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NONFICTION AUDIOBOOK NARRATIONw/r/t $ – Say What? Guidelines For Dealing With Acronyms, Abbreviations and Letters/Symbols May 6, 2016By Sean PrattNonfiction Audiobook Narrator and CoachOne of the big misconceptions about recording…
When you narrate non-fiction audiobooks, is your delivery deadly dull? Some narrators think that’s the way to go, but award-winning narrator Sean Pratt says “Nothing could be further from the truth.” Long ago, when struggling with his own deadly dull moments, Sean developed these “Four Voices of Non-Fiction Narration,” which today flow seamlessly through his work …
Wouldn’t it be cool to hear more audiobooks narrated by both male and female voices, interacting in dialogue with each other? Well, narrator/indie publisher Karen Commins thought so too – and found a four-book project to be both expensive and time-consuming …
Isn’t it romantic? Narrating the Romance audiobooks, that is. Well, yes. But that genre is not without evolving challenges. Top narrators Ilyana Kadushin and Carrington MacDuffie explore why Romance audiobooks capture our hearts and imagination – plus how men are portrayed, and why Paranormal is IN!
Sometimes in the course of audiobook back-and-forth dialogue, it can get pretty confusing for a listener to keep track of who’s talking. So should a narrator focus on distinctions in voice? Veteran narrator Jim Conlan says it’s better to start with the character’s character …
VOICE ACTINGJust The Facts: A Storyteller’s GuideTo Narrating Nonfiction AudiobooksBy Paul RubenProducer, Director, Casting Professional and Teacher Before continuing: If youʼve just emerged from hibernating in a cave the past…
Award-winning audiobook producer/director Paul Ruben interviews YOU – your script’s co-director – to seek actable clues in the copy. It’s Part 2 of this humorous and insightful series …
Audiobook producer/director/coach Paul Ruben finds the quality of narration performance not keeping pace with the growing demand for competent narrators. As a narrator, what to do? Why, have this conversation with your text, of course …
Prepping the printed book before narrating an audiobook is essential, says director/coach Paul Ruben. But what to prep? Studying just the text can create an emotional disconnect for the listener, he warns. Look for the author’s emotional subtext …
Imagine what book authors – from any century – seated around a table, would tell their audiobook narrator(s), if given just one sentence. Producer/director Paul Ruben believes they’d plea in unison …