Writing for the radio, in some ways, is very similar to writing for the page, but there are also integral ways that writing a radio script is very different. Let’s start with the way that a good radio play, for example, is similar to a good short story. 1. Short stories and radio plays need strong, compelling characters that the audience cares about. 2. Active verbs make the writing more interesting in both short stories and radio plays. 3. A good short story, like a radio play, starts right in the action. There is no meandering around, going on about back story or the setting in too much detail. The writer must hook the audience straight away; in radio even more so since one turn of the dial and the story is gone. 4. Telling the audience what to think and feel will kill a radio script just as quickly as it kills a short story. Let the audience be active in the story. 5. A good radio drama like a good short story is ‘lean and mean’. Get to the conflict quickly; introduce the protagonis...