Character Development
I wrote a bunch of awful stories when I was younger. Now I’m forcing talented actors to read it aloud with me, and we get to find out whether it’s actually as terrible as I remember.
Every week on Character Development, Vince Dajani digs up an old short story, screenplay, novel, or other regrettable writing from his past and reads it with a guest who has made the terrible mistake of agreeing to participate.
There are space smurfs. There are phallic giants. There are murderers who apparently enjoy musical theater. And occasionally, something Vince wrote 15 years ago turns out to be… actually good?
It’s a comedy podcast about looking back at the terrible things you made, surviving your own artistic adolescence, and discovering that maybe you’ve gotten a little better.
You will cringe. Vince will cringe harder.
Episodes released weekly.
Vince has written a lot of terrible things over the years. Each week, Vince (and one unlucky guest) reads through an old short story, novel or script that should’ve never seen the light of day. It’s a lighthearted, funny and heartwarming look back at growing up, learning to write and developing a little personal character along the way. You’ll cringe. You’ll laugh. Vince will probably cry a little. Episodes released weekly.
Everyone knows characters need to explain their motivations aloud to whoever is nearby.
Chris and I read my 6th grade play, complete with a banished villain named Orgoth who “loves revenge,” a king who hires a mercenary to stop him, and a twist ending 11-year-old me was very proud of. Plus: if the show’s big enough a year from now, we’re performing this live on stage.
Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.
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0:00 The supervillain mustache
1:30 Silent Kingdom, written in 6th grade
4:00 Acting out the sound effects
5:30 Act 1: Orgoth is banished
8:00 Everyone announces their own name
9:30 Act 2: The king hires a mercenary
13:00 Mrs. Shanks’s edits & the hammer prop
14:30 A Russian prince plots
16:30 Characters get names when they say them
18:30 Act 3: Orgoth punches the king
24:00 Sword fight sound effects (no fight)
25:00 Screaming after you’ve been chainsawed
27:30 Getting shot into the sun
30:00 Stab him in the back, not the stomach
32:00 The prince stabs the jester
34:30 Shadow announces who hired him
35:00 Act 4: The prince’s betrayal
36:30 Act 5: The king’s very long rest
38:30 The twist
40:00 Final verdict
43:00 The first live show?