How to Write a Bestselling Audio Drama with Writer/Producer Aaron Tracy: Part One - Redux
From The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience by Kelton Reid
March 10, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
Aaron Tracy discusses the intricacies of writing and producing audio dramas and TV shows.
In anticipation of the third part in our series! Yale educator and TV writer/producer, Aaron Tracy, spoke with me about what it takes to make it as a TV writer, breaking into the audio drama space, producing Audible’s most successful original fiction series, and working on the upcoming “Supreme” with Eva Longoria. Aaron Tracy teaches “The Art and Craft of Television Drama” at Yale University, and his TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, Fairly Legal, The Tap, and Sequestered, a serialized thriller that ran two seasons, for which he was Creator and Executive Producer. He is also the Creator, Head Writer, and Exec. Producer of scripted audio dramas for iHeartRadio, Audible, and Spotify, with various production partners. These include an underdog NBA story with Steve Nash, a legal thriller with James Patterson, a historical romance with Shonda Rhimes, and a courtroom drama with Eva Longoria. His first show to be released, The Coldest Case, a detective thriller starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, and Alexis Bledel, premiered as the #1 download on Audible in 2021, and has since become the most downloaded show in Audible Plus history. His audio entertainment company, Parallax, is the…
People in this episode
Host: Kelton Reid
Guest: Aaron Tracy
Topics covered
- audio drama
- TV writing
- production
- storytelling
- creativity
Keywords
- audio drama
- TV writing
- Yale educator
- scripted audio
- production
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Yale University, iHeartRadio, Audible, Spotify
Books & works: The Coldest Case, Law & Order: SVU, Fairly Legal, The Tap, Sequestered
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