the journal
Notes on narration
Field notes, voice tips and the occasional opinion on turning books into audio.
Casting more than one voice into a single book
A book isn't required to have one narrator from cover to cover. How per-chunk voice switching works, when it helps, and where it doesn't.
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Directing a Studio read: emotion tags, pauses and restraint
The Studio tier lets you write stage directions into the text itself. What the tags do, where they help, where they get in the way, and why the best-directed chapters use very few of them.
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Getting feedback on a narration before you publish it
Every VoiceCraft book comes with a private share link. How it works, who can hear what, and how to use it to get useful notes from early listeners before you call the book finished.
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Names, numbers and odd words — a pronunciation guide
A narrator only knows what the page tells it. How to write invented names, dates, abbreviations and foreign words so they come out the way you hear them in your head.
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What an audiobook costs to narrate, in plain numbers
No subscriptions and no per-hour studio rate — just words and credits. How to work out the price of your book before you narrate a single chapter, and where you can save.
Read →Working chapter by chapter
A book does not have to be narrated in one go, and it usually should not be. How to spend credits where they matter, switch lanes without changing narrator, and get a second opinion before you commit.
Read →Preparing your manuscript for narration
Half of a good narration is decided before you press generate. What the uploader actually reads, why blank lines matter more than headings, and the one file type that will quietly fail on you.
Read →A self-publishing audiobook checklist
Everything to get right before you press generate — from cleaning your manuscript to checking the rights you actually hold.
Read →Choosing the right narrator voice
The wrong voice can flatten a great chapter; the right one disappears entirely. A short, practical guide to casting your book.
Read →Why we built VoiceCraft
Audiobooks have always belonged to the few authors a studio could afford to record. We wanted to hand that microphone to everyone else.
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