Writing for Radio and certain key points to consider for writing : A Review

Abstract

Writing for radio is different than writing for print. You’re writing for the ear, not the eye. Listeners have to get it the first time around- they can’t go back and hear it again (unlike re-reading a sentence in a magazine). And while a reader may get up and come back to an article, a radio listener who gets up may not come back. So you want to grab their attention and hold onto it for as long as possible. Writing feature stories like the ones aired in India as Prime Minister Modi ji’s Man Ki Baat is also different than writing news copy. You can loosen up a little. You can be more literary, more creative, more personal.