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Authors - are you ready for the audiobook revolution? Audiobook sales are booming. But if you're an author, how do you make the best of the opportunity? This practical audio writing guide will help. Written by former BBC radio journalist and award-winning scriptwriter Jules Horne, it explains what's different about writing for the ear. Audio-friendly concepts such as flow, attunement, landing and order of information will help you to optimize your book as a script ready for performance by a narrator. It includes advice for both fiction and non-fiction, and technical studio tips for writers who want to record their own audiobooks. Whether you're a publisher, podcaster or author, voice-first writing skills from radio and performance will open your eyes and ears, and get you ready to delight listeners as well as readers. Set yourself up for audiobook success with Writing for Audiobooks: Audio-First for Flow & Impact. Jules Horne has written news, drama and stories for BBC Radio and won two Edinburgh Fringe Firsts for her stage plays. This guidebook gathers her professional experience as a writer, editor and presenter on the airwaves. ""Highly recommended"" Joanna Penn, The Creative Penn podcast

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Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing, but writing for audio first is a skill that few writers have needed to learn. Until now. If you want to make sure your writing resonates for this growing audience, Jules's book will give you useful tips for adjusting your words and reaching listeners. Highly recommended! Joanna Penn, The Creative Penn

""Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing, but writing for audio first is a skill that few writers have needed to learn. Until now. If you want to make sure your writing resonates for this growing audience, Jules's book will give you useful tips for adjusting your words and reaching listeners. Highly recommended!"" Joanna Penn, The Creative Penn

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Jules Horne is a former BBC radio journalist and Open University creative writing teacher. Her plays and stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio, and she has won two Edinburgh Fringe First awards for her stage plays. She performs spoken word in Scots and English with a stand-up cello, and comes from the Scottish Borders.

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