Thursday, February 13, 2014

A Literary Voice

In my experience with recording scripts and short stories, you have to portray the character you are reading about in order to sound as if your living in the story.   
The Literary Voice can be described as two things:  

1)   Literary Voice is the author's style , the quality that makes his/her writing unique, conveying the    author's mind set, personality and attitude of the character he describes. 
2)   It can also be described a characteristic speech and diction through thought patterns of a "first person", or narrator.  Voice and diction has so much to do with the author's experience of a work of literature, and when I read to record, I am "re-living"  that experience through his character.  It is one of the most  important elements when he/she writes their work . 

2 comments:

  1. Helene that is a wonderful analysis of "VOICE" and as you said its the style of the narrator's way of helping us to appreciate his /her art.....

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    1. Thank you Steve! It was something that comes natural for me.

      Have a great weekend!

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