I’m listening to Stephen King’s “Later” and calling it research.

Who would have thought talking would be so hard? It helps that the book is written as if being spoken and lends itself to narration. That said, Seth Numrich is such a good teacher for me right now. He reminds me to do exactly that: just freaking TALK. HE’S not WORRIED about EMPHASIZING TOO many WORDS, and though he is using a mumbly kind of sarcastic persona, he doesn’t forget to let the humor and humanity in. I think I need to listen to a bunch of great narrators and just mimic them.

However, understated storytelling has never been my style. I suppose it’s something I need to learn, but honestly, people have always used me for being a slice too dramatic. So the question is, do people want what I do, or do I need to learn something completely different to be good at this? Feel free to weigh in, my two beloved readers.

 

P.S. I just tried to read my post as if I were narrating it. It was hard! God, reading!, am I right?!

P.P.S. Also, I’m hearing a lot of clicks from him, and it’s a relief. Apparently, really good narrators can’t help it, either.