Comments on: The Uniqueness of You http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/ about the craft and business of fiction Thu, 24 May 2012 17:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Around the Web | GENREALITY http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131487 Around the Web | GENREALITY Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:30:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131487 [...] Walsh has on on The Uniqueness of You that I LOVE over at Writer [...] [...] Walsh has on on The Uniqueness of You that I LOVE over at Writer [...]

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]]> By: Steve http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131389 Steve Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:45:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131389 I'm not visual at all. I'm ear-oriented, and I enjoy the sounds of words and nuances of meaning. I love comments that imply more than they say. I'm writing a first novel (YA) and my teen characters are a bunch of smart-asses. -Steve I’m not visual at all. I’m ear-oriented, and I enjoy the sounds of words and nuances of meaning. I love comments that imply more than they say. I’m writing a first novel (YA) and my teen characters are a bunch of smart-asses.

-Steve

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]]> By: Barbara Forte Abate http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131375 Barbara Forte Abate Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:10:21 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131375 Excellent post,Therese. Whether writing myself or reading someone elses work, I LOVE both simile and metaphor. They have the power to bring abundant life to the ordinary. Well done and my writing comes to life. www.barbaraforteabate.com Excellent post,Therese. Whether writing myself or reading someone elses work, I LOVE both simile and metaphor. They have the power to bring abundant life to the ordinary. Well done and my writing comes to life.
http://www.barbaraforteabate.com

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]]> By: Cassi http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131339 Cassi Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:16:52 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131339 I think this is a very good post. There is a lot of writing advice out there and it could be very easy to lose your style in everyones preferences. I'm not sure what exactly my fingerprint looks like. I'll have to read some of my own stuff to figure that out. I think this is a very good post. There is a lot of writing advice out there and it could be very easy to lose your style in everyones preferences.

I’m not sure what exactly my fingerprint looks like. I’ll have to read some of my own stuff to figure that out.

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]]> By: Julie Kibler http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131335 Julie Kibler Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:05:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131335 I love metaphor. I love it in music, I love it in movies, I love it in books. Even beyond the simile, which I like, too, metaphor makes me giddy. When I discover some everyday thing in my life could be a metaphor for a deeper idea (and OH, JOY! when it works for my WIP!), I can spend a lot of time studying it and perfecting the transfer from my brain to paper. I also enjoy reading through a first draft and realizing I've "accidentally" created a theme using objects or settings, etc. Far better than if I'd planned it. On that two-simile thing -- I'm reading A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. She often uses two similes in the same sentence. And she's a celebrated literary writer, right? The key is doing it well, I think. .-= Julie Kibler´s last blog ..<a href="http://whatwomenwritetx.blogspot.com/2010/02/buried-under-white-piles.html" rel="nofollow">Buried Under White Piles</a> =-. I love metaphor. I love it in music, I love it in movies, I love it in books.

Even beyond the simile, which I like, too, metaphor makes me giddy. When I discover some everyday thing in my life could be a metaphor for a deeper idea (and OH, JOY! when it works for my WIP!), I can spend a lot of time studying it and perfecting the transfer from my brain to paper.

I also enjoy reading through a first draft and realizing I’ve “accidentally” created a theme using objects or settings, etc. Far better than if I’d planned it.

On that two-simile thing — I’m reading A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. She often uses two similes in the same sentence. And she’s a celebrated literary writer, right? The key is doing it well, I think.
.-= Julie Kibler´s last blog ..Buried Under White Piles =-.

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]]> By: Josa http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131327 Josa Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:01:54 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131327 I am in such a twiddle about how I do it, that reading this post has sort of calmed me down. Writerly fingerprint? sometimes what I write makes me happy, sometimes it bores the f'ing pants off me. I am near the end of 1st draft of WIP, and motoring. The first 25k landed me an agent. She liked my 'voice'. O dear not really calm at all..... I am in such a twiddle about how I do it, that reading this post has sort of calmed me down. Writerly fingerprint? sometimes what I write makes me happy, sometimes it bores the f’ing pants off me. I am near the end of 1st draft of WIP, and motoring. The first 25k landed me an agent. She liked my ‘voice’. O dear not really calm at all…..

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]]> By: Melanie http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131321 Melanie Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:47:34 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131321 I'm glad you said that about similes. I avoid them like the plague because I feel like that can sound forced, BUT if done well, they're like the perfect icing on an already decadent cake. (ha, I didn't intend to write one there.) I stick to metaphors. I have lofty goals for my new wip -- I want light to play such an important role that it's almost like another character. As someone who tends not to describe things much, it will be tricky. .-= Melanie´s last blog ..<a href="http://melanieavila.blogspot.com/2010/02/another-last-and-beginning.html" rel="nofollow">Another "Last" and a Beginning</a> =-. I’m glad you said that about similes. I avoid them like the plague because I feel like that can sound forced, BUT if done well, they’re like the perfect icing on an already decadent cake. (ha, I didn’t intend to write one there.) I stick to metaphors.

I have lofty goals for my new wip — I want light to play such an important role that it’s almost like another character. As someone who tends not to describe things much, it will be tricky.
.-= Melanie´s last blog ..Another "Last" and a Beginning =-.

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]]> By: sara http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131320 sara Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:35:40 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131320 Can't. Stop. Looking. at the pretty picture! I LOVE that swirl of colors :-) I think the important thing to do is know the "rules" well enough to know which ones are breakable when you get to them in your own writing. Personally, I'm big on describing scents in my writing. I don't overdo it, but I probably do it more than most. And I love reading them in scenes... There's something about imagining the smell of something that just zaps me right into the story. Can’t. Stop. Looking. at the pretty picture! I LOVE that swirl of colors :-)

I think the important thing to do is know the “rules” well enough to know which ones are breakable when you get to them in your own writing.

Personally, I’m big on describing scents in my writing. I don’t overdo it, but I probably do it more than most. And I love reading them in scenes… There’s something about imagining the smell of something that just zaps me right into the story.

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131319 Kathleen Bolton Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:32:11 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131319 Sometimes you can capture two or three dimensions (sight, taste, sound etc) in one good similie than in a whole sheaf of exposition. I'm always trying to inject sounds for some reason, dunno why. I guess that's my imprint. Great post! Lots to mull here. Sometimes you can capture two or three dimensions (sight, taste, sound etc) in one good similie than in a whole sheaf of exposition. I’m always trying to inject sounds for some reason, dunno why. I guess that’s my imprint.

Great post! Lots to mull here.

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]]> By: Deborah Bundy http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/16/the-fingerprint-of-voice/#comment-131318 Deborah Bundy Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:55:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2324#comment-131318 Having been a visual artist before becoming a writer I do detail, color, light in my character's world. Once, I read that one should only use one adjective for each noun, and sometimes none. I went through one of my stories and deleted, deleted. When I finished and read the result, the story felt dead to me. I'd cut all the things I love about life. Painting a scene, I'd say is my fingerprint. Nice article. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to follow you. :) Having been a visual artist before becoming a writer I do detail, color, light in my character’s world. Once, I read that one should only use one adjective for each noun, and sometimes none. I went through one of my stories and deleted, deleted. When I finished and read the result, the story felt dead to me. I’d cut all the things I love about life. Painting a scene, I’d say is my fingerprint. Nice article. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to follow you. :)

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