tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post3572333003050568527..comments2024-01-17T22:00:41.839-08:00Comments on Full Throttle and F**k It: LanguageSteve Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-35713040073710069312009-06-08T16:25:50.394-07:002009-06-08T16:25:50.394-07:00When I started writing seriously, I spent a year w...When I started writing seriously, I spent a year writing short stories, purposely changing the tone, voice, and style of language in each, meanwhile continuing my job as a magazine writer. At the end of the year, I discovered that my voice was what was common to all of those different pieces.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-16715217250462074332009-06-03T12:33:47.882-07:002009-06-03T12:33:47.882-07:00I try not to overthink my voice, or let anyone els...I try not to overthink my voice, or let anyone else's work--no matter how much I admire it--influence me. My voice is just how it is, and any excess of tweaking has always resulted in it sounding stilted and hollow.AvDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574481780173046619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-37718866132455917682009-06-03T07:57:11.871-07:002009-06-03T07:57:11.871-07:00I found voice in writing by doing it and reading t...I found voice in writing by doing it and reading those authors whose words flowed with brilliant description and meaning.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-38324702540903286132009-05-28T00:11:04.395-07:002009-05-28T00:11:04.395-07:00I loved peotry from early on...think it was my Iri...I loved peotry from early on...think it was my Irish grandfather's love it and continual reciting bits. Wrote journals full of the stuff through highschool and college but now never. I still find though when I read good poetry it reaches me in a way fiction never can :-)<br />lxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-45382026550124377292009-05-27T17:32:38.131-07:002009-05-27T17:32:38.131-07:00SQT, It's good to be back. :D
Charles, your posts...SQT, It's good to be back. :D<br /><br />Charles, your posts lately have certainly been pretty poetic!<br /><br />Audrey, with an unviewable profile, website instead of blog and what appears to be a focus on learning foreign languages, you'll forgive me if I think you're a spam robot...<br /><br />Sidney, oddly enough, I'm having a similar experience right now: retyping my own work a page at a time, it's an interesting way to find the 'rough spots' in my voice.<br /><br />CS, I didn't go all floppy-shirted and poetic until my late teens, either. Y'ask me, most young'uns aren't ready to connect with that sort of art before then. <br /><br />Unless, of course, you present your three stanzas with a guitar bridge before the last chorus... ;pSteve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-68344079898066767602009-05-27T13:30:31.170-07:002009-05-27T13:30:31.170-07:00Good to see you back!
I fell in love with poetry ...Good to see you back!<br /><br />I fell in love with poetry late, in my early twenties. Before that I hated it. Perhaps if I'd come to it sooner...cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-51527569253669239092009-05-27T06:31:39.381-07:002009-05-27T06:31:39.381-07:00I took a direct mail writing course in which they'...I took a direct mail writing course in which they'd have you copy examples onto paper to let the style soak in, I guess. It's an interesting exercise and probably valuable in all forms to make you aware of voice.<br /><br />Kind of like performing literature is a way of studying it, I guess.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-70350245392480982252009-05-26T22:55:46.141-07:002009-05-26T22:55:46.141-07:00I used to do a lot more analyzing of my own style ...I used to do a lot more analyzing of my own style or voice. I still agonize over word choice, but I don't think much about it as a bigger picture anymore. It's just what is right for that moment.<br /><br />I think poetry is a great way to play with and acquire language.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-31529217689224782542009-05-26T22:24:15.278-07:002009-05-26T22:24:15.278-07:00Good to see you back Steve.
Trying not to emulat...Good to see you back Steve. <br /><br />Trying not to emulate, to the point of outright copying, ones favorite authors is very very hard. I usually find that my "voice" is more of a choir.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.com