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... voice is the force that will make a reader listen to you , the energy that drives the meanings through his thick skull . Maybe you don't like your voice ; maybe people have made fun of it . But it's the only voice you've got . It's your ...
... voice is the force that will make a reader listen to you , the energy that drives the meanings through his thick skull . Maybe you don't like your voice ; maybe people have made fun of it . But it's the only voice you've got . It's your ...
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... voice was saying it silently to me . It isn't my mother's voice , or the voice of any person I can identify , certainly not my own . It is human , but inward , and it is inwardly that I listen to it . It is to me the voice of the story ...
... voice was saying it silently to me . It isn't my mother's voice , or the voice of any person I can identify , certainly not my own . It is human , but inward , and it is inwardly that I listen to it . It is to me the voice of the story ...
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... voice came out that wasn't a whisper , but it wasn't a proper voice either . I hoped that she would not cry , fear breaking up her voice like twigs underfoot . She sounded as if she were trying to sing through weeping and strangling ...
... voice came out that wasn't a whisper , but it wasn't a proper voice either . I hoped that she would not cry , fear breaking up her voice like twigs underfoot . She sounded as if she were trying to sing through weeping and strangling ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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