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Ava -- Another excellent post! I've sounded off on "voice" myself (see https://ellenbooks.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/finding-your-voice-2/ ) to add the idea that narrative voice can be thought of as yet another character. A strong narrative voice -- regardless of whether the story is told in first, second, or third person -- can add personality to the telling of the story, or dimension in other ways. The example I use is historical fiction: when the story is told in the manner that (for example) 19th Century novels were written, then you have a distinctive voice for that particular novel. And it wouldn't be the voice of the author, either. So I put "voice" out there apart from even the author's natural storytelling style, and consider it another element of the book that has to fit as well any other piece.
Nov 27, 2014, 6:52:06 PM