tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post1391414610816469488..comments2024-03-19T14:52:00.000-07:00Comments on Coming Down the Mountain: Voice and the Refining of the Author's VoiceKaren Jones Gowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-84812292740590333102012-04-26T04:11:39.310-07:002012-04-26T04:11:39.310-07:00Thanks for posting this. I'm trying to get my ...Thanks for posting this. I'm trying to get my book published.Deenahttp://deenasdays.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-79170640130160964352012-04-25T13:29:55.623-07:002012-04-25T13:29:55.623-07:00Putting personality into one's writing takes e...Putting personality into one's writing takes effort!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-87608830183613903712012-04-25T12:58:31.124-07:002012-04-25T12:58:31.124-07:00I managed to write my 'resting' WIP in som...I managed to write my 'resting' WIP in someone else's voice for the first half of the novel, then revert to mine. I did it because I'd just finished reading a novel by the author whose voice I mimicked. Very bad, and very noticeable, and now I'm not sure how to change it.<br /><br />So yes, I agree, voice is very important - and your OWN voice, even more so!Annalisa Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943610814274794998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-26492897648145990982012-04-25T11:25:22.626-07:002012-04-25T11:25:22.626-07:00No matter the topic, a book with a strong voice al...No matter the topic, a book with a strong voice always catches my attention. And it doesn't always have to be 1st person, if an author is able to capture a character's spirit the perspective doesn't matter.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-3148608110063648942012-04-25T09:19:03.647-07:002012-04-25T09:19:03.647-07:00Voice isn't something you take a course and vi...Voice isn't something you take a course and viola you have one. It's something you can develop and define more strongly with practice.<br /><br />I like your analogy on the way a person talks and their mannerisms, tone, style of expression and comparing it to our writing voice. Good one. :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.siamckye.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Sia McKye OVER COFFEE</a>~Sia McKye~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08470562659597351033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-83526133364548205092012-04-25T09:05:10.280-07:002012-04-25T09:05:10.280-07:00Voice is very, very important. And you're abso...Voice is very, very important. And you're absolutely correct. So is Anne. It comes with practice (maybe with age he he), and is very, very difficult to achieve.<br /><a href="http://annbestblog.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-45566790169673591812012-04-25T06:58:50.935-07:002012-04-25T06:58:50.935-07:00I agree with you Karen. Nice post.I agree with you Karen. Nice post.Julia Honeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497316179340178624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-65685571742829546272012-04-25T05:44:32.606-07:002012-04-25T05:44:32.606-07:00It's the hardest thing to achieve, I think. An...It's the hardest thing to achieve, I think. And yes, with practice it becomes more resonant.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-12170091283616547812012-04-25T05:43:43.201-07:002012-04-25T05:43:43.201-07:00Examples of Voice help but until the writer has a ...Examples of Voice help but until the writer has a Eureka! moment, it is difficult to describe.<br /><br />Good post.Huntresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155372788872245758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-75090163343978490272012-04-25T05:41:48.337-07:002012-04-25T05:41:48.337-07:00What great advice!! I so agree - practice truly ma...What great advice!! I so agree - practice truly makes perfect! Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-84918182290964897772012-04-25T05:41:33.827-07:002012-04-25T05:41:33.827-07:00Great post today. I really agree that voice does c...Great post today. I really agree that voice does come with practice. I feel like the things I'm writing now have more voice than things I've written in the past.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226974782422398270noreply@blogger.com