Creating Character Voice
Your readers should sense the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences between the character voices in the stories you write. Try these exercises today!
Your Voice or Theirs?
Voice, whether your natural writing voice or the voice of a character, comes from an emotional place. Jan Fields gives us exercises to develop these voices.
Discovering Your Author Voice
Voice is something publishers want, but it’s an elusive thing to understand. Today, we discover ways to develop our own voice and the voices of our characters.
Finding Your Author Voice
Your author voice has a unique and specific makeup. The way your word choice, writing style, tone, and perspective all make your voice unique to you.
3 Vital Steps to Understanding Revision
To do the hard work of revision in your writing, you need to understand what it’s meant to do. Spoiler alert: it’s not just about fixing mistakes.
236: 3 Ways to Find Character Voice
236: Finding Your Childlike Voice
March 12, 2021
235: Quality Kid Dialogue
235: Authentic Kid Voices
March 5, 2021
The Agent of V.O.I.C.E: Work Undercover for the Best Writing
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > When we think about voice, the goal really is to create effective and memorable writing. Voice is not some false face a writer puts on simply to get attention. When writers do…
233: Active and Passive Voices
233: Active and Passive Voices
February 19, 2021
Word Choice and Voice
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Anyone who has read my past essays much will know that I’m often anti-rules and pro-purpose. In other words, I believe that nearly any writing choice can be made as long as it is done with thought and…
6 Tips to Prime, Pump, and Polish Your Writing Voice
Your writer’s voice is a skill that can be developed. Here are six tips that will help you pump, prime & polish your writing voice. Let’s get to work!
More Than One Sound: Creating Voice in Characters
Character voice grows from the character’s feelings, ventures, and qualities. Get better at character voice through practice. Get started today!
Speaking of Voice
Your voice is about HOW you write. So, how do you make the way you write the content as nearly as interesting as the content itself? Check out these tips.
Raise Your Voice: Only You Can Tell Your Story Your Way
Voice in writing can be elusive. How do you develop your writing voice while also writing characters with their own voices? Lori Mortensen is here to help.
218: Real Speech for Real People
218: Real Speech for Real People
September 18, 2020
205: Voice
205: Voice
June 19, 2020
The Writer’s Voice and Narrative Nonfiction
The content of your piece is the what of your writing. How you say it is the voice. Time to talk about how to develop your author voice in your work.
188: Misunderstood Verbs
188: Misunderstood Verbs
February 21, 2020
184: Finding Your Childlike Voice
184: Finding Your Childlike Voice
January 24, 2020
Training Your Writer’s Voice to Come Out to Play
A writer’s voice is his or her fingerprint on a piece of work. It’s like DNA when it’s authentic. How do you define and develop your writer’s voice? Read on!
