What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or 'let the characters speak through me,' whatever that might mean.
If you deny people their own voice, you'll have no idea of who they were.
Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.
It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.
At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.
Every writer must find a way of writing that tells the reader: This is me and no one else. The Voice can be idiosyncratic, but it cannot be obscure. It is a blend of style and content and intent and rhythm and pure personality.
I speak my mind. That's who I am.
My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I am 90 years old. When I hit the stage and people do not know who I am, they automatically assume, before I open my mouth, I am going to sing a Bob Marley song!
And I think I have a distinct voice.