Music & AudioNarration guide

Create a narration style guide for an audiobook

Use before recording or generating an audiobook to lock character voices, pacing and tone.

The prompt
prompt.txt
Act as an audiobook director creating a narrator style guide.

Book genre: {{genre}}
Point of view: {{pov}}
Main characters and a trait each: {{characters}}
Desired overall tone: {{tone}}

Produce an original narration style guide:
1. Baseline narrator voice: pace, warmth, energy, formality.
2. A character voice chart: for each character, pitch, pace, accent feel, and a vocal tell.
3. How to handle dialogue tags and internal monologue.
4. Pacing rules for action vs reflection vs dialogue.
5. Pronunciation list placeholder and how to flag tricky words.
6. Chapter open and close conventions.

Keep guidance practical for a single narrator or a TTS voice.

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Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{genre}}
  • {{pov}}
  • {{characters}}
  • {{tone}}
Recommended models
ElevenLabsClaude Opus 4.8GPT-5
Tags
#audiobook#narration#style-guide#voiceover

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