This week JJ and Kelly discuss Voice in another installment of their Writing Mechanics series. Voice: What is it? How can you develop it? How many times can they say "voice" in a single episode?
Show Notes
What is voice? JJ talks about it a little on her blog.
Understand Voice and Tone in Writing by Grammar Girl
How to Craft a Great Voice by Nathan Bransford
What We're Reading/Books Discussed
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
You: A Novel by Caroline Kepnes
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Poison Study, Magic Study, and Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
Off Menu Recommendations
Still The Black Tapes and Tanis podcasts
The No-Sleep Podcast (and associated subreddit)
Kelly is still on the fence about Dawson's Creek
What We're Working On
Kelly will be teaching another class on contracts at the Loft Literary Center and working on her YA novel
JJ is juggling several different writing projects and is trying to figure out what to work on next
That's all for this week! Next week we'll be doing our QUERY CRITIQUE podcast!
21. Writing Mechanics: Voice