Friday Projects:
My Friday Projects are little efforts of a week or a month that are meant as opportunities to jot down and share thoughts on how one can hone new knowledge or tweak skillsets.
I want to get better at recorded voice work. Maybe a podcast. Maybe recording an audiobook from my stories. Maybe just improving my microphone presence if ever I need to do another video job interview.
I consulted the wisdom of the internets and it gave me three points to focus on:
Warming Up, which is to say doing vocal exercises for three or so minutes prior to attempting to record anything, which includes exercises like humming, trilling or reciting tongue twisters.
Speaking for the Microphone, or as it suggested, exaggerating consonants, enunciating, and speaking more slowly than one would speak to a crowd or when having a conversation.
Listening Back, by stopping after thirty seconds or a minute of trial recording and examining the effort like a critic, not critically, but with an aim to notice vocal tics, breathing, pacing, and other flubs.
Practice, as they say, makes perfect.
(And if not perfect then at least my microphone will get some use this month.)
January 9, 2026 – Audio version