Blog 6

Voice is an interesting thing to consider when it comes to reading and writing. Especially in the context of how do you teach someone else how to use their voice? In my own writing experiences, I constantly revise my sentences as i write them until it comes out the way i would want it to if i was speaking out loud. then i do the same thing to paragraphs, then entire sections, and ultimately the whole piece. I think that reading your work out loud is a great way to revise and refine everything that you wish to communicate to your reader because you want your writing to speak for itself. The only way this can happen is if there is a consistent unity of style throughout the piece. This is how i define my own voice. I write so that when someone is reading, they hear me even if they don't know me; almost as if what i had written was transcribed from something that i said. (Is that proper use of a semicolon?) This is why i don't think that anything is too personal to write about. I really liked the article in WTL about the wooden pony and I'd like to pose this question to the class for discussion. Why is personal experience able to be related to on a universal scale? and why are universal themes and expressions harder to pin down to your own personal experience?