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Writer's Block: Reading Aloud
Nov. 7th, 2008 06:56 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Very few, thank you. Story-writing, story-reading, and story-telling are three very different skills.
Also, most adult fiction is never intended to be read aloud in the first place. Slowing it down to the speed of speech ruins the pacing, sounding out names that were never designed to be pronounced by human tongue is either painful or laughable.
The one exception I'd make is for works that were designed for speech, but not for audience participation. Which does not cover many: reacting to the audience's responses, tailoring emphasis as you go, is part of any story-tellers technique. But William Shakespeare was an actor, and a good one, before he was a playwright. I'd listen to him.
Very few, thank you. Story-writing, story-reading, and story-telling are three very different skills.
Also, most adult fiction is never intended to be read aloud in the first place. Slowing it down to the speed of speech ruins the pacing, sounding out names that were never designed to be pronounced by human tongue is either painful or laughable.
The one exception I'd make is for works that were designed for speech, but not for audience participation. Which does not cover many: reacting to the audience's responses, tailoring emphasis as you go, is part of any story-tellers technique. But William Shakespeare was an actor, and a good one, before he was a playwright. I'd listen to him.