Voice

Strangely, I don’t feel like I have much to say about these readings. I agree that voice is an important part of writing and an author needs to understand her voice. I further agree that this is yet another aspect of writing that gets swept under the rug of the educational system. I would even go so far as to say that lack of understanding of this concept can be blamed for most of the negative feelings some folks have towards writing.
I think it was Spandel who attempted to question whether voice can be taught. The best explanation I read of voice is that in some ways it is an extension of personality. For the most part this idea best articulates my thoughts on the subject. Somewhere along the line I heard that “behavior can be changed but personality cannot”. Basically, those are my exact thoughts on this concept. I think that a person’s natural voice can not be altered too much without the threat of removing that voice. However, I do think that a person can be trained in the best ways to present her voice which may slightly alter the way that the voice comes across in writing.
Unfortunately, nothing really grabbed else really me this time that I desire to expand upon. I found Smith to be the same as always and the Romano article was interesting but not particularly noteworthy .