tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post2688026574974552478..comments2023-07-06T11:50:15.086+01:00Comments on Just Keep Writing and Other Thoughts...: VoiceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-50682898808799784232007-08-15T20:08:00.000+01:002007-08-15T20:08:00.000+01:00Hi Liz,Just wanted to say thanks for the link to t...Hi Liz,<BR/>Just wanted to say thanks for the link to the Melissa Nathan post, just what I wanted to read, very inspiring. Thanks so much.<BR/>xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-11469821377680543782007-08-14T18:11:00.000+01:002007-08-14T18:11:00.000+01:00I've been told my writing voice is unique and I'm ...I've been told my writing voice is unique and I'm not sure how true this is. I do strive to write for one person (I think of the kind of books this person loves -- which are the ones I love to and I imagine his reaction to what I'm writing) and I don't think about anyone else. That balance between the left and right brains is very tricky for me though. It seems the more the editor gets pulled into the process, the less distinctive the writing becomes. If anyone ever figures out how to balance free flowing creativity with common sense structuring, editing and revision, please tell me how you do it!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-16325574756950678892007-08-14T15:00:00.000+01:002007-08-14T15:00:00.000+01:00Perhaps it becomes more difficult to recognise our...Perhaps it becomes more difficult to recognise our own voice, the more we write? It's rather like hearing ourselves on the ansaphone and thinking we sound all funny...?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781237143187343971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-11448422506429557872007-08-14T14:52:00.000+01:002007-08-14T14:52:00.000+01:00I've never thought about my voice. I've tried, bu...I've never thought about my voice. I've tried, but everytime I worry about it, I lose what is uniquely 'Me'. My crit partner says she could pick my work out of a line-up, so I must be doing something right. =oDB.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-79867955290507870092007-08-14T14:05:00.000+01:002007-08-14T14:05:00.000+01:00How spooky. Liz ~ I was just thinking about this v...How spooky. Liz ~ I was just thinking about this very issue over the last couple of days! <BR/><BR/>My problem is, I think, that the current piece is a bit too much my voice ~ and thinking ahead to the potential readership I think (and fear) that there will be a huge assumption that the novel is very thinly disguised autobiography. There are some autobiographical elements, but my central protatgonist is rather unpleasant ~ she's more a case of what I might have become if things had been different, but she's certainly not me. So I'm hoping that will chnage as I get to the second and thrid drafts. <BR/><BR/> But "voice" is a tricky thing, isn't it? We're always hearing how a writer needs a voice of their own, but how do you know when you've found it?! Maybe it's something a third party such as an editor or agent is better able to spot for us ~ sort of the way your own speaking voice sounds very different in your head to how it sounds to others?<BR/><BR/>A very interetsing area though ~ I shall think on this more over the next few days,<BR/><BR/>Best wishes<BR/>KateKate.Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382512850730256227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-72371716476006402392007-08-14T11:55:00.000+01:002007-08-14T11:55:00.000+01:00The writing is going fast... which means I too hav...The writing is going fast... which means I too have a sh.tload of work to do on it!!<BR/>Which reminds me... I should stop reading blogs and watching TV and start writing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749337741234916835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-23134117917527314342007-08-14T10:52:00.000+01:002007-08-14T10:52:00.000+01:00Liz - are you sure AR doesn't have your voice? May...Liz - are you sure AR doesn't have your voice? Maybe it does, more than you think. <BR/><BR/>I've got a ms forever shelved that I wrote between Decent Exposure and Wish You Were Here. I loved it when I wrote it but I aimed it at a specific genre and it just wasn't quite 'my' voice. It's never been shown to any publisher and never will. However, I am longing to use the two main characters whom I still love so I don't think it's wasted.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you've loved writing A Cornish House.<BR/><BR/>I wish I knew how you can define voice but i don't think I can!Phillipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327571607067476569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-23663139821405617172007-08-14T10:45:00.000+01:002007-08-14T10:45:00.000+01:00When I'm writing novels, my voice tends to be subj...When I'm writing novels, my voice tends to be subjugated by Jasfoup's. I'm just not funny in real life but he is.Rachel Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048590167153841615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-10294984290473001892007-08-14T09:22:00.000+01:002007-08-14T09:22:00.000+01:00Having read your blog posts, i think you have foun...Having read your blog posts, i think you have found your voice Zinnia!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-35836931043579699892007-08-14T09:14:00.000+01:002007-08-14T09:14:00.000+01:00I think so, but it's kind of hard to tell. But I ...I think so, but it's kind of hard to tell. But I think so.Zinnia Cyclamenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841314997513292477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-44150043390183284592007-08-14T08:36:00.000+01:002007-08-14T08:36:00.000+01:00I think that is why I enjoyed writing A Cornish Ho...I think that is why I enjoyed writing A Cornish House so quickly - I didn't let myself dwell. However it means I have a sh.t load of work to do on it to bring it up to a decent standard. How's the writing going?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34330113.post-49195371211426477882007-08-14T08:33:00.000+01:002007-08-14T08:33:00.000+01:00I have found this. If I worry about who is reading...I have found this. If I worry about who is reading it I also end up editing out my voice.<BR/><BR/>Voice is an elusive thing though. Sometimes it can come and go even in a draft of a book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749337741234916835noreply@blogger.com