So, What Is a “Donut” in Voiceover? First off, yes—it’s a silly term. And yes, it’s spelled just like the pastry: donut (not “doughnut”). But in the voiceover world, it means something very different. A donut is a hole or blank section inside a piece of copy—typically in commercial scripts. That empty space is deliberately left open so the client can rotate in a different message later.

Today we’re talking about something I don’t think we discuss nearly enough: archiving your auditions and your work. If you’re not doing this… why not? You absolutely should.

It's in virtually every voice-over audition. The conversational read. It's harder than it sounds. In this video, Gabby gives you some...