Twenty minutes, eight sections. The example is a solo episode about starting a small vegetable garden; the brackets show where your own material goes.
Cold open
20 sec[the most interesting line in the episode, written word for word]
Last spring I grew forty pounds of tomatoes on a balcony the size of a parking space. I did almost everything wrong first. [music in, then under]
Intro and promise
45 sec[name, show, and exactly what the listener gets by the end]
Welcome to Small Plot Radio. I am [Your Name]. Today is about starting a vegetable garden when you have almost no space.
By the end of this episode you will know which three vegetables are worth growing first, and you will have one thing to do this weekend. [music out]
Segment one: the setup
5 min[context the listener needs; bullet points, not paragraphs]
Why small spaces are easier than you think: [one reason, one example from your own garden].
The one thing that actually limits you: sunlight, not square footage. [How to check how many hours of sun your space gets.]
Segment two: the core
8 min[your main points, each with an example or story]
Point one: start with what you actually eat. [Your three picks and why.]
Point two: bigger pots, fewer of them. [The mistake you made with small pots.] [pause]
Point three: water on a schedule, not on a feeling. [The routine that worked for you.]
Segment three: the turn
4 min[a counterpoint, a mistake, or a listener question]
A listener asked me last week: [the question]. Here is the honest answer, including the part I got wrong for two seasons.
Recap
45 sec[three takeaways, written out in full]
So, three things. Grow what you eat. Use fewer, bigger pots. Water on a schedule.
Call to action
20 sec[one ask only]
This weekend, measure how many hours of sun your space gets, and send me the number. I will read a few out next week.
Outro
20 sec[tease the next episode, sign off the same way every time]
Next week: what to plant in autumn. I am [Your Name], this has been Small Plot Radio. [music up and out]