Character-driven Accent Choices

I’m leading a 2-hour accent intensive for audiobook narrators focused on one thing: building authentic accents that actually hold up.

We’ll cover research, structure, and practical ways to embed the accent so it feels natural in your body and consistent across long-form narration. You’ll also come away with a set of resources and tools, so that the next time you work with a dialect coach, you’re already most of the way there—ready to refine and polish the fine details.

The session is hosted in collaboration with Shannon Parks and Sean Cordry for the Narrators Performance Lab, with booking available via their page.

This isn’t about “doing voices.” It’s about understanding how an accent works—so you can stop thinking about it halfway through a project and just tell the story.

We’ll cover research, structure, and practical ways to embed the accent so it feels natural in your body and consistent across long-form narration. You’ll also come away with a set of resources and tools, so that the next time you work with a dialect coach, you’re already most of the way there—ready to refine and polish the final details.