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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0399 – Pauses As Script Divisions
Description: 2022.02.03 – 0399 – Pauses As Script Divisions As script divisions to aid understandingPauses divide a script into ‘sense groups’ for the ‘heard word’, the same way that a comma or full stop/period does for the written word. A dash or ellipses (…), comma, full stop/period, paragraph, page or chapter – they all indicate in text or when translated into speech, different kinds of pause to help marshal thoughts and aid understanding. In these situations, the length of the pause may differ. Say micro-beats at a comma, one beat between bullet points, and double that be...