Board Thread:Narration Station/@comment-35711173-20181008200612/@comment-36012429-20181008210655

Well, for me, I look for what flows well when read out loud.

Sentence structures that make for well-timed pauses, a lack of grammatical errors, and a bit of exposition around dialogue (unless it's a monologue, reminiscent to Damnation 101) are good examples for me, the latter being because back-and-forth dialogue without any tags can be difficult to read aloud with only one voice. In first person, characters with an interesting tone or voice are usually fun to read as well.

Another thing that I usually jump to, admittedly, is the ending. I'm a sucker for a good, dramatic ending. :) Cliff-hanger endings or endings with an unfinished conversation usually turn me away somewhat, because--again--that kind of thing can be difficult to convey in an audio format.

Keep in mind too that these are just things that make an ideal piece, and don't necessarily make or break whether I "decide" to read something or not. If other narrators would like to contribute to this as well, I'm sure you'd get a few different perspectives! I have no gauge on how picky (or not) others are. XD

I hope this answers your question a bit! Lmk if anything needs clarifying.