The biggest thing is to let your voice be heard, let your story be heard.
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I have to have some of my voice because I have my own experiences that I lived through.
Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.
Do your own thing. Speak in your voice.
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
When I write, I can become this ecstatic, crazy fellow, hearing the voices and just loosening up and letting them grow.
Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible.
We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women - whose stories, for all our differences, turn out, if we listen well, to be our stories also.
I started writing more with my voice in mind.
Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.
The most important thing to do is really listen.