Becoming... Creative Director for Graphic Audio Scott McCormick ("Fourth Wing," "Iron Flame," "Onyx Storm")
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Scott McCormick, has been an audiobook director, adaptor and narrator for over 10 years. In that time he has directed and adapted over a hundred books and narrated and provided voices for well over a thousand book. He has played many characters through the years including the lead roles in Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David and The Ishmael Jones by Simon R. Green. He has also lent his voice to dozens of audiocomic book characters including Venom, The Thing and most recently Hellboy. A native of Baltimore, he moved to the DC metro area in 1999 to pursue a career in theatre, wanting to avoid any chance of fame by not moving to New York or LA. He just north of DC with the love of his life, Jillian.
In this episode, we talk about:
• A breakdown of his role as Creative Director and Director Training Manager at Graphic Audio
• Process for creating the dramatized audiobook for Graphic Audio
• How COVID expanded their roster of actors
• How long production and post-production takes for a book like Fourth Wing or Iron Flame or Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
• Reading Onyx Storm and starting in mid-February
• Surprise at the success of ACOTAR and Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, especially on Tik Tok
• How he envisions a character on the page
• Advice for starting in Voiceover including recommended hardware and software
• A great voice for Graphic Audio and the ways to submit to Graphic Audio as a VO artist
Guest:
The Empyrean 1: Fourth Wing (1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation) - Also available wherever you listen to audiobooks
Host:
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