Non-Fiction Audiobook Narration
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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What's the biggest mistake writers make? This is the question I've been asked most frequently over the years. The answer is easy. They don't know what a story is. So even though they have a great idea, their prose is gorgeous and there's lots of action, there's no real story. And so no driving sense of urgency which translates to no readers. The result, countless writers end up heartbroken because no matter how hard they work, how many writing workshops they take, how many degrees they earn, they still can't get an agent, can't get a book deal. And if they decide to self publish, they can't get anyone other than their friends and family to buy their book. So it's no surprise that writers end up disappointed, sad and sometimes even a tab bitter worse, they're convinced that their failure proves one thing. Only they have no talent. That's when that internal voice, we all have the one that pretends to have our best interest at heart moves in for the kill. Whatever made me think I could be a writer. I should give it up immediately and express my creativity some other way. Like, I don't know, interpretive dance don't, not only because chances are you do have the talent, but seriously, the world has way too many interpretive dancers as it is. Here's the truth. Not understanding how story really works is not your fault. It's on par with not knowing exactly how your body absorbs the nutrients and the food you eat, you know that it does. And if you took high school biology, you probably remember that it has something to do with cells and membranes and amino acids. But the how of it is invisible. Thank heaven. The same is true of the effect that story all stories have on you and even more surprising why they have that effect. This book is designed to help you crack the story code and make what was invisible visible, not to mention eminently doable. It will turn you into a story genius. It will show you step by step how to craft a blueprint for your story that will set you up for success from the get go. It will also drastically cut down on rewriting time and it's the only thing that will, you'll not only hook readers from the very first sentence, but your novel or screenplay or short story will be deeper richer and more compelling than anything you've written before. How can I be so sure? Because we're not talking about some new flavor of the month writing system conjured out of thin air. We're talking brain science. Humans are wired for story we hunt for and respond to certain specific things in every story we hear watch or read and they're the exact same specific things regardless of the genre. Why is this? So because story is the language of the brain, we think in story, the brain evolved to use story as its go to decoder ring for reality. And so we're really expert at probing stories for specific meaning and specific info. And I mean, all of us beginning at birth, even a kindergartner recognizes an effective story because it's built into the architecture of the brain.