Everything you need to publish your first vertical drama episode: from idea to published in one afternoon. No expensive equipment needed.
Publishing your first episode on Cuéntalo does not require a production team, expensive equipment, or months of planning. It requires a phone, a story, and this checklist. Ten steps from idea to published. One afternoon.
The checklist covers the full workflow. Pick a format: live-action vertical drama, audio drama, or text-based novella. Write a one-page script using the three-beat structure (hook, escalation, cliffhanger). Set up your shot with natural light and a clean background. Record on your phone in vertical orientation. Edit with a free mobile app. Add subtitles, because 85% of mobile video gets watched on mute. Upload to the Cuéntalo creator marketplace. Set your subscription price. Publish.
Each step includes a time estimate. Script: 30 minutes. Setup: 15 minutes. Recording: 20 minutes. Editing: 45 minutes. Upload and publish: 10 minutes. Total: about two hours for your first episode. It gets faster after that.
The checklist also flags the mistakes that kill first episodes. Recording horizontal instead of vertical. Forgetting subtitles. Writing a five-minute pilot when your audience expects ninety seconds. Setting a Superfan price before you have three episodes live. These are fixable problems, but only if you know about them before you hit publish.
Cuéntalo is the storytelling platform built for Spanish-language serialized content. The US Latino audience is here, on their phones, looking for drama series that reflect their world. Your first episode is the door. This checklist gets you through it.