Implausibility and the “Point of Improbability”
I’ve been revising my (endless) novel, and wringing my hands [...]
What is Voice in Creative Writing?
Voice Lessons
“Voice” is a term that gets bandied about in the writing world a lot, as in “He hasn’t found his voice,” or in reviews, such as: “She has created a unique, lovely and deceptively unsophisticated voice for her narrator.” Sometimes readers will exclaim to a writer, “I love your voice!” or an editor will reject a piece because “the voice isn’t fresh or original enough.” Voice seems to be a crucial yet elusive aspect of writing. Is it simply personality in writing? Like personality or style, don’t you either have it or not? Can it be developed, or learned? What is it, really?