This section deals with specific questions that you might encounter when narrating your book. The impetus is to try to see these issues from the point of view of the listener, so that the way you handle them is least likely to confuse the him. He doesn't have the benefit of a printed page in front of him.

These are not rules to be blindly followed. They are not the only way to deal with the issues. If you find a better way to deal with them, or your context requires some other handling, do it.

Voices

• He said He said He said
• "Wait," he said slowly
• John sneezed
• The doorbell rang
• I'll get even with you, John thought
• The unknown speaker
• We want out! shouted the prisoners
• Talking signs
• Through whose eyes?
• Which voice controls
• Accents

As written

• Dots and dashes
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Numbers
• Foreign phrases
• Breaks between paragraphs
• Illustrations

Around the edges

• Copyrights
• Acknowledgments
• Introductions
• Music
• Miscellany
• Adding comments
• Do I have to read EVERY word?