 2022

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I was turned on to this book while working on creating a podcast for a university project, and it's got amazing content by amazing storytellers. I have to admit, I didn't know who Jessica Abel was - because I'm not into the graphic novel genre so I totally did not expect I was buying a really long comic book.

Because this entire book IS a graphic novel... it's a pain for me personally because of the fact that I'm big on notations on my Kindle books. I highlight, import to Readwise and Obsidian and process over what I learn. I can't do that with this book at all. Kindle apparently does not allow notations on graphic novels, so on either my iPad or Mac there is no highlighting of things I want to keep and expand upon. There is no changing of fonts to help my neurodivergent brain stop wandering off when I need to keep focus.

I'll say, it's not a deal breaker based on that, but very much a disappointment for me personally. Likely I would have gotten the physical paperback instead of the Kindle version if I had known that before ordering. Being able to double tap on a panel with the iPad to isolate it for easier reading in the app is a nice touch though, because there's also no zooming in to read tiny written text on my Mac.

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Julius

Pure gold

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I'm producing a podcast and I was looking for inspiration. This book is pure gold - the style of it, the behind the scenes insights, everything. I just love it.

guillaume

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super bouquin en anglais mais c'est pes trop compliqué a lire

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John

Visual and powerful telling about masterful storytelling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2021

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This book is an absolute gem. It carefully shares the characters and processes that have lead some of the most powerful podcasts in recent times. Beware - this book will have you reaching for a microphone and setting you out to find your own powerful stories to record and share.

Yukio

Não compre se for para o Kindle

Reviewed in Brazil on 2 July 2019

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A versão para o Kindle está muito mal formatada, texto não se ajusta à tela, é impossível de ler.

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