In this Sunday Series, you’ll meet writers new and seasoned as they share what inspires them to put #PenToPaper. This week, welcome Gila Green, who writes about finding her voice. Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash I have never attended a Canadian creative writing program, so I cannot say with certainty that my distance from Ottawa, my hometown, allows …
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Reflections
~ Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul. ~ Meg Rosoff
Becky Levine, Voice and Dialogue
My last post was about balance, and all weekend long I fought to maintain it. Despite the swings back and forth between sane and not, I completed several writerly tasks without driving my family away. I rewrote a few more chapters in my WIP, I punched out drafts for two posts, and I read more …