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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7302594/1...
I should have known it would it include (Alan Rickman = God)Snape ;~)If you've not written much fiction Lily, I think that shows a lot of promise. There's only a hint of your voice in there though, and that is what would make your writing burst into life. That's to be expected with fan-fiction I suppose.
More please :D
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I wouldnt have the first clue how to remove my voice from it to be honest... i suppose its just practise i guess :) !
Noo... Don't remove your voice, put more in. That's what makes it uniquely yours :D
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Sort me... *sputters* p'cha, charming lol.
Ok David will give that a try, the only problem is, the storyline i had in mind wasn't comedic in anyway, will have to figure that one out.
The author's voice is just your way of phrasing things. If an author has a strong voice, you can tell who wrote it if you've read them before. If you write true to your voice, I think the characters come to life more, because they are coloured with something genuine. In a way, all the characters in "Alloria" have elements of me in them. There's a strong authorial voice in your reviews, you just need to shade that voice to suit different characters. It's like an painter can be recognised by their brushstrokes, or an actor by their presence.Sorry, didn't intend to turn your group into something serious.
*Pulling a funny face now to make up for it >8~)*
But David is right about the voice.How would you tell the story of an incident to a group of friends?
That's your voice :-)
Now write it down, get rid of the 'ums' and 'erms' and you're getting somewhere
You might want to add in grammar and punctuation but do that later.
Set yourself a challenge, decide that tomorrow you're going to write up a bus trip (or whatever).
But decided BEFORE it happens. Then you'll be amazed at what you see as you desperately try to find things to write about.
For example today, leaving Tesco, I decided that tall thin ladies with haggard faces should look at themselves before they leave home. Whilst the clothes might well have been elegant, combining them with pixie boots meant she looked like the wicked queen of the fairies
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Now you've pointed it out i can see it in the writing and expressions. For example my best friend is writing a book and i have been privileged to read some of it so far, and i can see her in the words.
Well, i might dust off my story book log and have a flip through, draft something up for a chapter one :)
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Thank you sensei!
Lesson two: find a hook to make the reader care about the characters. That doesn't mean they have to like them, hate is equally as viable as love. I find it very hard to invest time in reading a book if the characters don't interest me. Rather like going to a party full of dull people :~/
David wrote: "Lesson two: find a hook to make the reader care about the characters. That doesn't mean they have to like them, hate is equally as viable as love. I find it very hard to invest time in reading a bo..."It's like that jerk in Catcher in the Rye. I cannot read the book because I keep wanting to kick him
So enjoy!