Writing for Audiobooks: Audio-First for Flow & Impact

Authors - get ready for the audio writing revolution!


Audiobook sales are booming. But if you’re an author, how can you make the best of the opportunity?


This practical audio-first 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 optimise your book for reading by a narrator. 


After all, reading aloud to an audience is a performance! And writing tips and techniques from radio, spoken word, oral storytelling and stage can really help. 


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


Whether you’re a traditional publisher interested in audio-first, a podcaster or an ambitious indie, you’ll find great 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. 


Jules Horne is an Edinburgh Fringe-First-winning playwright, spoken word performer and former BBC radio journalist. She teaches creative writing for the Open University and lives in the hills of the Scottish Borders.