Finding Your Writer's Voice

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 voiceListening to voices of childhood, public and private voices, and colloquial voicesWorking in first and third person: discovering a narrative personaUsing voice to create charactersShaping one's voice into the form of a storyReigniting the energy of voice during revision