Each sentence of voiceover script denotes where the narrator can breathe. Scripts that do not allow breaks will often produce a read that sounds panicked. You cannot put the blame on anyone for that.
We write for the ear and toss in notes for the booth: the placement of pauses, emphasis, and the many names people argue over how to pronounce. What you get won’t be nice looking and therefore won’t be enjoyed on the screen, but will need to be read under the stand, with headphones on.
Listeners lose focus when there is a lack of change in rhythm. Six unchanging sentence lengths will put anyone to sleep, no matter how good the content is, which is why placing a short line after a long line works so effectively. Writers change the length on purpose and show the reader when they should slow down.
Generated voice-over script copy has sentences that only work in a silent medium. Sibilants, nested clauses (with no breath point), and the word read (narrator can’t tell which tense is needed) are some examples. You find these in the studio, and which are all charged by the hour.
The writer identifies the speakers and the audience and composes in a spoken mode as opposed to a written mode. Every line is read aloud twice, with the first reading done at normal pace and the second reading done with a lot of pauses, because the same words that seem easy to read are usually the ones that cause the most tripping for the reader.
It’s good to have someone else do the last read-through, as the writer will typically know what they mean and just barrel right through the mistake. This might mean going through and rewriting what was said, adjusting how so-called numbers are spoken, and indicating whether each acronym is read or spelled out.
One rate, whatever the format: $10 per 100 words. You are paying for the writer’s time and judgement, so the price scales with the words rather than with a package tier.
| Typical voice-over script | Words | Writing | Fee (1%) | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explainer VO (90 sec) | 220 | $22 | $0.22 | $22.22 |
| Corporate narration (5 min) | 700 | $70 | $0.70 | $70.70 |
| E-learning module (15 min) | 2,000 | $200 | $2 | $202 |
The writer receives 100% of the writing price. Our 1% fee is added on top of it, and 0.5% is donated to tree planting. Full pricing breakdown.
Anything from 100 words up. Because you pay by the word you are never buying padding to fill a package tier.
Yes — that is exactly what the included revision rounds are for. Read it aloud, mark the lines that fight your mouth, and send it back. Rewriting for delivery is normal on any script and the writer expects it.
Names, places, brand terms and acronyms should be written phonetically rather than with the linguistics alphabet. This way, any narrator is able to pronounce it. If there are multiple possible ways to pronounce a term, we prefer to know the pronunciation that your organization uses over making an assumption.
Yes. Split the read so handovers land at natural points rather than in the middle of an idea. The writer splits the script into multiple speaking parts and tells us how many voices there are with what they represent. Two-voice scripts usually have to use slightly more words, because with every change in the voice, the listener has to have a moment of re-orientation.
Completely. Copyright transfers to you on delivery, with no attribution requirement and no licence back to us. Nothing written for you is resold, repurposed or republished.
Reviews from completed, paid orders in this category.
Our audience left before 40 seconds because it was too slow. The section after the two minute mark is very good. A colder open was requested and we delivered and the drop off on the retention graph finally flattened where it use to be a steady decline.
Two hundred words that make you want to read a quiet novel about a lighthouse keeper, without giving away that he leaves. Our previous copywriter gave that away in the first line.
It’s difficult to begin writing to someone you haven’t talked to since 2011. I explained the situation. I got a careful response. It didn’t apologize for me or explain anything. She answered my letter, which is everything I wanted.
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