Episode 77 - Listen to the voices! What we can learn about voice from great writing

August 29, 2016 00:25:24
Episode 77 - Listen to the voices! What we can learn about voice from great writing
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Episode 77 - Listen to the voices! What we can learn about voice from great writing

Aug 29 2016 | 00:25:24

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In this episode we are going to look at a number of very different examples of writing that excel in the area of how the writing sounds. They are deliberately different in terms of style, and authorial voice, but each of them can teach us something. And because they are very different the benefits that they bring to their respective stories is very different.

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