That's a fair point. Writing style can certainly make a difference on how well it works as audio. Something read by the author is also likely to be read well (inasmuch as the author is a good reader; some might not be), at least in terms of yes, the emphasis, or how the dialogue is read, or things like that.
I enjoy the stylistic choice of contrasting between what's spoken aloud and what's said in the text, but it's true that you then have to be absolutely sure which is which when you read/listen!
POV shifts can be hard. Sometimes the character voice is strong enough that it's obvious quickly, but if the reader doesn't have a way to distinguish? A rapid switch could be very confusing, ha.
Ha, understandable. "Why did my much-loved characters and pairing have to be the first-book-pitfalls guinea pigs??" I hope that their writing does smooth out and fix some of the issues, without losing the things that made it good. (I know sometimes that's also an issue: later books get OVERpolished, and lose The Good.)
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I enjoy the stylistic choice of contrasting between what's spoken aloud and what's said in the text, but it's true that you then have to be absolutely sure which is which when you read/listen!
POV shifts can be hard. Sometimes the character voice is strong enough that it's obvious quickly, but if the reader doesn't have a way to distinguish? A rapid switch could be very confusing, ha.
Ha, understandable. "Why did my much-loved characters and pairing have to be the first-book-pitfalls guinea pigs??" I hope that their writing does smooth out and fix some of the issues, without losing the things that made it good. (I know sometimes that's also an issue: later books get OVERpolished, and lose The Good.)