Finding Your Writing Voice

Finding Your Writing Voice

I work with many first-time novelists, screenwriters, and memoirists, and the question of voice always comes up.

“Do you think I have a voice?” asks the first-time writer.

“Should it be in a different voice?” he wonders, as if voice is something we shop for at the store.

“How do I find my voice?” she asks, desperately, like it’s something she lost.

You already have a voice. Making art is not about right and wrong, it’s about telling the truth on the page. If you’re a new writer, embrace your unique perception of the world.

 

Learn more about marrying the wildness of your imagination to the rigor of structure in The 90-Day Novel, The 90-Day Memoir, or The 90-Day Screenplay workshops.

Alan Watt with L.A. hills behind

by Alan Watt

About the author

Alan Watt is the author of the international bestseller Diamond Dogs, winner of France’s Prix Printemps, and the founder of LA Writers’ Lab. A teacher for over two decades, Alan believes stories are not owned but discovered — and that every writer has a voice worth sharing. His workshops and 90-Day Novel method have guided thousands of writers to transform raw ideas into finished works, with humor, compassion, and a deep respect for the creative process.