voice

In my completed story, the narrator identifies themself as "A child", describing past events in a 1st-person PoV. The time distance between the narrator and the events in the story is unknown until later in the story, which is linked to one of the story's reveals. The child's speech and inner...

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul. Meg Rosoff

I liked this. https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/voice-and-pov

I decided the The Irish Times was the least awful of the choices for news organ and paid the subscription while rejecting the NYT addition. This is one of the first columnists I found. Now I'm wondering if she can really pull this off every week. What a voice. What a sad indightment of life...

To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard. Allen Ginsberg

After Pete's first two seminars, this is my take on Voice - so far. Voice is the unique and individual quality that adds a soul to the work, without which, your work remains unengaging. Voice is an amalgamation of: The psychology that underpins the author’s own personality. The style of...

So, you've got a story, character led, one POV, so maybe first person is the obvious choice, but what if you don't like first person? What if you find it cramped and self indulgent? Do you go straight for close third? What can you do with close third that you can't do in first if you've only got...