Of course, you want your book to look professional, but you can always fix spelling and punctuation mistakes down the line. But even then, take their suggestions with a grain of salt. The most important thing is to preserve your narrative voice and make a connection with the reader. Stop worrying about how you sound at all. Just get your ideas down on paper. Give yourself permission to write a mediocre first draft.
Hell, give yourself permission to write a terrible first draft. But it will be real. It will encapsulate your writing voice. Think of your vomit draft as a starting place that helps you drill down to the essence of your voice. Why does this work? It will be focused on helping someone you care about. I just said that your vomit draft will probably be terrible. But in another sense, your vomit draft will be great. Many successful people are perfectionists. When they write, they want every word to be spot-on.
Every great book starts out as a bad book, or at least a mediocre book. I promise. And better. They let their fear get in the way, and they get stuck.
This is a process. Your voice will develop over successive drafts. Ernest Hemingway had one of the most distinctive voices in literature, and he was an obsessive editor. Character voice is related to persona in that the latter refers to how the author approaches the story.
Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye. Here, Holden talks about his deceased brother Allie:. This informal, often flippant voice is strongly associated with teenagers, making Holden feel real and relatable to readers. A detective brings him in for questioning, and in the middle of the conversation, Jacob notices the clock and begins to stress about missing his favorite show:. Despite the serious situation, Jacob is fixated on not being able to follow his routine.
Through this characterization, Picoult shows the reader how important structure is to Jacob. His sentences are matter of fact and honest, which gives him a methodical, if obsessive, voice. Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility. Upon learning that Willoughby is marrying someone other than Marianne, who he has overtly flirted with and lead on, Lady Middleton makes her disapproval known:.
This entire paragraph, written in third person, is one sentence, yet its syntax is easy to follow. This article by ThoughtCo. Thompson is perhaps one of the best examples of this.
His influential, inimitable "gonzo" style has been emulated over the years by countless writers. Every character has an individual way of putting together words, phrases, and ideas. These elements make up a person's "voice.
Whatever the case, everybody possesses a combination of different qualities that make up a single complex personality.
There are many great examples of authors creating compelling character voices in fiction writing. Salinger and Harper Lee created iconic figures that set the scenes vividly with evocative descriptions, observations, and dialogue. Perhaps the most colorful instance of character voice comes from Charles Dickens in his classic novel "David Copperfield. One of his most famous characters was Uriah Heep. Heep was a nasty character who called himself "'umble" humble.
But while he pretended to be humble and unambitious, he had a scheme in mind for bettering himself:. Just thinking of it made me tired. But knowing it is a psychiatrist asking her, we know that Susanna is having psychological issues, and that the rest he speaks of is actually a rest in a psychiatric facility. One of the kookiest voices in literature comes from Dr.
Seuss, known for his unruly rhyme patterns, made up words and overall silly voice. In his beloved classic The Cat in the Hat, Doctor Seuss tells his story with three voices—the children, the fish, and the Cat in the Hat.
The first voice is that of the fish, who is stern and serious, warning the children that they should not play with the Cat; the second is that of the Cat; lighthearted and dismissive, telling everyone not to worry and that they should definitely play with him. Here, you can see Ma depressed in bed while hearing Jack speak about room. His voice his literary voice, not the literal sound of his voice reflects his surprisingly positive perspective on the world.
Jack sees the good in the things where we might see problems, like a bent spoon and a toilet in the centre of a home. His innocent voice is what makes the film slightly less painful. George R. Martin is well known for storytelling through multiple characters and voices in his novels, and the same goes when he adapts the stories for the TV series Game of Thrones. Voice can be harder to express on screen, but Game of Thrones still finds a way to replicate what Martin does on the page.
For instance, this clip shows us the voices of several groups of characters during a tragic event:. It determines so much of how a story works, from the way it is told to how the reader understands and feels about the characters and events.
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