Hello! I’m slightly late posting this week because I knew I had this waiting. Joanna Penn invited me back to her podcast to thrash out a thorny topic – how to find your author voice.
We discuss what voice is, how to develop it, how character dialogue differs from narrative voice, how authors might adapt their style for different kinds of book, voice considerations for non-fiction, the value of experimenting and – that perennial favourite – why literary fiction might take so darn long to write. Plus side helpings of Nigella Lawson and Nigel Slater, so bring a picnic.
You can get it on video, audio download or written transcript – it’s all here.
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Thank you!
Welcome Roz
Great interview! I’m always impressed at you authors who are way more prolific than I…… very humbling! 🙂
Thanks!
Is there any trick to being able to be so prolific?
Persistence and solid craft. And an endless hunger to learn. That probably sounds glib, but there are few short cuts. However, I’ve shared the short cuts I DO know in the little books you’ll see to the right here….
I will check out your self help books, thanks…..
Might I suggest linking that to Amazon…. mostly for lazy clickers like me? LOL
Not everyone buys from Amazon 🙂 And it’s only one more click. Persistence.
Saw it seconds after I posted… 😛
Great post Roz and Joanna. I read the transcript. And I know how some authors struggle with voice. I suppose I was fortunate to have found mine with my first book. Especially in memoir writing, a voice should represent the tone of the story. 🙂
Hi Debby! Yes, finding the right voice for the book is like finding the right actor to play a character. Thanks for stopping by!
You nailed it Roz! Lol, pun intended. 🙂
I can’t hear that pun often enough 🙂
I’m sure you can’t. 🙂
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If you’re a writer (and, if not, tell you writer friends { and, if no writer friends, please befriend one 🙂 — this re-blog on Voice has a video with Roz Morris being interviewed!
I’ve only recently discovered Roz and her works. Totally amazing writer and I plan to read all her books.
This discussion was very intuitive and helpful.
And totally delighted to find this comment – thank you!