Writing for Audiobooks

ebook Method Writing, #3 · Method Writing

By Jules Horne

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Want to get your fiction or non-fiction book ready for the audiobook market?

Audiobooks are the fastest-growing publishing market, and voice-ready writing skills can make your book really shine.

Whether you're working with a publisher or narrator, or an author preparing a script for your own indie audiobook production, Writing for Audiobooks will give you the performance-ready radio writing techniques you need to succeed as an audio author.

Because writing for the ear is different!

This voice-ready writing reference guide will help you make your good book awesome for audio, and a joy for your narrator to read aloud.

•Flow and attention

•Order of information

•Audio-friendly editing

•Rhythm & musicality

•Performance and studio tips

as well as advice on briefing your narrator and polishing your writing for your own performance.

About the Author

Jules Horne has worked as a BBC Radio journalist and written plays for stage and BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. She has taught on the Open University Creative Writing MA and cowrote the script strand. This practical guidebook is packed with tips and techniques she learned as a writer for the ear.

Writing for Audiobooks