Writing Tips: The Writer's Voice, What Is It?

What is voice in writing?  Literary voice incorporates many elements, including language, writing style, points of view and tone.  It is the creative stamp of the writer on their work, their own unique voice that sets their work apart from other writers and enhances storytelling as a whole.  What's your literary voice?  

In this program, we will read excerpts of well-know writers' "voices."  In turn, we will read excerpts from our own projects to "hear" the voice in our writings.   We will rewrite and/or create voice as determined in the discussions of the stories we read in class.  This will be a workshop style critique class.

Laura Woodward Cavers instructs the class and has ten years experience teaching writing at Darien and New Canaan Libraries.  She holds an MFA in Creative Writing.