How to even control
author voice when you want to.
Beginning writers often struggle with point of view; even more accomplished writers can slip into
their author voice when they're not paying attention, or neglect to draw their narrative deep into the POV of their character.
Not exact matches
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When we compare these
authors to all members writing in 2016, the Top
Voices have received, on average, 64x more comments, 52x more likes, and 24x more shares on their articles.
CNN: My Take: If you hear God speak audibly, you (usually) aren't crazy Tanya Marie («T.M.») Luhrmann, psychological anthropologist and the
author of «
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God,» explains that hearing the
voice of God isn't as unusual as many would believe.
«In both clinical and non-clinical subjects, we see some of the same brain processes at work during conditioned hallucinations as those engaged
when voice - hearers report hallucinations in the scanner,» said Corlett, senior
author of the study.
«Perhaps,
when we use a high, infant - like
voice pitch to speak to our babies, we are actually preparing them to perceive their own
voice,» suggests Prof. Linda Polka, of McGill's School of Communication Disorders, and the senior
author on the study.
«It's striking that we find these same features
when we look at the
voices — and remarkable that the same assessment system applies to both
voices and faces,» says Pascal Belin, a neuroscientist also at the University of Glasgow and one of the
authors of the paper.
But these researchers looked at what others hear in someone's
voice when listening to a lengthy speech, says Phil McAleer, a psychologist at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and the lead
author of the new study.
«
When I'm talking to you, my
voice is coming on and off in bursts as I open and close my lips, that's very dynamic, while white noise is very static,» says Shihab Shamma, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Maryland and an
author on the study.
Also, keep in mind that your friends can't hear your tone of
voice when they read what you wrote, says Julie Spira, social media expert and
author of the The Rules of Netiquette: How to Mind Your Manners on the Web.
Unlike the «Auteur» or «Shreiber» theories favouring either the director or the writer as the true
author of a film, the «Fís» Theory holds that a true singular
voice can only be attained
when the director is also the writer.
An
author's
voice is compelling
when writers thoughtfully combine details, word choice, and sentence fluency.
When the
authors polled the parent focus groups to see which methods of socioeconomic integration appeal most to them, parents
voiced the greatest support for special programs.
The
author, Hamid Ismailov, is a bestseller in his home country of Uzbekistan, but was forced to flee in 1992
when he drew the ire of the oppressive government after
voicing secular opinions.
Do you ever sense an inconsistent
voice when authors are working together on a book?
«
When you go to their house, everything is about the baby,» says the best - selling
author with the inimitable nasal
voice.
When the new Kindle shipped with a feature that let it read texts aloud in a synthesised
voice it only took a few angry huffs and puffs from the US
Author's Guild before the facility was made optional, to be turned off at the behest of the publisher.
Indeed,
when self - publishing is spoken about as the only way some diverse
authors can get their
voices in print, there is something wrong with the system.
As a small - time
author and total underdog, it's great to have you in our corner giving those like me a
voice when we aren't «big» enough or «important» enough to have a
voice that can be heard.
I'm really just fascinated with this collaborative creativity, with you and with Veronica and with my translators, because
authors are so obsessed with the concept of
voice, of the reader getting the
voice of the
author, but of course they're judging the book twice
when they're listening: they're judging my
voice, and they're also judging your
voice.
When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David is a senior editor at Scholastic, and the founding editor of the PUSH imprint, which is devoted to finding new
voices and new
authors in teen literature.
But
when you look closer at ebook sales, the percentage controlled by self - published
authors is much higher... These indie
authors are becoming, every single year, a more potent
voice in publishing.
Sometimes an
author may elect to create a new name for himself if he's writing in a different genre or different
voice, as Stephen King chooses to do
when he writes as Richard Bachman, a fact that eluded some of his readers through more than four books and is now the subject of a work by Michael R. Collings, Stephen King is Richard Bachman.
And since there is no exclusivity in place
when distributing through
Voices,
authors can experiment with their approaches.
I like
when an
author reads his / her own books, though sometimes s / he has an awful
voice, which is a let down.
When a new project is created, the Findaway Voices casting team presents the author with 6 — 10 choices of narrators for review — this is when authors listen to the audio samp
When a new project is created, the Findaway
Voices casting team presents the
author with 6 — 10 choices of narrators for review — this is
when authors listen to the audio samp
when authors listen to the audio samples.
But
when any
author is conveying his or her individual
voice, it can bring a whole new dimension to the book.
I've dog - eared the section on fear of judgment to revisit
when I find that I'm holding back, reluctant to «let my [genuine]
author voice run free.»
When an
author wants to let their
voice shine and control the release of information, third person close point of view shines.
For
authors,
when we talk about brand we're mostly talking about «
voice.»
On a personal level, I feel like many of these issues were flagged by the
author community
when KU first launched, and if we had a
voice in the room back then, perhaps many of them could have been avoided too.
This shouldn't be hard — you did just weave your
voice through an entire book, after all — but it's amazing how disjointed a website can feel
when an
author tries and fails to connect a number of web pages together.
It's important to learn and understand your own ways of creating though — if you feel that your
author voice may be impacted negatively or your confidence derailed
when you're comparing yourself to greatness... then read another book!
Maybe Hugh Howey could flex his own might and see what a self - published
author with a
voice can do
when he plugs a brand new book from a brand new writer.
Eventually, indie
authors voiced their disappointment
when the organizer misplaced them in an «out - of - the - way» area.
Through a brilliant array of
voices and perspectives, debut
author Mohsin Hamid tells the story of one love - struck Daru Shezad, who
when fired from his banking job, instantly removes himself from the ranks of Pakistan's cell - phone - toting elite and plunges into a life of drugs and crime.But
when a heist goes awry, Daru finds himself on trial for a murder he may not have committed.
If 2016 was the year of the indie
author, 2017 is the year
when our
voice is acknowledged by the big players in the publishing industry.
Steven Kent, an
author who was quoted, doesn't think so, «I think the game industry will look back and pine for the days
when their top opposing
voice had as much self - restraint as Dr. Walsh had.»
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe] today revealed that critically acclaimed English actor, comedian, director, singer and
author Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) will be the
voice of LittleBigPlanet 3's villain, Newton,
when it is released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 this November.
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCE Aust) has revealed that critically acclaimed English actor, comedian, director, singer and
author Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) will be the
voice of LittleBigPlanet ™ 3's villain, Newton,
when it is released on PlayStation ® 4 (PS4 ™) and PlayStation ® 3 (PS3 ™) this November.
When things fall apart: Critical
voices on the radars is a metaphor of Nigerian
author Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart from 1958.