Writing for the Ear

In my multimedia journalism class, our professor talked about “writing for the ear.” If you’re unfamiliar with the term, writing for the ear is when you write something that is meant to be spoken or performed rather than read silently. My Shakespeare professor taught me something similar. She said that Shakespeare’s plays were never meant […]

How to Create an Audiobook by Amy Earls

When I was nine years old, my sister and I pulled out our dad’s cassette player and recorded our first radio show. I wrote the script and songs and we practiced before performing. We had a blast (or at least, I did. Hard to say if she just went along with whatever her big sister […]