Posted by
Sue on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:35:08 PM
04/11/07
I signed up for another blog today. More to help the sitemaster than anything else. But it got me thinking about a "writer's" voice. As in, how do I sound to you when you read me.
Or, how to I sound to me when I read me. Finding your voice is critical to embark on that road called good writing....I read very specific blogs for news, information and politics. Each blog or news site has its own "voice". I didn't even realize it until I signed up for the other blog site this morning that a "voice" was something very important. Kinda like what the commenters on the Huffpo or Mydd "sound" like in their voices when they rail, accuse and name call anyone not on their side. I can "hear" the voices of the tinfoil hatted leftist loons on the cable channel, the regular television channels, the shows the reruns, papers and magazines.
What amazes me is that each voice is different. Yet, it is very easy to pick out the left vs. right voices....my 10 year old granddaughter is very good at it...without looking at the t.v. There seems to be an underlying sense of hatred, disdain, racist tones in the liberal voices I hear. Remember, I didn't say what "they said"...only what I heard...their voices. Try it. Just close your eyes when you listen and pick up the differences.