0410 – A Pause For Thought

2022.02.14 – 0410 – A Pause For Thought A pause for thoughtIn conversation we hesitate, search for the right word or phrase, perhaps weigh what we want to say with the context and the audience. To sound natural, to create the illusion of life, when you need the listener to believe you’ve just had a new thought, a gap is required: “I don’t get mad, I [pause] get even.”  That moment (or beat) between the thinking and the speaking translates into a pretty powerful pause. If the pause were placed before the “I”, the thought could seem too fluent, and some of the force would be lost. But moving that ‘beat’ after the “I” creates a feeling of you searching for the right word, the right phrase to balance the first one.  This technique is really ‘voice acting’ but can be useful in broadcast and podcast presentation as well, to give the feel of spontaneity, as though the words we are using are not considered and written, rehearsed and read … but just that moment coming to us and will make you sound more authentic, real and believable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.