Podcast Tips 1

Write everything the way

Use linear structure:
you would say it, not the
from A to B. People don't
way you would read it.
want to replay the audio
Avoid using the word
to understand
that-you usually don’t

1 3 5
something. Make it clear
need it.
the first time.

Use short Use

Map your script
sentences contractions
2 4
Make your listeners feel Keep sentences under 25 Contractions sound less
Write like Write from
comfortable. Tell them words. A sentence formal and friendlier. It’s
a speaker A to B
who’s talking and what’s shouldn’t take more than also easier and more
coming up. End with call one breath to say. natural to read.
to action and/or resource
information.
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Don’t worry about Make it easy to read. Use

proper usage. larger font. Double space
Punctuation is only for your lines. Spell out
narrator. symbols and
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avoid Read
Avoid passive
brackets script out
voice
or quotes loud
7 9
An active voice is more Put Almost impossible for Do you stumble? Does it
Make script
direct, makes sentences punctuation narrator to convey. flow well? Does it make
slip-proof
shorter and helps you to work nobody speaks in sense? Are there any
write from A to B. parentheses. sound-alikes?