In this part of the book, you will develop your narration skills and then focus on relating to your book as the voice of the Narrator.

• Core concepts Discover the narrator's voice.
  • You have many voices to pick from
  • Do the narrator's voice
  • Keep yourself out of it
  • The listener's burden Minimize it!
  • Be patient You're in it for the long haul.
• Your vocal toolkit - Exercises to develop your voice.
  • Your listener's expectations
  • Important guidelines
  • Gather up practice materials
  • Tools in your voice toolkit
    • Physical voice controls
      • Volume
      • Pace
      • Pausing
      • Pitch
    • Get inside the minds of your characters
      • Your characters' attitudes toward life
      • Your characters' emotions
    • Create voices
      • Dialects, accents and foreign languages
  • One week before you record
• Prepare your text - Mapping out your performance.
  • What is narration markup?
  • Re-read your book first
  • Start with a fresh printout
  • Converting visual clues
  • Punctuation
  • Pauses
  • Emphasis
  • Dialogue
  • Change of pace
  • Pronunciation
  • Getting unstuck
  • Point of view
  • Create images of your characters
  • Chart your character relationships
  • Making a pitch chart
  • How to remember character details
  • Some trivia