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Radio
plays must run to exact lengths as the programme schedule
is always fixed. There is no way of measuring the number
of minutes by the number of words or pages. The only reliable
method is to read the script aloud against the clock,
making allowances for sound effects, music and pauses.
Radio plays can very rarely be produced without some changes to the script sent in - this applies even to very experienced writers. If your script is accepted for production, be prepared to work with the producer, making cuts and changes in scenes if necessary.
"With radio, much more so than any other medium, you're
much closer to the final process. When you're writing
for radio you're working with a director - you'll go into
the studio with them, you'll actually be able to talk
to the actors (as long as you don't tell them how to act!),
and you'll be there as the piece of work is put together.
And after two or three days in the studio and a couple
of days editing, there is your final piece of work - and
there's nothing else that really happens so quickly, or
so close to you."
Mike Walker
"Overall, the best advice I can give is - you must listen to radio plays! I would suggest that you keep a journal and make notes on what you've heard, what you liked, what you didn't like, what you've learned, how you've analysed it. You'll soon get a feel of how wide the range of subject matter is and of how many different approaches to the medium there are."
Marcy Kahan
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