{"id":512,"date":"2019-07-16T22:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.mine.nu\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/07\/16\/why-narrating-an-audiobook-is-a-lot-harder-than\/"},"modified":"2019-07-16T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T22:32:16","slug":"why-narrating-an-audiobook-is-a-lot-harder-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/07\/16\/why-narrating-an-audiobook-is-a-lot-harder-than\/","title":{"rendered":"Why narrating an audiobook is a LOT harder than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why narrating an audiobook is a LOT harder than you think<\/a><\/p>\n

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What notes would you need to make? Firstly, there\u2019s the obvious: the dialogue. Marking up the characters\u2019 speech in different colours helps you identify whose voice you need to use.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s sentences like this: \u201c\u2018You need to speak quietly,\u2019 she whispered.\u201d Chances are that when reading the quote aloud you wouldn\u2019t have seen the need to whisper until it was too late. You have to know a character\u2019s tone before they talk \u2013 something Church achieves with a little note in the margin \u2013 a \u2018Q\u2019 in this case.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s before you mark the beats (a signal to speed up or slow down the voice) and note any breathing points during particularly lengthy passages (particularly in Edwardian literature).<\/p>\n

Then you\u2019ll have to learn how to pronounce any problematic words, whether they\u2019re a tricky medical term or in another language (\u201cThere\u2019s always<\/i> books with French in! And I don\u2019t speak French!\u201d laughs Church).<\/p>\n

You may even need to research what a character sounds like if they exist in real life. \u201cWhile doing one of Sharon Osbourne\u2019s autobiographies I had to check what sort of voice these celebrities had that I hadn\u2019t heard of,\u201d says Church.<\/p>\n

So, once you\u2019ve managed all that prep \u2013 in three days, if you\u2019re a pro, remember \u2013 you\u2019re ready to enter the recording studio. And that\u2019s where things get really difficult.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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