Something stirs beneath the ground. After a series of unexplained earthquakes, two scientists descend deep into a coalmine to discover the cause. What they find in the deeps – and about each other – is beyond their imagination. Revisit this free to stream or download full-cast audio drama by Little Wonder Radio Plays.
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Toby – Keith Crawford
Sid – Roger Surridge
Eric Barnes/The Sleeper – Joe Wilkins
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If you haven’t been following us on Facebook, or even if you have, I’m delighted to share that the Little Wonder Radio Plays (almost) complete collection is now live and free to stream: 10–20-minute full cast audio dramas with award winning writers, professionally trained actors, and no adverts or paywalls. Just quality drama, for free, because we love making it.
You can stream all the plays below or visit our Little Wonder Radio Plays pages for more information. The rest of this article will talk about the Little Wonder relaunch, our first three plays, and links so that you can listen to all our material.
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In the last lesson we introduced the cycle of conflict, action, and resolution. This cycle begins when the character’s disappointed, ordinary life is first disrupted and continues until the moment when the book ends in success or failure. Thus we have an extra set: conflict, action, resolution -> transition into next cycle.
If at any point in your story you cannot identify a current conflict, then you need conflict. Conflict is what drives the story forwards. Remember: a conflict is a want prevented by an obstacle. It is important to note that if the resolution is clear before the action, then there is no real conflict. What you’re aiming to achieve is this response:
“Oh fuck! How is the hero going to get out of this one?”
So how do you know if you have a conflict?
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The protagonist is about to tell us the saddest story he has ever heard. It concerns how he and his wife Florence became friends with Captain and Leonora Ashburton, and how what outwardly seemed a happy life became riddle with lies, deception and betrayal. As our confused and saddened narrator attempts to sort out the story in his head, we are lead through a labyrinth of memories, maybe true and maybe false, to an inevitable, catastrophic conclusion.
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Two twins and their friend are lying in a back yard one night when the stars go out. Thus begins a story that spans thirty odd years, as the three of them find strive to survive and overcome the slow apocalypse that has overtaken the earth. What has caused the stars to go out? Who is behind this mystery? And how much longer does humanity have?
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