Parallel Worlds

Today we talk to Amy Butt , architect, lecturer, design tutor in architecture, and independent researcher. But today we’re talking about Amy’s other passion – science fiction. This is part one of a two-part podcast! Please listen in again tomorrow for more of our conversation.   If you want to read up on any of the subjects touched upon here, we talk about:  Novels / Short stor...

Today we're synthesising work from Week 2, Episode 5 with the list we made yesterday! Full transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website. Enjoy! 

This episode contains two exercises:  - A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander - A 10 minute exercise to - make a list of ‘things’ which have an underlying concept, from any area of human culture. You could list films, TV shows, books, poems, soap operas, operas, songs, games – whatever they are, make sure you ca...

This episode we're mixing it up a little, and listening to a story from another podcast! This episode features Ross Sutherland’s story Six House Parties , which is part of his podcast Imaginary Advice . You can also listen to the original story on Soundcloud , but I really recommend you subscribe to Imaginary Advice with your favourite podcast app!   Many thanks to Ross for letting us use thi...

This week, I speak to Sarah Lugthart from the Master Institute of Visual Cultures about her work on the Immersive Storytelling minor, techniques from the world of immersive theatre and audio, and some general ideas about prototyping experiences. For notes including references to the works we discuss, and a (not-quite-perfect) transcript, visit the Parallel Worlds site at parallel.olliepalmer.com ....

Full transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website! Today's exercises: - Self-reflection free write (5 minutes) - Foley exercise. You are going to do the same exercise as yesterday – trying to recreate the sound you chose in multi-track audio – but today you’re going to use other objects to do it. You can’t use the original object, or anything like it. But you can choose anythi...

Full transcript and exercises available at the course website, parallel.olliepalmer.com Exercises:  - Self-reflection (5 minutes) - This exercise requires a computer, or a multitrack audio editing programme on a smartphone or tablet:   - Part one: Over the past few weeks you’ve been recording sounds from everyday life. Your task today is to find one or more of those sounds – ideally something more...

Full show notes and transcript at parallel.olliepalmer.com Exercises: - Self-reflection freewrite (5 minutes) - List as many mystical objects as you can, ranging from the completely mundane to the outlandishly fantastical. We surround ourselves with objects that have special significance to us or others, which may seem irrational to an outsider. Today we’ll be creating a list of real-world and fic...

Full transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website! Today's exercises: - Self-reflection (5 minutes) - Artist origin stories - brainstorm. Bob Dylan was famous for telling everyone he met a different story about his background when he first arrived in New York City in the early 1960s. These built a mystique around a young man who was really the middle-class son of an electrical...

Full show notes at the Parallel Worlds website at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/pages/podcast/w03e01-exercises.html Today's exercises:   - Self-reflection freewrite (5 minutes)   - One of the best things about small children is that they’re gullible. As a grown-up, you can tell them anything. I used to lie to my smaller siblings: “Don’t leave any toys out in the garden, they’ll be stolen by cat...

This is a bonus episode! 🤠️For full show notes, including a *transcript* and 📚️more things to read, look at, and listen to, go to parallel.olliepalmer.com. For all sort of bonus fun stuff, see the resources page of the website.

More exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com

More exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com

More exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com

More exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com

This week we're progressing from writing exercises to audio exercises. A full transcript of this episode is available on the course website at parallel.olliepalmer.com . 

This episode is about counterfactuals! Full show notes and transcript available at parallel.olliepalmer.com

This is the fifth of the freewriting exercises this week. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are:  Your current situation  A change you would have made  Enjoy! :)  Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the ' messages ' link below.

This is the third of the freewriting exercises. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are: - Your current situation - "What could have been" Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here.

This is the third of the freewriting exercises. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are: Your current situation What could have been Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here .

This is the second of the freewriting exercises. The subjects to write about today are: Your current situation What could have been Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here.

This is the first of the freewriting exercises, introducing the concept of freewriting and two exercises to follow. The subjects to write about today are: Stuck Free Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here.

This is the introduction to Parallel Worlds. The podcast is supplemented by our website at parallel.olliepalmer.com , where you'll find transcripts of every episode, as well as exercises and further reading.  I refer to Tim Clare's podcast Death of 1000 Cuts in this podcast – you can find it here . It's a great introduction to writing and editing your work, I highly recommend it if you're eve...