Voice First
eBook - ePub

Voice First

A Writer's Manifesto

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Voice First

A Writer's Manifesto

About this book

Though it is foundational to the craft of writing, the concept of voice is a mystery to many authors, and teachers of writing do not have a good working definition of it for use in the classroom. Written to address the vague and problematic advice given to writers to “find their voice,” Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto recasts the term in the plural to give writers options, movement, and a way to understand the development of voice over time.

By redefining “voice,” Sonya Huber offers writers an opportunity not only to engage their voices but to understand and experience how developing their range of voices strengthens their writing. Weaving together in-depth discussions of various concepts of voice and stories from the author’s writing life, Voice First offers a personal view of struggles with voice as influenced and shaped by gender, place of origin, privilege, race, ethnicity, and other factors, reframing and updating the conversation for the twenty-first century. Each chapter includes writing prompts and explores a different element of voice, helping writers at all levels stretch their concept of voice and develop a repertoire of voices to summon.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Note to the Reader
  6. 1. Listening to Voices
  7. 2. The Voice Lineage
  8. 3. Voices Live in the Body
  9. 4. Mind Is the Source of Voice
  10. 5. Time and Place Grow Voices
  11. 6. Voices of Challenge and Change
  12. 7. Detail Is the Seed of Voice
  13. 8. Embodied Voices, Racialized Lives
  14. 9. Voices of Joy
  15. 10. Voices with Fire
  16. 11. A Whisper of a Voice
  17. 12. The Voice of Spirit
  18. 13. Editing and Revising with Voices
  19. A Few Final Words
  20. Gratitude
  21. Notes
  22. Works Cited
  23. Index
  24. About Sonya Huber