Voice and Style

Your voice and style are what makes your novel unique, but they can both take time to develop. Here are some articles that cover ways to find and strengthen your voice, write different voices for different characters, and how to craft a story with style.

A sampling of articles on voice

• Can You Hear Me Now? Developing Your Voice
• Finding Your Voice
• How To Find Your Voice
• What You Reading For? A Blog Post on Voice
• I Hear You: Character Voices in Non-POV Characters
• How to Write Characters Who Don't Sound Like You
• Is That You? Developing Voices for Different POVs
• Rhythm of the Words: Voice in Dialog

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A sampling of articles on style

• Give Me a Beat: Rhythm in Dialog
• Feel the Rhythm of the Words
• Breaking the Rules of Writing
• This or That? Mixing Writing Techniques
• Is Your Prose Purple?
• Trust Me, I’m a Reader: Writing for Your Audience

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