If we wanted to be actors, we wouldn't have chosen a line of work that mostly involves sitting alone at the computer talking to the imaginary people in our heads. Yet writers are often asked to read their work out loud, often without much guidance about the skills involved. In these videos and essays, fantasy author Marie Brennan will take you through every aspect of reading aloud, from selecting and preparing your text through the various aspects of performance.
Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for inspiration. She has recently misapplied her professors' hard work to the short novel DRIFTWOOD and TURNING DARKNESS INTO LIGHT, a sequel to...