Here’s a great discussion I came across on editor Cheryl Klein’s blog about how authors start a story and how they develop characters. Who would have thought so many people invent characters that take on a life of their own? It’s an old post, so you’ll just have to eavesdrop on the conversation. Can you eavesdrop retroactively? Seems so!
http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/2007/10/and-now-informational-question.html
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Everyone has secrets. Today one of mine is out of the bag–synesthesia. I started thinking about this the other day when a friend asked me where an author’s voice comes from. I was thinking of all the random bits that make up a person’s perception of the world, things that are unique to that indivdual.
When I [...]
Where does an author’s voice come from?
After reading favorite authors, and inviting me to participate in their blogg discussions, students were ready to have a socratic discussion about voice. Most students felt that voice is shaped by a variety of perspectives, social, cultural, philosophical, religious and even technological. An author’s voice is their view of the world [...]