Going into the new year, many things are changing ... as they should. Some projects have been brought to completion, some have been released,new ones have come into being, and thoughts are coming together on others. As my life undergoes various changes, I find my author's voice changing with it. Perhaps I should look at this as a fine tuning, rather than a massive change. I have more confidence in my writing now, and allow my muse to say whatever she wants to. Certainly makes her happy!
So, what is this thing we call our author's voice? It is, of course, simply our style of writing. This will change from genre to genre, and project to project. We work within certain inner guidelines that define who we are,and this is the over-riding quality that we see in everything that we do. We need to be authentic to who we are, and who we are is an evolving person. Therefore, our author's voice will evolve along with us.
Over the years this little Cappie person is very pleased to see that she does have a modicum of a sense of humor. Not all the time, just sometimes. But it is there. I am comfortable with letting it come out to play - as long as it doesn't get too sarcastic! I know that a writer's style is a combination of their basic personality, and a consideration for the specific audience they are writing for. (Yes, one of the things that this self-taught writer learned was to target her audience before defining a project, and before beginning to write.)
I would add one more thought to the mix - the tone of the times that the author is writing about. The tone and style that one writes in is just as much a part of the backdrop for a story as the characters personal style,and the physical world around them. Going into 2012, we are looking at huge social and economic changes, and a spiritual quickening in life on the physical plane. i never want to be afraid to express the changes around me as I see them in my work, whether it is fiction or mainstream writing.
Is your writer's voice changing? If it isn't, does it need to?
(c) January 2012 Bonnie Cehovet
There's a saying that suffering comes when one does not accept change, which is the only constant in life.
ReplyDeleteSo, I think you're avoiding suffering, and I do not blame you! Best of luck for 2012! Glad to have you along for the Tarot-ride!
A Ha! I knew you had a sense of humor! Happy New Year my friend! :-)
ReplyDeleteNary - Nope - no sense of humor! ;-) Happy New Year to you too! Priestess Tarot - I am avoiding suffering? I hope not avoiding it, but dealing with it in my own way. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Bonnie