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Jacqueline
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What are some ways to identify whether your writing has voice?
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Does the voice you write with get influenced by genre? Is there a way for a writer to have many “voices” like Cloud Atlas does?
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How do you figure out a voice when writing about an identity that isn’t your own but from a different group or ethnicity?
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Cynthia
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My novel is set in Ancient Greece. How I can give my characters distinct voices when they all need to sound like they come from that time period?
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How do you judge the age of your a character’s voice? Has there ever been a situation where you had to age up or age down a character if they sounded too old or too young?
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michellemillet
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Do you fully plot out character outlines before writing? Or just allow those personality traits to come through organically?
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What are your favourite “hallmarks” of a great voice?
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Do you ever base your characters off people you know or real life individuals?
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Hannah
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Any thoughts or tips on having a distinct voice as a writing, but also giving your MC a distinct voice?
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R. Lille
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What are some of the elements that make something resonate as a YA voice versus an MG voice? How important is sub-genre (fantasy vs. contemporary for example)?
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How do you insert emotion into the story without boring the reader? How much is too much?
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Dawn
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Is it more difficult to write voice in 3rd person than 1st person? How can you make 3rd person voice stronger and avoid falling into a narrator or omniscient voice?
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Any tips for distinguishing voice between characters in a multi-pov book?
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oh you answered it! Thanks! 🙂
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Janine
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Do you think characters that speak with incorrect grammar is a factor in writing voice, or should our grammar stay perfect no matter who we have as our main character?
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Laura Mahal
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Over time, I think I’ve figured out my “voice” as an author, as I’ve had some success placing short fiction and personal essays. Transferring those writing skills to a full-length manuscript is a logical leap. But how do you handle when your readers get really attached to a character, or characters, from a stand-alone novel? Have you had readers write to you and ask you to bring back a character whose voice they especially loved?
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Have you ever experimented with voice when writing non-human characters? Does it require a certain clarity or logic for the reader to understand or can you get away with incomprehensibility?
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Are there certain voice cliches or something overdone? What would you like to see more of for voice?
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Casie
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I’ve found that when I try to inject humor into my YA characters’ voices, some people view the voice as more MG than YA. I’m not sure how to fix this (or if I need to). Do any of you have any reading recommendations for humorous YA novels? Most of the YA I read tends to be on the more serious side.
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I definitely get that we should be careful about writing from a place that’s not our own, but my MG stories reflect my neighborhood and school, and we weren’t all white boys. That means I do write some voices from groups that aren’t my own, even they are not the MC. Any advice for writing a diverse cast?
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Sally
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I just got in, so if this question has bee addressed earlier I apologize. In getting voice for YA is it better to write in first person for my MC? If so, why? I have mine in third. Any tips on how to ‘nail’ it?
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Thank you all so much!
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Such a great panel! Thank you, Pintip, Lindsay and Fonda for sharing your knowledge!
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