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Audio Books
Improve Your Writing
There are many tips
that will improve your writing. Listening to audio books is an
unconventional method, but it works for me so I decided to share how
audio books can make a positive impact on your writing skills.
There are different
types of learners (auditory, visual, and kinesthetic). Reading a
physical book is, of course, visual because we see the words on the
paper. In some ways, the process is also kinesthetic because we can
hold a book in our hands and feel the book and paper. Our mind
processes things differently depending on how we take in
information. For the sake of this article, I will concentrate
on auditory learners and sprinkle visual learning information from
time to time.
Books on CD and
Its Benefits
 Listen
to the narration. To the "music" and rhythm of the
words while paying close attention to your physical reaction. At
which point do you barely breath so you won't miss a word?
Are there any parts of the audio book where your mind wonders?
Relisten
to a descriptive scene that piqued your interest. Mentally visualize
the narrator's words. How are the words strung together?
Read
a hard copy of the book first and then download an mp3 audio book.
Did certain information jump out what you listened to the audio
book? Perhaps information you purposely skipped when reading the
book and in the audio form the information drew you in?
Besides
listening to novels on CD, take the time to listen to poetry. Poetry
help improve your writing because poetry is more showing than
telling.
Free Audio Books
Audio books can be
expensive. If you are on a budget, checkout audio books at your
local library. Or you can try audible.com free membership trial to
gain access to an audio book.
The free library
audio books will be narrated by "non famous" people.
You'll be surprised to learn the quality of those books is stellar.
Audible.com will have books narrated by famous people. For example,
Sissy Spacek narrates Ellen Foster and she's fantastic.
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