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    <title>Character Development: A Comedy Podcast Where Actors Perform My Cringiest Old Stories</title>
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    <description>I wrote a bunch of awful stories when I was younger. Now I'm forcing professional actors to read them aloud with me, and we get to find out whether they're actually as terrible as I remember.

Every week on Character Development, Vince Dajani digs up an old short story, screenplay, novel, or other regrettable writing from his past and reads it with a guest who has made the terrible mistake of agreeing to participate.

There are space smurfs. There are phallic giants. There are murderers who apparently enjoy musical theater. And occasionally, something Vince wrote 15 years ago turns out to be... actually good?

It's a comedy podcast about looking back at the terrible things you made, surviving your own artistic adolescence, and discovering that maybe you've gotten a little better.

You will cringe. Vince will cringe harder.

Episodes released weekly. Bonus content at Patreon.com/VinceDajani</description>
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    <itunes:summary>I wrote a bunch of awful stories when I was younger. Now I'm forcing professional actors to read them aloud with me, and we get to find out whether they're actually as terrible as I remember.

Every week on Character Development, Vince Dajani digs up an old short story, screenplay, novel, or other regrettable writing from his past and reads it with a guest who has made the terrible mistake of agreeing to participate.

There are space smurfs. There are phallic giants. There are murderers who apparently enjoy musical theater. And occasionally, something Vince wrote 15 years ago turns out to be... actually good?

It's a comedy podcast about looking back at the terrible things you made, surviving your own artistic adolescence, and discovering that maybe you've gotten a little better.

You will cringe. Vince will cringe harder.

Episodes released weekly. Bonus content at Patreon.com/VinceDajani</itunes:summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>I wrote a bunch of awful stories when I was younger. Now I'm forcing professional actors to read them aloud with me, and we get to find out whether they're actually as terrible as I remember.</p>
<p>Every week on <em>Character Development</em>, Vince Dajani digs up an old short story, screenplay, novel, or other regrettable writing from his past and reads it with a guest who has made the terrible mistake of agreeing to participate.</p>
<p>There are space smurfs. There are phallic giants. There are murderers who apparently enjoy musical theater. And occasionally, something Vince wrote 15 years ago turns out to be... actually good?</p>
<p>It's a comedy podcast about looking back at the terrible things you made, surviving your own artistic adolescence, and discovering that maybe you've gotten a little better.</p>
<p><strong>You will cringe. Vince will cringe harder.</strong></p>
<p>Episodes released weekly. Bonus content at Patreon.com/VinceDajani</p>]]>
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      <title>The Tuddy Bear: He Sold His Soul And Came Back As A Stuffed Animal </title>
      <description>The Tuddy Bear: a horror story I wrote at 20 for a college English class, about a man who sells his soul to the devil to save his dying wife and gets reincarnated as a stuffed teddy bear with a pull string. His mission: find the devil’s missing son somewhere in Hell-Knows-Where, Texas. His secret weapon: a mouth full of razor teeth where his stomach should be.

Chris and I read all 18 pages, including every single time I wrote the name “Gus.” Plus: the possessed bath toy I threw out of my house, the demon door in my office, and the professor who told me fiction was a waste of time.



Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!

Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction


1:00 The floating eyeball

2:00 Reincarnation, the afterlife and the Tuddy Bear

4:00 Raised Catholic

6:00 The story begins

8:00 Terrifying cartoons from our childhood

12:00 The devil’s mission

16:00 Mephistopheles

21:00 Adolescent malformed samurai tortoises

24:00 The possessed bath toy

26:00 The demon door

28:00 Believer vs. skeptic

30:00 Why haunted places feel haunted

32:00 “If Gus had a pair of lungs to sigh with”

36:00 The school bus

40:00 The boy with hair down to his feet

47:00 Barbie’s Dreamhouse

51:00 Gus’s wife

56:00 The mouth in his stomach

1:02:00 Leave us a review, please

1:06:00 The deal with the devil

1:12:00 The girl with the green aura

1:16:00 The shapeshifter

1:21:00 The twist

1:26:00 Final verdict

1:29:00 The teacher who said fiction was a waste of time

1:30:00 Coming soon: the novel

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>Vince Dajani</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>The Tuddy Bear: a horror story I wrote at 20 for a college English class, about a man who sells his soul to the devil to save his dying wife and gets reincarnated as a stuffed teddy bear with a pull string. His mission: find the devil’s missing son somewhere in Hell-Knows-Where, Texas. His secret weapon: a mouth full of razor teeth where his stomach should be.

Chris and I read all 18 pages, including every single time I wrote the name “Gus.” Plus: the possessed bath toy I threw out of my house, the demon door in my office, and the professor who told me fiction was a waste of time.



Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!

Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction


1:00 The floating eyeball

2:00 Reincarnation, the afterlife and the Tuddy Bear

4:00 Raised Catholic

6:00 The story begins

8:00 Terrifying cartoons from our childhood

12:00 The devil’s mission

16:00 Mephistopheles

21:00 Adolescent malformed samurai tortoises

24:00 The possessed bath toy

26:00 The demon door

28:00 Believer vs. skeptic

30:00 Why haunted places feel haunted

32:00 “If Gus had a pair of lungs to sigh with”

36:00 The school bus

40:00 The boy with hair down to his feet

47:00 Barbie’s Dreamhouse

51:00 Gus’s wife

56:00 The mouth in his stomach

1:02:00 Leave us a review, please

1:06:00 The deal with the devil

1:12:00 The girl with the green aura

1:16:00 The shapeshifter

1:21:00 The twist

1:26:00 Final verdict

1:29:00 The teacher who said fiction was a waste of time

1:30:00 Coming soon: the novel

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Tuddy Bear: a horror story I wrote at 20 for a college English class, about a man who sells his soul to the devil to save his dying wife and gets reincarnated as a stuffed teddy bear with a pull string. His mission: find the devil’s missing son somewhere in Hell-Knows-Where, Texas. His secret weapon: a mouth full of razor teeth where his stomach should be.</p>
<p>Chris and I read all 18 pages, including every single time I wrote the name “Gus.” Plus: the possessed bath toy I threw out of my house, the demon door in my office, and the professor who told me fiction was a waste of time.</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!</p>
<p>Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction
</p>
<p>1:00 The floating eyeball</p>
<p>2:00 Reincarnation, the afterlife and the Tuddy Bear</p>
<p>4:00 Raised Catholic</p>
<p>6:00 The story begins</p>
<p>8:00 Terrifying cartoons from our childhood</p>
<p>12:00 The devil’s mission</p>
<p>16:00 Mephistopheles</p>
<p>21:00 Adolescent malformed samurai tortoises</p>
<p>24:00 The possessed bath toy</p>
<p>26:00 The demon door</p>
<p>28:00 Believer vs. skeptic</p>
<p>30:00 Why haunted places feel haunted</p>
<p>32:00 “If Gus had a pair of lungs to sigh with”</p>
<p>36:00 The school bus</p>
<p>40:00 The boy with hair down to his feet</p>
<p>47:00 Barbie’s Dreamhouse</p>
<p>51:00 Gus’s wife</p>
<p>56:00 The mouth in his stomach</p>
<p>1:02:00 Leave us a review, please</p>
<p>1:06:00 The deal with the devil</p>
<p>1:12:00 The girl with the green aura</p>
<p>1:16:00 The shapeshifter</p>
<p>1:21:00 The twist</p>
<p>1:26:00 Final verdict</p>
<p>1:29:00 The teacher who said fiction was a waste of time</p>
<p>1:30:00 Coming soon: the novel
</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>The Villain Explains His Evil Plan to Everyone: My 6th Grade Play</title>
      <description>Silent Kingdom, the fantasy play I wrote in 6th grade, where the banished villain Orgoth announces his evil plan to anyone within earshot, everyone introduces themselves by name, and the twist ending made 11-year-old me very proud.

Chris and I read my 6th grade play, complete with a banished villain named Orgoth who “loves revenge,” a king who hires a mercenary to stop him, and a twist ending 11-year-old me was very proud of. Plus: if the show’s big enough a year from now, we’re performing this live on stage. 

Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.

Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!

Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction



0:00 The supervillain mustache

1:30 Silent Kingdom, written in 6th grade

4:00 Acting out the sound effects

5:30 Act 1: Orgoth is banished

8:00 Everyone announces their own name

9:30 Act 2: The king hires a mercenary

13:00 Mrs. Shanks's edits &amp; the hammer prop

14:30 A Russian prince plots

16:30 Characters get names when they say them

18:30 Act 3: Orgoth punches the king

24:00 Sword fight sound effects (no fight)

25:00 Screaming after you've been chainsawed

27:30 Getting shot into the sun

30:00 Stab him in the back, not the stomach

32:00 The prince stabs the jester

34:30 Shadow announces who hired him

35:00 Act 4: The prince's betrayal

36:30 Act 5: The king's very long rest

38:30 The twist

40:00 Final verdict

43:00 The first live show?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Vince Dajani</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Silent Kingdom, the fantasy play I wrote in 6th grade, where the banished villain Orgoth announces his evil plan to anyone within earshot, everyone introduces themselves by name, and the twist ending made 11-year-old me very proud.

Chris and I read my 6th grade play, complete with a banished villain named Orgoth who “loves revenge,” a king who hires a mercenary to stop him, and a twist ending 11-year-old me was very proud of. Plus: if the show’s big enough a year from now, we’re performing this live on stage. 

Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.

Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!

Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction



0:00 The supervillain mustache

1:30 Silent Kingdom, written in 6th grade

4:00 Acting out the sound effects

5:30 Act 1: Orgoth is banished

8:00 Everyone announces their own name

9:30 Act 2: The king hires a mercenary

13:00 Mrs. Shanks's edits &amp; the hammer prop

14:30 A Russian prince plots

16:30 Characters get names when they say them

18:30 Act 3: Orgoth punches the king

24:00 Sword fight sound effects (no fight)

25:00 Screaming after you've been chainsawed

27:30 Getting shot into the sun

30:00 Stab him in the back, not the stomach

32:00 The prince stabs the jester

34:30 Shadow announces who hired him

35:00 Act 4: The prince's betrayal

36:30 Act 5: The king's very long rest

38:30 The twist

40:00 Final verdict

43:00 The first live show?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Silent Kingdom, the fantasy play I wrote in 6th grade, where the banished villain Orgoth announces his evil plan to anyone within earshot, everyone introduces themselves by name, and the twist ending made 11-year-old me very proud.

Chris and I read my 6th grade play, complete with a banished villain named Orgoth who “loves revenge,” a king who hires a mercenary to stop him, and a twist ending 11-year-old me was very proud of. Plus: if the show’s big enough a year from now, we’re performing this live on stage. 

Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.</p>
<p>Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!</p>
<p>Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>0:00 The supervillain mustache</p>
<p>1:30 Silent Kingdom, written in 6th grade</p>
<p>4:00 Acting out the sound effects</p>
<p>5:30 Act 1: Orgoth is banished</p>
<p>8:00 Everyone announces their own name</p>
<p>9:30 Act 2: The king hires a mercenary</p>
<p>13:00 Mrs. Shanks's edits &amp; the hammer prop</p>
<p>14:30 A Russian prince plots</p>
<p>16:30 Characters get names when they say them</p>
<p>18:30 Act 3: Orgoth punches the king</p>
<p>24:00 Sword fight sound effects (no fight)</p>
<p>25:00 Screaming after you've been chainsawed</p>
<p>27:30 Getting shot into the sun</p>
<p>30:00 Stab him in the back, not the stomach</p>
<p>32:00 The prince stabs the jester</p>
<p>34:30 Shadow announces who hired him</p>
<p>35:00 Act 4: The prince's betrayal</p>
<p>36:30 Act 5: The king's very long rest</p>
<p>38:30 The twist</p>
<p>40:00 Final verdict</p>
<p>43:00 The first live show?</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>Sticky Fingers: Reading My Award-Winning r/NoSleep Horror Story</title>
      <description>A horror story about spam calls that won't stop, which I wrote at 29 and posted to r/NoSleep. It got 4,400 upvotes, but did it deserve them?

After weeks of roasting my teenage writing, it's the real test: did I ever get good? Chris and I read it start to finish and find out.


Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!

Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction


0:00 Welcome back
2:53 Recording sick
4:54 The extended warranty calls
6:42 What is r/NoSleep?
7:54 The story begins
18:27 Chris got hit by a car
24:02 Don't press 1
25:56 The quick brown fox
32:43 The 911 call
35:38 British 911 operators
39:41 The voicemail
47:06 Baltimore police at the door
53:51 Why I write about losing kids
1:01:31 The call center
1:06:50 The ending
1:07:51 Final verdict
1:16:06 Outro


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:author>Vince Dajani</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>A horror story about spam calls that won't stop, which I wrote at 29 and posted to r/NoSleep. It got 4,400 upvotes, but did it deserve them?

After weeks of roasting my teenage writing, it's the real test: did I ever get good? Chris and I read it start to finish and find out.


Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!

Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction


0:00 Welcome back
2:53 Recording sick
4:54 The extended warranty calls
6:42 What is r/NoSleep?
7:54 The story begins
18:27 Chris got hit by a car
24:02 Don't press 1
25:56 The quick brown fox
32:43 The 911 call
35:38 British 911 operators
39:41 The voicemail
47:06 Baltimore police at the door
53:51 Why I write about losing kids
1:01:31 The call center
1:06:50 The ending
1:07:51 Final verdict
1:16:06 Outro


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A horror story about spam calls that won't stop, which I wrote at 29 and posted to r/NoSleep. It got 4,400 upvotes, but did it deserve them?

After weeks of roasting my teenage writing, it's the real test: did I ever get good? Chris and I read it start to finish and find out.
</p>
<p>Please rate and review on your favorite podcast app. It really helps!</p>
<p>Follow Vince on all social medias @VinceInFiction</p>
<p>
0:00 Welcome back
2:53 Recording sick
4:54 The extended warranty calls
6:42 What is r/NoSleep?
7:54 The story begins
18:27 Chris got hit by a car
24:02 Don't press 1
25:56 The quick brown fox
32:43 The 911 call
35:38 British 911 operators
39:41 The voicemail
47:06 Baltimore police at the door
53:51 Why I write about losing kids
1:01:31 The call center
1:06:50 The ending
1:07:51 Final verdict
1:16:06 Outro

</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>4740</itunes:duration>
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      <title>The Curse of Bloody Mary: My Teen Slasher Describes More Colors Than Kills</title>
      <description>The Curse of Bloody Mary: the urban legend slasher I wrote as a teenager, which spends more time on paint colors, floor plans and one very important sofa than on scaring anyone. The actual scare shows up on page eight.

Chris and I read every cream-colored detail. Say her name three times if you dare.

Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.


If this show made you laugh, consider watching more or supporting us at https://Patreon.com/VinceDajani


0:00 Bugs under the skin
1:23 Maggot medicine (sorry)
3:43 Who was Bloody Mary?
6:29 The psychiatrist's office
11:12 Chekhov's sofa
13:20 The anxious pen
17:14 Sleep paralysis theories
19:27 Meet Cameron
24:09 The full floor plan tour
34:02 Generic dance party music
42:41 The ghost story
50:58 Saying it three times
55:04 The storm hits
59:28 The mirror scene
1:13:38 Tier list and wrap-up
1:15:52 Ask your mom for more


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:01:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Vince Dajani</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>The Curse of Bloody Mary: the urban legend slasher I wrote as a teenager, which spends more time on paint colors, floor plans and one very important sofa than on scaring anyone. The actual scare shows up on page eight.

Chris and I read every cream-colored detail. Say her name three times if you dare.

Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.


If this show made you laugh, consider watching more or supporting us at https://Patreon.com/VinceDajani


0:00 Bugs under the skin
1:23 Maggot medicine (sorry)
3:43 Who was Bloody Mary?
6:29 The psychiatrist's office
11:12 Chekhov's sofa
13:20 The anxious pen
17:14 Sleep paralysis theories
19:27 Meet Cameron
24:09 The full floor plan tour
34:02 Generic dance party music
42:41 The ghost story
50:58 Saying it three times
55:04 The storm hits
59:28 The mirror scene
1:13:38 Tier list and wrap-up
1:15:52 Ask your mom for more


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Curse of Bloody Mary: the urban legend slasher I wrote as a teenager, which spends more time on paint colors, floor plans and one very important sofa than on scaring anyone. The actual scare shows up on page eight.

Chris and I read every cream-colored detail. Say her name three times if you dare.

Character Development is a comedy podcast where voice actors and I roast my cringiest old stories.
</p>
<p>If this show made you laugh, consider watching more or supporting us at https://Patreon.com/VinceDajani</p>
<p>
0:00 Bugs under the skin
1:23 Maggot medicine (sorry)
3:43 Who was Bloody Mary?
6:29 The psychiatrist's office
11:12 Chekhov's sofa
13:20 The anxious pen
17:14 Sleep paralysis theories
19:27 Meet Cameron
24:09 The full floor plan tour
34:02 Generic dance party music
42:41 The ghost story
50:58 Saying it three times
55:04 The storm hits
59:28 The mirror scene
1:13:38 Tier list and wrap-up
1:15:52 Ask your mom for more

</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>My Ghost-Whispering Mortician Also Murdered His Wife (How i Died First Draft) </title>
      <description>The unaired first draft of my murder-mystery podcast How i Died, starring a 70-year-old Russian mortician who talks to ghosts, solves murders and, it turns out, murdered his wife.

Voice actor Sarah Golding joins me to perform the original pilot, Russian accent and all, and we find out how much changed before the real show got made.





0:00 Welcome Sarah Golding

4:11 How to do a Russian accent

5:46 Cold open: the morgue standoff

9:55 Meet Victor Spader

16:34 The viewing (and 20 kids?)

26:12 The ghost who was murdered

30:42 Act 2: Victor refuses to help

38:19 Enter Coroner Crowley

46:26 The secret in Victor's apartment

55:39 Victor's wild deductions

58:54 "I killed my wife"

1:01:08 Breaking down the twist

1:07:43 Sarah's own horror writing

1:12:27 Where to find Sarah


If you think this is funny and you want more, head to https://Patreon.com/VinceDajani




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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:54:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Vince Dajani</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>The unaired first draft of my murder-mystery podcast How i Died, starring a 70-year-old Russian mortician who talks to ghosts, solves murders and, it turns out, murdered his wife.

Voice actor Sarah Golding joins me to perform the original pilot, Russian accent and all, and we find out how much changed before the real show got made.





0:00 Welcome Sarah Golding

4:11 How to do a Russian accent

5:46 Cold open: the morgue standoff

9:55 Meet Victor Spader

16:34 The viewing (and 20 kids?)

26:12 The ghost who was murdered

30:42 Act 2: Victor refuses to help

38:19 Enter Coroner Crowley

46:26 The secret in Victor's apartment

55:39 Victor's wild deductions

58:54 "I killed my wife"

1:01:08 Breaking down the twist

1:07:43 Sarah's own horror writing

1:12:27 Where to find Sarah


If you think this is funny and you want more, head to https://Patreon.com/VinceDajani




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Voice actor Sarah Golding joins me to perform the original pilot, Russian accent and all, and we find out how much changed before the real show got made.

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<p>0:00 Welcome Sarah Golding</p>
<p>4:11 How to do a Russian accent</p>
<p>5:46 Cold open: the morgue standoff</p>
<p>9:55 Meet Victor Spader</p>
<p>16:34 The viewing (and 20 kids?)</p>
<p>26:12 The ghost who was murdered</p>
<p>30:42 Act 2: Victor refuses to help</p>
<p>38:19 Enter Coroner Crowley</p>
<p>46:26 The secret in Victor's apartment</p>
<p>55:39 Victor's wild deductions</p>
<p>58:54 "I killed my wife"</p>
<p>1:01:08 Breaking down the twist</p>
<p>1:07:43 Sarah's own horror writing</p>
<p>1:12:27 Where to find Sarah</p>
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If you think this is funny and you want more, head to https://Patreon.com/VinceDajani</p>
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<p><br></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <description>My teenage sci-fi horror story has three pages of lore, space elves who crouch-walk everywhere, and giants described in a deeply unfortunate way. Now I’m reading it out loud.

Voice actor Chris Harris-Beechy joins me from inside my TV to roast “Nocturne,” a handwritten story from 2007 that was never meant to be seen again.


Episodes released weekly. Bonus content at Patreon.com/VinceDajani


Follow Vince on TikTok &amp; Instagram @VinceInFiction



0:00 Welcome to Character Development

1:58 Meet Nocturn, written at 16

4:17 Three pages of lore

8:56 Space smurfs and the one woman

11:29 My handwriting looks like spiders

14:01 Chapter 1: Night watch

17:01 The double crouch

23:02 Don't put mystery metal in your ear

29:13 Chapter 2: Nobody talks

31:03 Ten feet of night vision

43:37 The mating grounds

46:38 What becoming a dad changed

52:30 Chapter 3: The giant

56:06 Edging the penis giant

1:01:58 Final verdict

1:05:36 What's coming next


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      <itunes:summary>My teenage sci-fi horror story has three pages of lore, space elves who crouch-walk everywhere, and giants described in a deeply unfortunate way. Now I’m reading it out loud.

Voice actor Chris Harris-Beechy joins me from inside my TV to roast “Nocturne,” a handwritten story from 2007 that was never meant to be seen again.


Episodes released weekly. Bonus content at Patreon.com/VinceDajani


Follow Vince on TikTok &amp; Instagram @VinceInFiction



0:00 Welcome to Character Development

1:58 Meet Nocturn, written at 16

4:17 Three pages of lore

8:56 Space smurfs and the one woman

11:29 My handwriting looks like spiders

14:01 Chapter 1: Night watch

17:01 The double crouch

23:02 Don't put mystery metal in your ear

29:13 Chapter 2: Nobody talks

31:03 Ten feet of night vision

43:37 The mating grounds

46:38 What becoming a dad changed

52:30 Chapter 3: The giant

56:06 Edging the penis giant

1:01:58 Final verdict

1:05:36 What's coming next


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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<p>Voice actor Chris Harris-Beechy joins me from inside my TV to roast “Nocturne,” a handwritten story from 2007 that was never meant to be seen again.</p>
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Episodes released weekly. Bonus content at Patreon.com/VinceDajani
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<p>Follow Vince on TikTok &amp; Instagram @VinceInFiction</p>
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<p>0:00 Welcome to Character Development</p>
<p>1:58 Meet Nocturn, written at 16</p>
<p>4:17 Three pages of lore</p>
<p>8:56 Space smurfs and the one woman</p>
<p>11:29 My handwriting looks like spiders</p>
<p>14:01 Chapter 1: Night watch</p>
<p>17:01 The double crouch</p>
<p>23:02 Don't put mystery metal in your ear</p>
<p>29:13 Chapter 2: Nobody talks</p>
<p>31:03 Ten feet of night vision</p>
<p>43:37 The mating grounds</p>
<p>46:38 What becoming a dad changed</p>
<p>52:30 Chapter 3: The giant</p>
<p>56:06 Edging the penis giant</p>
<p>1:01:58 Final verdict</p>
<p>1:05:36 What's coming next</p>
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      <description>At some point in their life, most writers have written really terrible stories. 

Vince Dajani has, for some reason, kept them all. Now he's going to force his very talented actor friends to read them.

Every week on Character Development, a comedy podcast, Vince and a guest who has regrettably accepted, read through a sci-fi, horror or thriller piece of writing. 

There are teen slasher's where every character sounds edgy as hell. 

There's sci -fi giants that read just a little bit too much like giant penises. 

And there's a murderer who enjoys musical theater for some reason. 

With guests like Brandon Kyle Goodman, Guillermo Diaz, Katie Lowe's  and Sarah Golding, there's sure to be laughs and plenty of cringing. 

Listen to Character Development: A Comedy Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. 
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
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Vince Dajani has, for some reason, kept them all. Now he's going to force his very talented actor friends to read them.

Every week on Character Development, a comedy podcast, Vince and a guest who has regrettably accepted, read through a sci-fi, horror or thriller piece of writing. 

There are teen slasher's where every character sounds edgy as hell. 

There's sci -fi giants that read just a little bit too much like giant penises. 

And there's a murderer who enjoys musical theater for some reason. 

With guests like Brandon Kyle Goodman, Guillermo Diaz, Katie Lowe's  and Sarah Golding, there's sure to be laughs and plenty of cringing. 

Listen to Character Development: A Comedy Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. 
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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<p>Vince Dajani has, for some reason, kept them all. Now he's going to force his very talented actor friends to read them.</p>
<p>Every week on Character Development, a comedy podcast, Vince and a guest who has regrettably accepted, read through a sci-fi, horror or thriller piece of writing. </p>
<p>There are teen slasher's where every character sounds edgy as hell. </p>
<p>There's sci -fi giants that read just a little bit too much like giant penises. </p>
<p>And there's a murderer who enjoys musical theater for some reason. </p>
<p>With guests like Brandon Kyle Goodman, Guillermo Diaz, Katie Lowe's  and Sarah Golding, there's sure to be laughs and plenty of cringing. </p>
<p>Listen to Character Development: A Comedy Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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