Turn your manuscript into a performance-ready narration script.
Story Mimic helps audiobook narrators turn a manuscript into a clean, performance-ready script — with markup, pronunciations, character voice references, notes, pickups, and handoffs kept together chapter by chapter.
The reality of narration prep
Audiobook narration is more than reading words out loud.
A 10+ hour audiobook means dozens of characters, repeated pronunciations, tone choices, author notes, pickups, and hundreds of small performance decisions you have to keep consistent from chapter to chapter.
Characters get hard to track.
Voices change when you cannot quickly hear the reference again.
Pronunciations disappear.
Names, places, fantasy terms, and non-English words are easy to lose in the manuscript.
Markup gets scattered.
PDF notes, spreadsheets, sticky notes, and author emails all become separate sources of truth.
Prep context gets hard to keep together.
When notes live across different tools, it takes more attention to keep the next recording decision in view.
Built for narration prep
Story Mimic is built for the way you actually tell a story.
Instead of forcing your prep into scattered documents, Story Mimic keeps your script, markup, pronunciations, character voices, and notes together from prep to narration.
Before Story Mimic
Scattered prep.
PDF notes, spreadsheets, sticky notes, memory, and email threads.
With Story Mimic
One performance-ready script.
Replay the voice you chose before a character returns 12 chapters later — markup, pronunciations, speakers, and notes already attached.
Built on real prep artifacts
Built around the real artifacts narrators already manage.
Built around the prep artifacts narrators already manage: character sheets, pronunciation lists, marked scripts, author questions, pickup logs, proofing notes, and chapter status. Story Mimic connects those pieces directly to the manuscript instead of leaving them scattered across files.
Who it is for
Narrators and teams who need prep to survive the whole book.
Independent audiobook narrators
Build a repeatable prep system for long-form projects, ACX work, indie authors, and recurring series.
Voice actors entering long-form narration
Keep characters, pronunciations, and script cues organized as projects move beyond short-form reads.
Small production teams
Give narrators, proofers, directors, and producers a shared place for notes, pickups, and handoffs.
From manuscript to performance-ready script.
Upload your manuscript
Drop in your manuscript and Story Mimic splits it into chapters and sections automatically.
Prep each section as you read
Mark speakers, capture performance notes, and shape the script around how you want to perform it.
Build your pronunciation dictionary
Save written notes and recorded audio so you can hear tricky words whenever they appear.
Define your character voices
Save named voice references for each character so you can hear them again before any scene.
Narrate with confidence
Open Narration Script and your prep — markup, pronunciations, voices, and notes — is already in place.
Your prep becomes your performance script.
Story Mimic brings your markup, pronunciations, character voices, speaker assignments, and notes into one focused narration view so you can stay in the performance instead of hunting through scattered prep.
Prep once. Carry it through the whole book.
Manuscript Trust
Your manuscript stays your work.
Story Mimic stores workspace data to power your narration prep. Your content is used for the workflow you request, not for model training. Read how Story Mimic uses your data.
Stored to power your prep workspace
Available only to you and invited collaborators
Not used for model training
Working with client manuscripts?
Story Mimic stores your manuscript and prep data so your workspace works. Your private workspace content is not used for model training, and collaborators only see what you invite them to see. If your contract requires approval before using third-party tools, check with the rights holder or producer first.
Read more about how we use your data and our privacy policy.
What Story Mimic is not
A prep workspace, not a replacement for the narrator.
Story Mimic helps organize the prep decisions behind your performance. Final narration, direction, recording, editing, and delivery remain your craft and your production process.
Prep once. Narrate with confidence.
Turn your first audiobook into a performance-ready narration script with markup, pronunciation audio, character voice references, and notes built in.
Start building your narration script today.