tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post6046051903663769990..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: What's your 'voice'? by Terry BurnsAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-17548369315749424902011-12-02T12:51:43.009-05:002011-12-02T12:51:43.009-05:00I use fragments, which drive my English major son ...I use fragments, which drive my English major son nuts. But it's the way I talk. So there. <br /><br />And I had a writer friend tell me that "good" writers don't start sentences with But or And. But I noticed all the sentences in the Bible that begin with But and And. So they're stayin'. <br /><br />Excellent post, Terry.Jeanette Levelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12898750484193832082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-89284551484960807732011-12-01T19:35:19.302-05:002011-12-01T19:35:19.302-05:00I agree, Rick. Just tell the best story you can an...I agree, Rick. Just tell the best story you can and your voice should come through.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-36982336726478634462011-12-01T18:36:31.574-05:002011-12-01T18:36:31.574-05:00I used to worry about voice. Until a freelance edi...I used to worry about voice. Until a freelance editor I paid told me that frankly, I had no voice. So I quit worrying about it.<br /><br />I just keep trying to learn the craft. And for my more or less final edits I read out loud. If the word is not something I would ever use, I change it, even if my favorite critique partner suggested it.<br /><br />And my characters do not all use perfect grammar. Maybe none of them do. But they sound like themselves.Story and Logic Media Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317731231950753140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-91217109378943099662011-12-01T12:22:24.034-05:002011-12-01T12:22:24.034-05:00My main advice for a newcomer would be to read wid...My main advice for a newcomer would be to read widely, expose yourself to many voices, but don't try to copycat any of them. Just tell the most interesting story you can using all the experiences and words accumulated so far in your life.Rick Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795635112065282277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-7292885703129048522011-12-01T11:31:59.322-05:002011-12-01T11:31:59.322-05:00It took writing a few novels to find my voice, and...It took writing a few novels to find my voice, and now I'm working at honing it. An interesting journey :)Valerie Comerhttp://valeriecomer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-85889499430803269252011-12-01T10:38:48.405-05:002011-12-01T10:38:48.405-05:00Something interesting, my sister read a few of my ...Something interesting, my sister read a few of my terrible terrible writing "masterpieces" from Jr. High and we had a good laugh, but then she said that I still write the same. <br /><br />I was understandably horrified and she reassured me that I had improved in immeasurable ways...but the pacing and word choice and feel, very similar to my evil Jr. High self. <br /><br />How strange, I didn't even know for sure if I had a voice and apparently I do, and have had it for awhile. In fact, I'm revising my WIP right now and according to some feedback I have too much voice. Oops!Kristen Joy Wilkshttp://www.kristenjoywilks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-88513373819067545912011-12-01T09:24:39.150-05:002011-12-01T09:24:39.150-05:00Well said. That's the way I see it. I've n...Well said. That's the way I see it. I've noticed that in all the novels I've written, they all have a similar sound to them. The stories and the characters are very different, but the voice is the same. If people like it, if people don't, it is what it is.Timothy Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-91947119722403096032011-12-01T09:12:59.287-05:002011-12-01T09:12:59.287-05:00Wonderful post and so true.Wonderful post and so true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com