tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post8432628755675571762..comments2023-03-25T20:51:08.624-05:00Comments on Keena Kincaid : It's not what you know...it's what you feelKeena Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15985958126062809043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-76726905551094896962011-12-16T13:22:03.659-06:002011-12-16T13:22:03.659-06:00Hey Keena,
Casey, I loved your responses to the ...Hey Keena,<br /><br /><br />Casey, I loved your responses to the questions. Your book sounds really intriguing.<br /><br />Keena, great post, good advice.<br /><br />DyanneDyannehttp://www.dyannedavis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-80897961012888410812011-12-15T20:49:24.974-06:002011-12-15T20:49:24.974-06:00Thanks everyone for commenting. I find voice fasci...Thanks everyone for commenting. I find voice fascinating. I found my after I'd been a reporter for several years. I finally stopped trying so hard and just let myself go and have fun with what i was writing.Keena Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985958126062809043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-21612537828466747452011-12-15T20:46:10.524-06:002011-12-15T20:46:10.524-06:00Mona,
Post the link to the savvy author blog so so...Mona,<br />Post the link to the savvy author blog so someone can pop in and find it.Keena Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985958126062809043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-39644241980152528952011-12-15T10:48:18.039-06:002011-12-15T10:48:18.039-06:00Great discussion. I realized I had a voice when on...Great discussion. I realized I had a voice when one of my editors added a couple of sentences to my story to fix a scene. I thought, hey - that doesn't sound like me. Nothing wrong with it, but it wasn't "me." Another interesting experiment was writing a progressive story with 10 authors. In the beginning, our heroine sounded a little schizophrenic with all those different Jannine Gallanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692098634695675967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-939786188294270982011-12-15T10:32:11.596-06:002011-12-15T10:32:11.596-06:00Loraine,
You are probably right. I tend to agree t...Loraine,<br />You are probably right. I tend to agree that in my stories, I could probably pick out "me" if I didn't know I had written them. I think a mother could, too, especially! LOL It is fascinating and fun to experiment with. I just finished a story called KANE'S REDEMPTION that will be out in the next month or so, and it's written from the POV of a 10-year-old boy Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-37522698201437770622011-12-15T10:15:50.128-06:002011-12-15T10:15:50.128-06:00Cheryl, but is that your voice you're altering...Cheryl, but is that your voice you're altering or your book's voice? I tend to think it's your book's voice because I still get "you" in any of your different styles. Mom once said when she reads my books she hears me telling the story. That's what I call an author's voice.<br /><br />One of my fave authors is Marilynne Robinson. In each of her three novels, the LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-18075743882142778032011-12-15T10:07:22.296-06:002011-12-15T10:07:22.296-06:00Keena,
I find I have a slightly different "vo...Keena,<br />I find I have a slightly different "voice" when I write contemporary than when I write historical. I guess this has to be because of the time period and the characters. I can vary it depending on what I write. Several years ago, I wrote some short stories for Adams Media's Rocking Chair Reader series (kind of like Chicken Soup, but not exactly.) That was when I learned Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-68431344688821955372011-12-15T09:57:34.921-06:002011-12-15T09:57:34.921-06:00When I submitted my first manuscript to Mills&...When I submitted my first manuscript to Mills& Boon back in 2002, and they answered saying, "we like your voice but write a different story", I sighed with relief. It was the seal of approval I needed to keep writing. I wrote a post about "voices" on Savvy Authors blog two days ago, and on how to develop your voice. Glad to see you continuing the discussion, Keena.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-63386374684374035772011-12-15T09:22:17.021-06:002011-12-15T09:22:17.021-06:00This is such timeless advice, Keena, but its the h...This is such timeless advice, Keena, but its the hardest for many writers to achieve. Putting raw emotion on the page is as hard as climbing Mount Everest to some writers.<br /><br />It took me awhile to find my true voice. I think you have to keep practicing and practicing by writing new material until you train your ear to what your cadence is.<br /><br />I greatly admire folks who can vary Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-75992648514247072232011-12-15T09:11:55.218-06:002011-12-15T09:11:55.218-06:00Keena, I agree. It's innate. Like Celia said a...Keena, I agree. It's innate. Like Celia said about teaching, you have a storyteller's voice or you don't. They say anyone can write if they learn how. Yes, the technique and such, but I equate voice with being a storyteller. You are or you aren't. There are a lot of big name books from authors who learned the techniques well, and yes, you can, but there's always a difference.<LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-83571661398394011722011-12-15T09:02:46.634-06:002011-12-15T09:02:46.634-06:00I've been told from the beginning that I have ...I've been told from the beginning that I have a distinctive "voice." At the time, I had no idea what they were talking about.<br />It's difficult...like we discussed earlier...to teach this to someone. It's like the years I was chair of the science dept. in the school where I taught..one teacher...a coach..was just the worst teacher. The administration instructed me to have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374580723184247824.post-41359986291459817862011-12-15T08:20:37.218-06:002011-12-15T08:20:37.218-06:00I was such a newbie I didn't even know about v...I was such a newbie I didn't even know about voice until an editor mentioned my 'dark' writing. Now I know it was a compliment. <br />BarbaraBarbara Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379534828904059584noreply@blogger.com