Writing for Audiobooks

Authors - get ready for the audio writing 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 can 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 to be performed by a narrator. 

There's advice for both fiction and non-fiction, and some technical studio tips for if you decide to go the indie author route and record your own audiobook.

Whether you're a traditional publisher interested in audio-first, a podcaster or an ambitious indie, you'll find plenty of strategies used by radio writers to engage and delight listeners. 

Set yourself up for audiobook success with Writing for Audiobooks: Audio-First for Flow & Impact.