Time Flies When You're Waiting to Die
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Rhett Burns? Suicidal. Jace Kerr? Terrified of death. Together, they mix like Mentos and Coke: give them a shake and watch them blow. Rhett has just ruined everything good in his life and naturally decides to end it all. Until Jace, an acquaintance from school, convinces him to wait till the end of the year and give Jace a chance to make him see that life's worth living.
Hello and welcome to the auditions for the audiobook of Time Flies When You’re Waiting to Die, a novel I’ve written (yes, it is complete) and have been posting online that follows the lives of two very different high school boys as their relationship takes turns they never expected. I’ll be blunt: Time Flies is a gay love story. An adult one. So if you can’t handle man-lovin’, this project is not for you. But it’s more than just smut. Much more. (In fact, there’s no sex till chapter 23-ish.) It’s got tragedy, humor, character—the lot. If you want to check out what's available online so far, here's the link: https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3294971/1/Time-Flies-When-You-re-Waiting-to-Die.
The novel is 49 chapters long—about 145,000 words. I realize that’s kind of lengthy, but hopefully it’ll be fun? If not, at least there’s $50 in it for you. But I think it’ll be fun!
In Time Flies, chapters switch off from being in Rhett's (main character numero uno) point of view to being in Jace's (MC #2) point of view (i.e. chapter one is in Rhett's, chapter two in Jace's, chapter three in Rhett's, chapter four in Jace's, etc.). Therefore, I am looking for two narrators/actors: one for Rhett's chapters and one for Jace's. There will be normal description AND dialogue for you to perform, and you will voice all the many characters that appear in your chapters, so this will take some acting skill.
I don't have much money on me at the moment, but I can give each narrator $50.
Requirements: I need you to have a decent mic. That’s a must. Skype, too, is necessary, for communication purposes. And please no minors. I don’t want to be arrested.
Thank you so much, and enjoy!
EDIT: Okay, guys, for the voices - I'm not looking for an epic, movie trailer, "In a world where..." style of voice. I just want normal speech. Imagine you're narrating a high school comedy film or something. Thanks.
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This is the narrator of Jace's chapters. Jace is a seventeen-year-old man-slut with a sick little sister he would do anything for. He's never seen without a smile and is rarely heard saying anything serious. You will be doing not only Jace's voice but also that of anyone who happens to have dialogue in Jace's chapters. So that could include anything from thirteen-year-old girls to gruff old men. Jace has some singing parts, too, so good luck with that. And you will narrate some sexy stuff. So make sure you're chill with that.
[Narration] Jace only listened to Nirvana when he felt like he was losing his mind. It was easy to sing to when your were angry or hurt. When Molly had cheated, it’d played as he cried on the floor of his room. When he’d slept with Jack, the first thing he did after getting home was listen to it, standing under the stream of the shower, letting the water fall on his body for two hours. When Kelly had been diagnosed, he’d blasted the stuff throughout the house, and no one had told him to turn it down because they had understood. Now he was lying on his bed, punching the air in time with the music as he shouted the words to ‘About a Girl’ along with Kurt Cobain.
[Jace Dialogue: determined] "Look. I don’t really know you, you don’t know me: but I’m not gonna let you kill yourself for a stupid f**king reason like getting turned down.”
[Do as many voices as you can: male, female, old, young, different timbres and tones. Also sing a snippet of a song you like.]
This is the narrator of Rhett's chapters. Rhett is a seventeen-year-old boy with no hopes and no prospects. He has severe depression, but that doesn't stop him from being a sarcastic ass. You will be doing not only Rhett's voice but also that of anyone who happens to have dialogue in Rhett's chapters. So that could include anything from thirteen-year-old girls to gruff old men. Also, you will narrate some sexy stuff. So make sure you're chill with that.
[Narration] Rhett’s nose hurt. It was still bleeding, though not as bad as before. He wondered if it was broken. He wondered, if he tightened a noose around his throat and jumped from a chair, would his neck break, too? Or would he just dangle there, slowly choking to death? Great. Now that image would haunt him for the rest of his life, which wouldn’t be much longer if he had anything to say about it. He eliminated hanging.
[Rhett Dialogue: shouting, trying to convince Jace of his goodness] "I know who you are! You’re the guy who’s spent most of his time the past eight months trying to save my life! You’re kind and funny and you can be annoying as hell but that’s okay because you’re a good f**king person! You’re an amazing big brother and a great friend, and you make me happy! You’re Jace f**king Kerr, dumbass!"
[Do as many voices as you can: male, female, old, young, different timbres and tones. As long as they're realistic.]
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