Finding Your Writing Voice

Finding Your Writing Voice

Alan Watt

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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

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Alan Watt is a bestselling novelist and filmmaker, and recipient of numerous awards including France’s Prix Printemps. He is the founder of alanwatt.com (formerly L.A. Writers’ Lab). His books on writing include the National Bestseller The 90-Day Novel, plus The 90-Day Memoir, The 90-Day Screenplay, and The 90-Day Rewrite. His students range from first-time writers to bestselling authors and A-list screenwriters. His 90-day workshops have guided thousands of writers to transform raw ideas into compelling stories by marrying the wildness of their imaginations to the rigor of story structure.
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