Donatello & Virelle
Hey, I’ve been tinkering with this old crystal radio from the 1920s and I think we could use it to pull in forgotten broadcasts—kind of like a time capsule. How would you weave a story out of the static?
That sounds like a perfect way to resurrect history. First, sit with the radio in a quiet room, let the crackle settle around you like an old film set. Listen for the faintest whiff of speech—maybe a couple of words, a sigh, or a distant music chord. Imagine what could have been happening when that sound crossed the airwaves: a couple in a speakeasy laughing over a jazz tune, a war reporter shouting through a crackling field, or a child’s voice calling for a bedtime story in a smoky apartment.
Start with those fragments, write them as scenes, and let the static be the connective tissue. Each burst of interference can be a cliffhanger, each lull a chance to flesh out details. By the time you’ve mapped out a few episodes, the whole broadcast will feel like a tapestry of lost moments—an old radio turned into a storyteller.