Audio Book Narration Class, Screenwriters of San Diego and Acting Book update
Happy Summer!
The Truth about Audiobook Narration and Production
This new course is designed for authors who wish to self-narrate their audiobooks, people interested in learning how to narrate and produce audiobooks, and beginning audiobook narrators who have yet to book their first narration job.
Narration expert and course creator, Kris Keppeler, discusses how to decide if you like narrating, the differences between fiction and nonfiction, basic home studio setup, production requirements, where to publish, and marketing audiobooks.
The Truth about Audiobook Narration and Production is only $21. You need to sign up for a free account on the host site, Journals Social.
About Kris Keppeler
Kris Keppeler is a narrator, actor, voice actor, and writer. After discovering her singing voice in the Jr. High Choir, she’s never quit using her voice to amuse and instigate. She has impersonated a cat, a prince, a princess, a witch, a dragon, and a president. She has also narrated and/or produced over fifty audiobooks. More info at kriskeppeler.com. (See the full post to access a free 30-minute session exclusively for Now Write! subscribers who purchase the course.)
Screenwriters of San Diego Meetup
Now Write! editor Laurie Lamson rebooted the Screenwriters of San Diego Meetup and is offering a free monthly “Meet and Write.” The purpose is to help fellow writers get creative juices flowing, deepen knowledge of dramatic narrative storytelling principles, and be part of a creative community.
Not just for screenwriters, since much of what we explore applies to play and novel writing. Not just for San Diegans, since we're meeting on Zoom. We briefly share recent wins, accomplishments or milestones reached, talk about a screenwriting topic, and do a writing exercise.
In honor of Comic-con in San Diego next month, the topic for Wednesday, July 17 (6:30-7:30pm PDT) will be genre, with a fun, surreal writing exercise contributed to Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror by Devorah Cutler.
Ever been wrapped up in a never-ending project?
Thanks to working on the Now Write! creative writing series (started by my aunt, Sherry Ellis), I became inspired to carry on my aunt’s legacy with a similar book for actors and have been working on it (on and off) – for a decade. This has been quite a journey and an education.
With a complex on-going project like this, it can be challenging to keep hold of the big picture. Now with the “light at the end of the tunnel” I’m seeing the book as a whole. This is the first acting book with an anthology, “many voices under one roof” approach to both acting craft and career. I thin it will be useful for actors and teachers, and also for directors and writers – to understand actors better.
Some of the 80+ contributors are also Now Write! contributors - thanks again for sharing your wit and wisdom, and your patience.
If you have insights, suggestions, new publications, or anything else to share with writers and would like to do a guest post on Now Write! please email the text, any royalty-free supporting art, your brief bio and pic. it will also be shared as a Substack Note or featured in a Now Write! newsletter like this one.
Happy Summer and Happy Writing!
Laurie Lamson