tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post176549104862516846..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Discovering & Developing Your Voice, Part 2Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-49667997757165584832009-05-05T22:10:00.000-06:002009-05-05T22:10:00.000-06:00Thanks, Jesaka. This is a fascinating subject. Tha...Thanks, Jesaka. This is a fascinating subject. Thanks for your thoughtful reply to my questions. <br /><br />AmyA.L. Sonnichsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358456786727534289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-53222050369716834962009-05-05T09:32:00.000-06:002009-05-05T09:32:00.000-06:00Thanks for reading and sharing your comments, Marv...Thanks for reading and sharing your comments, Marvin! I always appreciate it.Jesaka Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17612967905894512123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-12049875078379031962009-05-05T09:17:00.000-06:002009-05-05T09:17:00.000-06:00@Alps ~ Thanks for such an insightful, thought-pro...@Alps ~ Thanks for such an insightful, thought-provoking comment! You've inspired me to re-read Stein's work - and it's possible I'd have a different response then. In college, I read a significant amount of theory (especially feminist literary theory) and there seemed to be a particular style for that work - very dense, complex sentences that the reader had to uncoil, almost one-by-one. Much of that work sounded similar because of structure and style, but each writer had their own perspectives that come through. Maybe that's a closer comparison to Gertrude Stein than the way we use "voice" today. <br /><br />@Helen ~ Great point that it's often the author's voice that brings readers back again and again. I have often followed authors across genres, simply because I love their writing -- their voice.<br /><br />@Mary - I love using your actual voice to make sure your "voice" rings true in your writing. Thanks for sharing that great point!Jesaka Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17612967905894512123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-36007495638052780382009-05-05T09:14:00.000-06:002009-05-05T09:14:00.000-06:00Voice is so important. This is a good article, ver...Voice is so important. This is a good article, very informative - nice job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-9946112187734126442009-05-05T08:38:00.000-06:002009-05-05T08:38:00.000-06:00I make it a point, when writing, to read the words...I make it a point, when writing, to read the words out loud so the "voice" rings true. <br /><br />I find that I write very much the way I speak. Interesting post! Thanks!<br /><br />Mary<br />http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com<br />http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.comMary Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04377529303481858837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-66930129460823878962009-05-05T07:42:00.000-06:002009-05-05T07:42:00.000-06:00A lot of things can make a book unique, from the s...A lot of things can make a book unique, from the subject matter to the protagonist to the twists of the plot to other things. But it's often the voice of the writer that brings readers back book after book.<br /><br />Helen<br />http://straightfromhel.blogspot.comHelen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-883966647944029612009-05-05T05:45:00.000-06:002009-05-05T05:45:00.000-06:00Thanks for the post, Jesaka. Very informative!
A ...Thanks for the post, Jesaka. Very informative!<br /><br />A couple years ago I read <I>Three Lives</I> and <I>QED</I> by Gertrude Stein and I was struck with how different her voice was in those two books. I know <I>Three Lives</I> was written almost in a vernacular. Are writers who write in vernacular exempt from "the rule of voice?" Or was Gertrude Stein such a genius that she was exempt? Or was the power of the writer's voice not discovered until recently so that classical writers were largely unaware of what voice was? Or did she have the same underlying voice and I just missed something?<br /><br />Thank you in advance for any insights you may have! :)A.L. Sonnichsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358456786727534289noreply@blogger.com