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LIVE Panel: Writing Voice

LIVE Panel: Writing Voice

February 10, 2019 Conference 2019, Live 2019 23 Comments

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Jacqueline
Jacqueline
2 years ago

What are some ways to identify whether your writing has voice?

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Ryan
Ryan
2 years ago

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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Ryan
Ryan
2 years ago

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
Cynthia
2 years ago

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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Ryan
Ryan
2 years ago

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
michellemillet
2 years ago

Do you fully plot out character outlines before writing? Or just allow those personality traits to come through organically?

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Averill
Averill
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2 years ago

What are your favourite “hallmarks” of a great voice?

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michellemillet
michellemillet
2 years ago

Do you ever base your characters off people you know or real life individuals?

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Hannah
Hannah
2 years ago

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
R. Lille
2 years ago

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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Azelyn
Azelyn
2 years ago

How do you insert emotion into the story without boring the reader? How much is too much?

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Dawn
Dawn
2 years ago

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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Kate
Kate
2 years ago

Any tips for distinguishing voice between characters in a multi-pov book?

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Kate
Kate
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2 years ago

oh you answered it! Thanks! 🙂

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Janine
Janine
2 years ago

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
Laura Mahal
2 years ago

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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Ryan
Ryan
2 years ago

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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Ryan
Ryan
2 years ago

Are there certain voice cliches or something overdone? What would you like to see more of for voice?

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Casie
Casie
2 years ago

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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Scott R
Scott R
2 years ago

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
Sally
2 years ago

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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Sally
Sally
2 years ago

Thank you all so much!

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kate
kate
2 years ago

Such a great panel! Thank you, Pintip, Lindsay and Fonda for sharing your knowledge!

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