How to Write Fiction by The Guardian

Author:The Guardian [Guardian, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: how to write, writing masterclass, fiction, creative writing, writing
ISBN: 9780852652701
Publisher: Guardian Books
Published: 2011-10-13T23:00:00+00:00

Now you’re looking at the incident from the other person’s point of view and you’ll also be using their voice. As well as interpreting the events differently, this other person will express themselves differently.

Think about how that person uses language: do they use the same sort of vocabulary you do? Do they talk more formally, or less? Are they more articulate than you, or less? Are they rational or highly emotional?

So far, all these voices have been versions of real ones. Now let’s use them as a basis for a fictional one.

4 Take the last exercise and list the characteristics of the voice – word use, syntax, imagery, punctuation and dialogue – and describe this voice.

Now rewrite the paragraph, exaggerating those qualities. Don’t worry about going too far – this is only an exercise. Make the word use ridiculously colloquial or ridiculously formal; make the syntax absurdly long-winded or incredibly terse, and so on.

You might never have tried writing in such extreme ways before – you might find that it broadens your own range of voice.

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