Discover Your Authorial Voice

Discover who you are as a writer and the writer you want to be.

What you'll learn
Examine your personality, life, and current writing style to create your unique vision of the world.
Learn from your favorite authors’ work to identify and adapt those techniques for yourself.
Consider the writer you want to be and plan a writerly identity to work toward.
Solidify your beliefs and values so your writing has cohesive themes and a strong vision.
Discover features of your style you didn’t know existed.
Practice a variety of writing styles, identify what suits you, then blend these to make a new style.
And more!
Requirements
No prerequisites needed.
Description
COURSE DESCRIPTION:Your authorial voice is your calling card. A strong voice transforms a story, giving the readers a pair of glasses so they see events through your unique eyes.This course will walk you through a series of practical exercises that will help you discover the best in your writing, areas for improvement, and the writer you want to be. You will learn how to blend your personality with writing styles you admire to create an entirely new voice that could only be yours.You will consider the writer you currently are, those writers whose work you admire and would like to emulate, and your own unique attributes. Through the exercises, you will address multiple facets of voice, its importance, and how it functions in a story. Best of all, these exercises are helpful at any stage in your writing career because we are always developing as authors.A strong voice elevates a story and can take a common plot, such as boy-meets-girl, and make it completely unique. My goal is for you to emerge understanding why you like the writing you do and possessing a clear path forward for how to bring stories to life yourself.THIS COURSE INCLUDES (in one download)Class notes to follow along with the video lessonsA workbook that walks you through each of the class exercises

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Authorial Voice

Lecture 2 What is Authorial Voice?

Lecture 3 Perspective in Writing: Exercise 1

Lecture 4 Establish Tone

Lecture 5 Learn from Writing That Inspires You: Exercise 2

Lecture 6 Discover the Style You Want: Exercise 3

Lecture 7 Determining What You Stand For: Exercise 4

Lecture 8 The Talk-My-Story Exercise: Exercise 5

Lecture 9 Write Like Your Inspiration: Exercise 6

Lecture 10 Stream of Conscious Writing: Exercise 7

Lecture 11 Next Steps

This course is for writers at any stage of their writing journey–beginners and experienced authors who want to strengthen their authorial voice.