Hello, if you are a writer, you have a voice. No, not the voice your vocal cords produce. You have a literary voice and like all great writers your voice will be obvious in everything you pen. You voice depends on many things. Where you were born and where you lived. Do you have a Southern drawl or an New York accent? Those manners of speaking may and probably will, come through in your writing. If you've been exposed to different places and accents it will become easier for you to adapt those voices for your characters but as a narrator, your voice your authentic voice, will come through to the delight of your readers. They read you not only for your plots and characters, they read you for your unique and authentic voice. As a writer you should aspire to be recognizable just by your voice.
A simple analogy--yet with complex subtext--of what the writer's voice is tasked with achieving. Well said. A subject not often considered by writers, but one that is paramount to acquiring readership. Thanks for posting.
It has taken me many years to develop my own writer's voice, but I think I have finally found it. What you says is so true, a fine write, a fine voice.
So true, especially now with talking books. A really good voice can propel your work beyond just the writing.
I was lucky to grow up where I developed one of those Midwestern voices that created so many great actors and news talkers like Walter Cronkite and Ronald Reagan. But I was once accused by my twin brother of picking up a California accent. I doubt it. Nor did I pick up a southern drawl while living three years in Atlanta. Or even a hillbilly accent, whatever that is, after seven years in West Virginia.
Unfortunately, my long capacity does not allow me to speak like I once did, so I can no longer create talking books with my voice, but must use others similar to my voice.
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I was lucky to grow up where I developed one of those Midwestern voices that created so many great actors and news talkers like Walter Cronkite and Ronald Reagan. But I was once accused by my twin brother of picking up a California accent. I doubt it. Nor did I pick up a southern drawl while living three years in Atlanta. Or even a hillbilly accent, whatever that is, after seven years in West Virginia.
Unfortunately, my long capacity does not allow me to speak like I once did, so I can no longer create talking books with my voice, but must use others similar to my voice.
Ron