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Powerhouse Audiobook Narration Duo - Training & Coaching Online
PART 1: Tuesday, January 27, 2026:
JOHNNY HELLER: FICTION
with co-trainer Sean Pratt
PART 2: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
SEAN PRATT: NONFICTION
with co-trainer Johnny Heller
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Learn, Be Personally Coached & Have Fun With These Multi-Award Winning Narrator / Coaches
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You receive access to live training plus all video and audio recordings and supporting materials.
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The incredibly popular in-person Audiobook Narrator Retreats with Johnny Heller and Sean Pratt are always sold out. But now in this dynamic and exclusive new VoiceOverXtra series, you can learn and be personally coached online by this fiction and nonfiction narration powerhouse duo.
Audiobook publishers are always looking for voice actors who excel at narration. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned pro, this series will help you "up your game" and attain greater narration performance skills. After all, it's taught by two top coaches who themselves have narrated way more than 2,000 titles between them, earning umpteen awards along the way.
Johnny Heller will be lead trainer on fiction narration, and Sean Pratt will lead on nonfiction. But they'll also be present at each other's session.
Choose a discount audit combo package to learn BOTH fiction and nonfiction narration, or sign up for just one.
PS: Can't attend the live online events? No problem. Your registration includes all video and audio recordings and supporting materials.
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PART 1: JOHNNY HELLER
AUDIOBOOK FICTION NARRATION
TRAINING & COACHING
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
8pm ET, 7pm CT, 5pm PT
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Everyone says you have a great voice - and well, narration is just "reading a book" right? Well, no.
From the start, ever in-demand Johnny Heller will dispel the notion that training is not necessary.
Then he will reveal what he's learned over nearly four decades about audiobook acting, script prep, directing yourself ... even how to market your narration skills.
And we'll watch and learn as Johnny coaches 6 narrators (who have already registered separately for this opportunity).
YOU WILL LEARN ...
- Audiobook acting fallacies
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Audiobook acting facts, including
- storytelling vs. reading
- the 3 'Ps' - pace, place, point
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Scrip preparation tips, like
- Read it! All of it
- How to discover and play what is playable
- How to bring life to characters - in voice and body
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Self Direction: how to connect with your listeners
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Marketing, including effective use of
- demos
- social media
- emails
- And more!
PS: Sean Pratt will also join us, and both he and Johnny will answer your questions in a lively Q&A.
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PART 2: SEAN PRATT
AUDIOBOOK NON-FICTION NARRATION
TRAINING & COACHING
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
8pm ET, 7pm CT, 5pm PT
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What will send nonfiction audiobook publishers and producers to you? Like they turn repeatedly to Sean Pratt? Let's find out.
Sean will teach you the narration techniques he uses when recording. It's a step-by-step guide to nonfiction narration.
It's a wealth of thought-provoking, actionable and inspiring info that you can immediately use in narrations and to further your career.
And we'll watch and learn as Sean coaches 6 narrators (who have already registered separately for this opportunity), to improve their performances.
YOU WILL LEARN ...
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The basic differences between fiction and nonfiction audiobooks.
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Sean's "3 Step Method" for digging into the text of any nonfiction book and prepping it for recording.
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Tips on dealing with WHEN and WHY to alter the text of a nonfiction book.
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The "TED Talk" concept of narrating a nonfiction audiobook.
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How to balance speed vs. nuance and precision.
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The "secret sauce" of nonfiction narration: sense of humor!
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The "4 Voices of Nonfiction."
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Why the only thing that should be consistent about your narration is its inconsistency!
- And much more.
PS: Johnny Heller will also join us, and both he and Sean will answer your questions in a lively Q&A.
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Registration Includes Video and Audio
Recordings and Training Materials
| | MEET YOUR ACCLAIMED TRAINERS ... | | |
Johnny Heller, a multi-award winning audiobook narrator, voice actor and coach – has more than 35 years of experience in the industry, working in voice over, stage, TV, stand-up comedy and teaching.
He is an internationally acclaimed acting coach, working with actors in audiobook narration and commercial voice over, including workshops that are called “game changing” and “not to be missed.” Workshops include the popular and always sold out New England Narrator Retreats.
Johnny is an Audiobook Magazine’s Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award winner – the highest honor in the audiobook industry – and has recorded more than 1,200 audiobooks in every genre, winning numerous awards including 5 prestigious Audie Awards and 15 Audie nominations. He is a Publisher’s Weekly Listen Up award winner, a multiple Booklist Editor’s Choice Award winner, the winner of more than 40 Earphone Awards and 5 SOVAS awards, and was named one of the top 50 Voices of the 20th Century by Audiofile Magazine.
A graduate with honors from Loyola University of Chicago, Johnny says he then “let his professional education go to waste while pursuing a career in acting.” He's lived in Los Angeles and Chicago but now is a long-time resident of New York City.
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Sean Pratt has been a working actor for over 40 years. He was a company member at The Pearl Theatre, an Off-Broadway classical repertory theatre and has also performed at numerous regional theatres around the country. He has been an audiobook narrator for 29 years (aka – Lloyd James), recording over 1,100+ books in almost every genre and has received 11 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” awards, 5 SOVAS nominations, and 5 “Audie” nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.
When he’s out of the booth, you can find Sean hanging out at his local book store, sketching paintings at The Smithsonian American Art Museum, or riding his recumbent bicycle along the Atlantic Coast.
Sean is also the author of To Be or Wanna Be – The Top Ten Differences between a Successful Actor and a Starving Artist, an actor’s how-to book that talks about approaches and behaviors that separate a thriving actor from a starving artist.
Currently, Sean coaches performers on audiobook narration technique, as well as teaching classes on and writes articles about the business of the Biz.
| | WEBINARS ARE FUN & EASY TO ATTEND | |
- You'll receive an email with the webinar access link
- Just click to sign in by device and/or phone
- Listen and follow the presentation on your screen
- And on the following day you'll automatically receive an email with links to download the recordings
Presented by VoiceOverXtra, the voice over industry's online resource for voice over success - your trusted daily source for industry news, training and resources.
Questions? Please contact
John Florian @ 203-218-8981
johnflorian@VoiceOverXtra.com
www.VoiceOverXtra.com
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