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The start of these online classes is just about a week away! If you want to learn more about how Gabriel Urbina, DTDM and Wolf 359 creator, approaches writing fiction podcasts, now's the time to sign up!

PSA: Dracula: The Danse Macabre creator Gabriel Urbina is teaching a set of online classes in the new year! 👨‍🏫

First, he's doing a new round of his classic online workshop Writing Stories For Sound! It's the three-hour interactive crash course through how he thinks about stories that are told entirely through audio - what their unique strengths and weaknesses are, what makes for a great audio experience, how to tell stories that make audiences lean forward. 🎙️

He's teaching the workshop two times - those are on February 2nd at 2:00 PM Eastern and on February 4th at 7:00 PM Eastern!

But wait, there's more! Because Gabriel is also offering his first ever Masterclass Edition of his online writing workshop, and it's a doozy! 📚

Gabriel is going to write the script for the pilot for a new audio fiction series in just six weeks, and he wants you to come along and write a script of your own! In this six week class, he will break down everything he knows about going from idea to full script, and he'll give you a series of writing assignments that turn the mountain of writing a script into a manageable climb! Best of all, he'll do everything he asks his students to do, so you'll get the inside look at how an Urbina story takes shape and comes together! 🛠️

The Masterclass is a six-week course, with sessions on Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM, starting on February 5th!

If you've been struggling to get your audio fiction ideas down on paper - or if you need a great gift for the audio fiction lover in your life for the holidays - don't miss out on the chance to go on a writing adventure with Gabriel! ✍️

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he may be gone now, but we have to remember:

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This is amazing! 🤩 Each more awesome than the last!

My costume designs for Mina Harker in Dracula: The Danse Macabre

Right to Left: School Teacher; Waiting for News; Vampire Hunter; The Voice In Her Head.

School Teacher: Based on the typical outfits seen in photographs from the late 1880s early 1890s. The silhouette is similar to that of the 1880s but with a small vertical shoulder puff.

A full length black dress, flat boots, a white cotton blouse underneath. The lack of a bustle is expected by the mid 1890s and the puffs on the sleeves are small for the era but practical for a teacher. This is before the widespread introduction of the straight-front corset and so Mina has a high collar and collar stays with a long line bodice. This isn't the height of fashion but not rocking the boat.

I kept Mina's school teacher design simple and conventional with a simple but practical bun and white gloves. She is restrained by the expectations of her gender and position and dresses to conform.

Waiting for News: Masculine styles were becoming more integrated into women's fashion and as Mina starts failing to conform as much and fights to protect Lucy, while also maintaining her place in society, I tried to give her an outfit that speaks to that duality. Her hair is based on portraits from the era and is a little fancier than her School Teacher bun. She wears white gloves and boots and a blouse with a high collar. The dress was specifically designed after the dress Gertrude wears in the 1895 Punch cartoon on the Bicycle Suit. Mina, despite her private frustrations, still isn't letting herself drop conformation. She is playing the role of Mina Harker and it's taking its toll. There are the puffed sleeves and expected silhouette. However, her colour pallette plays with the typical vampiric colours with the hints of red in her clothing. Her clothing here is her shield as she tries to play the role society expects of the wife waiting for news of her husband.

The Vampire Hunter: This outfit is a Victorian Cycling outfit with the split skirt and cycling jacket. Mina is on her mission to capture Dracula and thus needs to travel and move often. Her hair is braided up and she probably isn't changing her outfits often, focussed on her mission. The design in simple and practical and follows the "Rational Dress Movement" trends. She isn't wearing gloves and is getting her hands dirty.

The Voice In Her Head: here, Mina is embracing her Van Helsing heritage and the voice of Dracula in her head. This outfit is based on a 1898 style travelling outfit with a fashionable cape and hat. The cape is red with black lace patterning and the lace patterning around her collar of reminiscent of the traditional Vampire bite marks. The gap in the cape over her heart reveals her blouse which is white, showing that Mina hasn't let Dracula corrupt her fully, even as she is now integrated with the monster. Conversely, her skirt it white but with a red lining as she has Dracula's blood inside. The diagonal design on her skirt is fashionable for the time but is also reminiscent of the Christian cross which abjures vampires. Her cape's black lace also mimics the epaulette style as seen in her Waiting For News Design but also pauldrons as seen in armour. Her hat includes a red ribbon and a veil with red detailing as she is concealing the part of herself that contains Dracula from the rest of the world. Tucked into the ribbon are garlic flowers as used by Van Helsing in Dracula (Stoker).

I hope you liked these and go listen to @draculathedansemacabre

(Please forgive my lack of design skills and knowledge of historical dress)

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Get ready for a strange visitor... our audio drama adaptation of Carmilla releases next month! See the cast and crew here, and join our Patreon to listen to the first half of the series now!

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For anyone that wants a glimpse at how silly this gets...

Vampire fans! DTDM creator Gabriel Urbina just posted a very silly extra on his Patreon. A short script of Mina and Count Dracula reacting as they watch the 2024 version of Nosferatu.

In Gabriel's own words:

A little while ago, I watched the new film version of Nosferatu, which I really enjoyed, really admired, and also recognized was interested in different parts of the vampire myth than where I'm drawn towards.

But the whole time I was watching it, I had my version of Mina and Dracula whispering in my ear, chiming up about what they thought about this or that moment. It became a running thing throughout the whole film - the Mina/Dracula commentary track.

I kept thinking about it, and finally today I decided to jot down some of my favorite bits of that thought experiment. So, here for your enjoyment, is a brief sketch of Mina and Dracula going to see Nosferatu together. It's by no means everything they'd have to say about the movie, but it's what I think some of the greatest hits would be.

Needless to say, this is A. very silly and just meant to be in good fun, B. deeply non-canonical for about a million different reasons, C. full of spoilers for all four episodes of Dracula: The Danse Macabre and the 2024 version of Nosferatu, and D. very much written with a lot of admiration for the film and a a desire to poke some tongue-in-cheek fun at it.

The post with the nine-page script is available on his Patreon for everyone who is signed up to be a paid supporter at any level, from a dollar on up!

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Vampire fans! DTDM creator Gabriel Urbina just posted a very silly extra on his Patreon. A short script of Mina and Count Dracula reacting as they watch the 2024 version of Nosferatu.

In Gabriel's own words:

A little while ago, I watched the new film version of Nosferatu, which I really enjoyed, really admired, and also recognized was interested in different parts of the vampire myth than where I'm drawn towards.

But the whole time I was watching it, I had my version of Mina and Dracula whispering in my ear, chiming up about what they thought about this or that moment. It became a running thing throughout the whole film - the Mina/Dracula commentary track.

I kept thinking about it, and finally today I decided to jot down some of my favorite bits of that thought experiment. So, here for your enjoyment, is a brief sketch of Mina and Dracula going to see Nosferatu together. It's by no means everything they'd have to say about the movie, but it's what I think some of the greatest hits would be.

Needless to say, this is A. very silly and just meant to be in good fun, B. deeply non-canonical for about a million different reasons, C. full of spoilers for all four episodes of Dracula: The Danse Macabre and the 2024 version of Nosferatu, and D. very much written with a lot of admiration for the film and a a desire to poke some tongue-in-cheek fun at it.

The post with the nine-page script is available on his Patreon for everyone who is signed up to be a paid supporter at any level, from a dollar on up!

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Tomorrow at 8:00 PM! Gabriel is doing the last creator commentary for Dracula: The Danse Macabre's first season. Tune into his Patreon at 8:00 PM Eastern to hear him go through Episode 4, The Bride of Dracula!

Topics include:

The basement

Changes to the structure of novel's last act

Dracula's backstory

Cruelty in characters

Mirrors and reflections

The future of DTDM

Want to tune in but not sure if you want to sign up to contribute a monthly donation? Remember, Gabriel's Patreon offers a free trial so you can check things out and see if you want to sign up long-term!

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About three weeks away now!

If you want to write audio fiction like Dracula: The Danse Macabre, Wolf 359, Unseen, or Time:Bombs, these are the best, most thorough deep dives into how Gabriel approaches writing podcasts!

PSA: Dracula: The Danse Macabre creator Gabriel Urbina is teaching a set of online classes in the new year! 👨‍🏫

First, he's doing a new round of his classic online workshop Writing Stories For Sound! It's the three-hour interactive crash course through how he thinks about stories that are told entirely through audio - what their unique strengths and weaknesses are, what makes for a great audio experience, how to tell stories that make audiences lean forward. 🎙️

He's teaching the workshop two times - those are on February 2nd at 2:00 PM Eastern and on February 4th at 7:00 PM Eastern!

But wait, there's more! Because Gabriel is also offering his first ever Masterclass Edition of his online writing workshop, and it's a doozy! 📚

Gabriel is going to write the script for the pilot for a new audio fiction series in just six weeks, and he wants you to come along and write a script of your own! In this six week class, he will break down everything he knows about going from idea to full script, and he'll give you a series of writing assignments that turn the mountain of writing a script into a manageable climb! Best of all, he'll do everything he asks his students to do, so you'll get the inside look at how an Urbina story takes shape and comes together! 🛠️

The Masterclass is a six-week course, with sessions on Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM, starting on February 5th!

If you've been struggling to get your audio fiction ideas down on paper - or if you need a great gift for the audio fiction lover in your life for the holidays - don't miss out on the chance to go on a writing adventure with Gabriel! ✍️

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The thesis statement of our podcast.

"Mina and Dracula are fated to be together" wrong they're fated to meet in the pit

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Wow, this is incredible! 🤩

Couldn't stop drawing these two last night ✍️💀

Dracula: The Danse Macabre has completely stolen my heart. 🖤

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We are about a month away from the latest round of Gabriel's Writing Stories For Sound workshop, as well as the start of his brand new six-week Masterclass!

And since it's the new year, he's running a special sale on all of these. Use the promo code "RESOLUTION2025" when checking out for 20% off, whether you're signing up for the workshop or the masterclass!

But hurry - the offer's only good through the weekend. Come midnight on Monday, it turns back into a pumpkin! To find out more and sign up, visit Gabriel's website.

PSA: Dracula: The Danse Macabre creator Gabriel Urbina is teaching a set of online classes in the new year! 👨‍🏫

First, he's doing a new round of his classic online workshop Writing Stories For Sound! It's the three-hour interactive crash course through how he thinks about stories that are told entirely through audio - what their unique strengths and weaknesses are, what makes for a great audio experience, how to tell stories that make audiences lean forward. 🎙️

He's teaching the workshop two times - those are on February 2nd at 2:00 PM Eastern and on February 4th at 7:00 PM Eastern!

But wait, there's more! Because Gabriel is also offering his first ever Masterclass Edition of his online writing workshop, and it's a doozy! 📚

Gabriel is going to write the script for the pilot for a new audio fiction series in just six weeks, and he wants you to come along and write a script of your own! In this six week class, he will break down everything he knows about going from idea to full script, and he'll give you a series of writing assignments that turn the mountain of writing a script into a manageable climb! Best of all, he'll do everything he asks his students to do, so you'll get the inside look at how an Urbina story takes shape and comes together! 🛠️

The Masterclass is a six-week course, with sessions on Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM, starting on February 5th!

If you've been struggling to get your audio fiction ideas down on paper - or if you need a great gift for the audio fiction lover in your life for the holidays - don't miss out on the chance to go on a writing adventure with Gabriel! ✍️

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In case you missed this post yesterday, a brief update on the future of DTDM!

Short version, we want to make more of it! We want to hear Mina solve more supernatural mysteries.

Best way to make that ASAP? Get a ton of people to listen to and fall in love with these first four episodes. So please, go out and get two of your friends to listen to DTDM, and then have each of them get two people to listen to the show, and so on!

We are here to tell you that vampire-related pyramid schemes are good and work!*

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our legal team has insisted that we stress that pyramid schemes are not good and they do not in fact work, regardless of how many vampires are involved in them.

We just got to 10,000 downloads, which for a little indie show with a cast of just two that debuted less than two months ago is an absolutely amazing feat. We're so grateful that so many of you have taken a chance on our show.

Now let's get to 20K, and to 50K, and to 100K! The more people listen to the show, the easier it'll be to get the budget to make Book Two ASAP!

For everyone that's been asking about the future of Dracula: The Danse Macabre...

Series creator Gabriel Urbina posted this thread talking about the show's future. The highlights are:

The folks involved in making the show would love to make more of it. The dream would be for the Dracula arc to just be Book One of the series, with Book Two featuring Mina, now working as an occult detective and with Count Dracula still whispering in her ear, tackling the plot of another great 19th Century horror novel.

In time, the podcast would have Mina work her way through the mysteries at the hearts of many classics of 1800's horror literature, like Frankenstein, the works of Edgar Allen Poe, The King in Yellow, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Charles Dickens's ghost stories, and so on!

We'd all love to get back to the studio and keep making more of DTDM right away. The spirit is willing, but the budget is week - we'd need to find multiple thousands of dollars of budget to get to make more of this show. So it might take a bit. If you want to help us get there ASAP, the things to do are:

Get as many people as you can to listen to the show! The more attention it gets, the easier it is to find partnerships and promo deals that can help secure a production budget for Season Two.

If you can, sign up for a recurring donation at Gabriel's Patreon.

But hopefully, before too long, we can be back on the feed with more of The Danse Macabre, and we can hear as Mina and Dracula face off against another classic of 19th Century Literature!

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For everyone that's been asking about the future of Dracula: The Danse Macabre...

Series creator Gabriel Urbina posted this thread talking about the show's future. The highlights are:

The folks involved in making the show would love to make more of it. The dream would be for the Dracula arc to just be Book One of the series, with Book Two featuring Mina, now working as an occult detective and with Count Dracula still whispering in her ear, tackling the plot of another great 19th Century horror novel.

In time, the podcast would have Mina work her way through the mysteries at the hearts of many classics of 1800's horror literature, like Frankenstein, the works of Edgar Allen Poe, The King in Yellow, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Charles Dickens's ghost stories, and so on!

We'd all love to get back to the studio and keep making more of DTDM right away. The spirit is willing, but the budget is week - we'd need to find multiple thousands of dollars of budget to get to make more of this show. So it might take a bit. If you want to help us get there ASAP, the things to do are:

Get as many people as you can to listen to the show! The more attention it gets, the easier it is to find partnerships and promo deals that can help secure a production budget for Season Two.

If you can, sign up for a recurring donation at Gabriel's Patreon.

But hopefully, before too long, we can be back on the feed with more of The Danse Macabre, and we can hear as Mina and Dracula face off against another classic of 19th Century Literature!

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We love love love to see it

Go into the new year with the energy of the ghost of Mina Harker from this episode 3 script extract recording in January!

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Dawn breaks.

Dracula: The Danse Macabre

Starring Evangeline Young & Peter Coleman.

Sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner.

Music by Alan Rodi.

Script editing by Sarah Shachat.

Recorded by Robby Schwartz at Soho Recording.

Written & directed by Gabriel Urbina.

Episode 4: The Bride of Dracula

The Season Finale. Now Available.

The dance comes to a close.

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do you love the color of the audio drama?

which one? ;)