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Audio drama script format: how to turn prose into a script
An audio drama script uses scene headings, cues, capitalized names and marked sound cues. Narration becomes sound, dialogue or a short narrator line.
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Writing and directing for the ear: dialogue, casting, pacing and pronunciation.
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Dual vs duet narration: which one suits your audiobook?
Dual vs duet narration: dual splits chapters between two narrators by point of view; duet gives each lead their own narrator for every line.
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How to write dialogue tags that cast cleanly in audio
Name the speaker early, keep one speaker to a paragraph and avoid long untagged exchanges. A listener cannot glance back up the page to see who is talking.
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Why do AI audiobooks sound flat, and what fixes it?
Most AI audiobooks use one synthetic voice for every line. A voice for each character and a direction for each line is what makes them worth hearing.
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