Finding Your Writer's Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction
- ISBN-10
- 1250093406
- ISBN-13
- 9781250093400
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-08-11
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Authors
- Thaisa Frank, Dorothy Wall
Description
An illuminating guide to finding one's most powerful writing tool, Finding Your Writer's Voice helps writers learn to hear the voices that are uniquely their own. Mixing creative inspiration with practical advice about craft, the book includes chapters on: Accessing raw voice Listening to voices of childhood, public and private voices, and colloquial voices Working in first and third person: discovering a narrative persona Using voice to create characters Shaping one's voice into the form of a story Reigniting the energy of voice during revision
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