{"id":20976,"date":"2022-08-08T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T23:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=20976"},"modified":"2024-07-23T02:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T09:48:27","slug":"when-your-character-retells-a-dramatic-incident-from-long-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/when-your-character-retells-a-dramatic-incident-from-long-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Audiobook Narrators: When Your Character Retells A Dramatic Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"pqcs\" data-offset-key=\"d55vl-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f6rvh-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"7fnef-0-0\">A mistake I hear some <a href=\"https:\/\/ACXMasterClass.com\/kudos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audiobook narrators<\/a> make:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you had a particularly frightening or traumatic experience.<\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"flrmf-0-0\">A car crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The FIRST time you tell someone about it:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m driving down Vine Street, minding my own business, when out of NOWHERE this HUGE SUV runs a red light and SMASHES into me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><span data-offset-key=\"f6rvh-0-0\">But after years of telling that story, the drama in your voice disappears:|<\/p>\n<p><\/span><em>&#8220;Someone said you once were in a bad car accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah. Years ago. Some idiot ran a red light and t-boned my Chevy Impala. Destroyed my car&#8230;and I had wear a neck brace for 3 months&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/em>(If you want to get deep into the how-the-brain-works weeds: At that point, you&#8217;re not remembering the incident itself. You&#8217;re remembering yourself telling people about it.)<\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"7hik0-0-0\">If a character is relating an incident that occurred long ago, they <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7hik0-0-1\">don&#8217;t add drama<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7hik0-0-2\"> to &#8220;NOWHERE&#8221; or &#8220;HUGE SUV&#8221; or &#8220;SMASHES.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"dh289-0-0\">In this clip from <\/span><em>The Rockford Files,<\/em><span data-offset-key=\"dh289-0-2\"><strong> James Garner<\/strong> demonstrates what I mean.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"pqcs\" data-offset-key=\"7hik0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"pqcs\" data-offset-key=\"dh289-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"dh289-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"dh289-0-0\">\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-20976-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rockford-Files-EDITED.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rockford-Files-EDITED.mp4\">https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rockford-Files-EDITED.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mistake I hear some audiobook narrators make: Let&#8217;s say you had a particularly frightening or traumatic experience. 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