On Writing #3: The Myth of "Finding Your Vioce" and How to Develop One (Or Two Or Three) of Your Own

[sboydtaylor]

One thing I've seen endless posts on is "Finding Your Voice", as if there is a magical voice that is yours -- and one day you'll just run into your voice and BOOM you'll be a real writer with a real style

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[jongibbs]

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing :)

[sboydtaylor]

You read it that fast? That's pretty impressive.

[jongibbs]

I started speed-reading a few years back. It's amazing how much you can get through if you let your eyes run ahead and trust the rest of yourself to catch up ;)

[wendigomountain]

I ran into my Voice in a dark alley once. It kicked the crap out of me and rolled me for loose change!

[sboydtaylor]

Go for the low blow, man. There's no rules in the Voice Wars.

[pure_doxyk]

Wow, fantastic article, and spectacular advice. Thank you!

[sboydtaylor]

You're welcome! And thank you! :)

[daydreammuse]

This is simply brilliant. I always considered that through trial and error and really trying to understand the narrative character would the voice shape up and also gain some unique shades. However I had no idea that one could develop a voice in controlled experiments.

[sboydtaylor]

Glad I could help :)

[ext_120600]

Great article! I hope you don't mind if I link to it and try to push a little further into your Step #3 about how to create voice qualities. It's a topic I find fascinating.

[sboydtaylor]

Thanks! Sure, you can link to me.

I didn't expound on Step #3, because in my experience every item gets deconstructed/analyzed in a different way. Or perhaps I just haven't found the repeatable process yet.