So get straight on up,
put a pillow on my belly to make
sure I don't have stomach gurgles.
Headphones on, and
then Tony tells me when I can start.
[MUSIC]
We can start.
[MUSIC]
Hey guys, come on in.
I'm Rebecca Soler, this is day
three of audiobook recording for
Sarah Dessen's latest book,
The Rest of the Story.
Let me take you in the studio, Studio A.
This is where it happens, this is Tony,
he is my Engineering Director,
follow me into the booth.
Two levels of sound proofing, and
then, here we are,
this is where everything happens.
This is where I've lived for the past two
days and after today, we're gonna wrap up.
Fun fact, this is my second
Sarah Dessen book because the first
book I ever narrated was Lock and
Key by Sarah Dessen, 11 years ago.
And I recommend everyone read it and
not listen to it,
[LAUGH] because I'm
afraid to listen to it.
Today, I finished recording the story,
and actually, today was probably one of
the hardest scenes for
me to record, only because of pace.
So a storm comes, a major, major storm.
And when stakes are that high,
the writing is like,
then we ran here, then we got into
the car, then the car was stuck.
So it's keeping that sense of urgency,
that quickness of my god,
what are we doing here, and
then this and then this and then this.
Just as quickly as I'm speaking,
I want to read the words that Sarah
has written and to accurately not
mess up the the actual content.
So that's part of why I prep the book so
much, because it's those
passages that I wanna add suspense and
drama to,
that if I were reading it for accuracy,
but the car was stuck in the back.
And then, we tried to back out.
[LAUGH] It's just not creating
that sense of panic that
if you're reading it yourself and are
invested in it, you can't help yourself.
You sort of pick up your
own pace when reading.
So I try to do that.
The wedding was over but
the party had just begun.
It's just so romantic,
my best friend Bridgette said, picking up
the little glass jar of candy from her
place setting and staring at it dreamily.
Like a fairytale.
You think everything is like a fairytale,
my other best friend, Ryan,
told her, wincing as she reached down yet
again to rub her sore feet.
None of us were used to dressing
up very much, especially in heels.
I think first and foremost,
I'm an avid reader.
I'm always reading something just whether
or not I'm narrating it or not, and for
me, I know how many years authors
take to to write these pieces of art.
And so it's my job, I think, that when
the listener is listening to the story for
them to not feel like
it's being read to them.
I try to make it feel like you
forgot that I was reading and
that you're just in a story.
That's my goal.
So every time I get into the booth,
it's kinda like reprogramming
myself to play and
tell a story as much as possible.
And then,when I make a mistake,
I'm just like, can we go back?
Can we do that again?
Or even sometimes it's not
that I made a mistake,
I just didn't feel like I liked the way
I said it, so patient directors and
engineers go back and then we do it again.
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