{"id":180,"date":"2012-09-18T20:07:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T01:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevoicerealm.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2025-10-23T01:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:21:48","slug":"hiring-a-voice-a-quick-tip-for-more-conversational-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevoicerealm.com\/blog\/hiring-a-voice-a-quick-tip-for-more-conversational-scripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring A Voice? A Quick Tip For More Conversational Scripts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe DO NOT<\/em><\/strong> want you to sound like an ANNOUNCER<\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n

How many times have you read or wrote that in audition instructions before?<\/p>\n

The Voice Realm Professional Voice Talent Marc gives us perspective from his side of the microphone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want this script to sound friendly. Like you\u2019re talking to a friend. Not \u2018salesy\u2019.<\/em> More \u2018guy next door\u2019. We really want this read to sound conversational.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ah yes. The magic word. Conversational<\/strong>. As a purely unscientific estimate, I\u2019d be willing to suggest that at least 70-80% of the jobs you\u2019ll audition for these days will use the word \u201cconversational\u201d.<\/p>\n

How then, as a Voice Talent, do you sound more conversational when you\u2019re reading to a microphone and not actually talking to your friend?<\/p>\n

How, as a Voice Seeker, do you prepare your script in such a way that it can sound more conversational?<\/p>\n

One Quick Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contractions. Please. Use contractions!<\/p>\n

I was reading a script the other day that was supposed to sound conversational. Here\u2019s the problem. It used every long form term in the dictionary. I am. You are. Do not. There is. You will. It wasn\u2019t written conversationally at all. In fact, it was quite the opposite. It sounded very proper. Very stuffy. Robotic.<\/p>\n

Making It Conversational<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me give you an example of what I\u2019m talking about. Consider the two sentences below. The first is written as the script I was just discussing was. The second is the way I\u2019d re-write the script if I wanted to try and make it sound more conversational.<\/p>\n

I am going to tell you about a product you do not want to miss. You are going to love it. There is a good chance you will thank me later.<\/p>\n

Or\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to tell you about a product you don\u2019t want to miss. You\u2019re going to love it. There\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll thank me later.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m talking to my friend, I sound like the latter more than the former.<\/p>\n

Write It Like You\u2019d Say It<\/strong><\/p>\n

The absolute easiest way to make a script sound more conversational is to write it like you\u2019d say it if, in fact, you were talking to a friend.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re the Voice Seeker preparing the script, make sure you write it with contractions. Make it sound loose. Comfortable. Like the guy next door would actually talk! If you\u2019re the voice over talent<\/a> recording the demo and the script isn\u2019t written that way, record two versions. One the way it\u2019s written. One with the contractions. If the client really wants conversational, I\u2019d be willing to bet they\u2019ll use take 2 every time.<\/p>\n

Good luck with all those conversational auditions today! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

THIS POST BY: The Voice Realm Voice Over Talent –  Marc: Hire him here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone asks for a conversational read. Marc, a voice talent, explains why contractions in your script are the fastest way to get one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279,425],"tags":[96,74,99],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voice-over-business","category-voice-realm-news","tag-find-voice-talent","tag-voice-acting","tag-voice-over-scripts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t