Mastering Voice: Finding the Magic Mix of Style, POV, and Character
In a crowded market, there’s one thing that can make your story stand out from the very first page: voice. It’s what grips us, holds our attention, makes your characters and their world feel real, and tells us we’re in the hands of a compelling storyteller.
As trends and formats evolve—especially with audiobooks more popular than ever—the way writers think about voice also must change. While “narrative voice” and “character voice” were once taught as two separate entities, the line between the two is thinner than ever. Today’s readers embrace multiple points of view, anticipate that narrators may be unreliable, and (for better or worse) have shorter attention spans than ever before.
This live webinar will show you new ways of thinking about voice and style in your writing, demonstrate how your point-of-view choices can more intimately shape characters and more skillfully build suspense, teach you to hone unique voices for every character, and help you tap into that elusive “it factor” that makes agents, editors, and readers unable to put your book down.
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Combining Genres to Keep Readers Guessing: A Chat with Rob Hart
Writers, are you curious about how to combine genres? Want to know what it’s like to incorporate elements of mystery, science fiction, espionage, and romance? Look no further than the curious mind of author Rob Hart.
In this interview with Writer’s Digest, editor-in-chief Amy Jones and content editor Michael Woodson sit down with Rob to discuss his newest novel, The Paradox Hotel, why combining genres means you get to break all the rules, and more.
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