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🎙️VoiceoverBeginnerpre production

Writing Scripts for Voiceover

Write scripts that sound natural when spoken aloud. Tips for pacing, readability, and timing your narration to visuals.

📝 Step-by-Step

  1. 1

    Write conversationally

    Use contractions, simple words, and active voice. If you wouldn't say it to a friend, rewrite it.

  2. 2

    Time to visuals

    At ~150 words/minute, a 60-second segment needs ~150 words. Leave breathing room.

  3. 3

    Mark the script

    Use bold for emphasis, ellipses for pauses, and [SFX] or [MUSIC] cues for the editor.

✅ Checklist

  • ☐Write for the ear, not the eye
  • ☐Use short sentences (15 words max)
  • ☐Read aloud while writing
  • ☐Time yourself: ~150 words per minute
  • ☐Mark pauses with '...' or [PAUSE]
  • ☐Bold words that need emphasis
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