Comments on: Is That Voice?

By: serenequeen

serenequeen — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:28:19 +0000

Thank you, I enjoyed your post immensely and will subscribe to your blog – I’m sure I could learn much from you.

I’ve just posted “Finding Your True Voice” on my blog, which takes a more spiritual look at finding your voice, but I am a lover of great language and so pleased to have found you.

Kindest regards, SQ 31/7/10

By: Perhaps not one for The Economist « The Hannibal Blog

Perhaps not one for The Economist « The Hannibal Blog — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:32:56 +0000

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By: Kathy Brakhage

Kathy Brakhage — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:34:00 +0000

Beautifully written…I hear your voice well

By: lakeviewer

lakeviewer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Your topic is a crucial one to teach and to learn. When do we realize and appreciate our own voice, enough to protect it and cultivate it, and still keep it authentic, sounding like who we are, how we talk and think?

At what point do we stop imitating others we admire and dig deep enough to find the source of our own wisdom so we can express that wisdom with our voice?

Thanks for a fine lesson and a crucial point to ponder.

By: twelvekindsofcrazy

twelvekindsofcrazy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:18:00 +0000

Do your students read any of Sandra Cisneros’ work?

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:49:00 +0000

You might have considered introducing them to Kerouac. I think his voice flows beautifully and powerfully. It is difficult to find one’s written voice, it’s like an invitation to be pretentious.

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

does uh work? I uh, tend to say that alot, and I can’t help the overwhelming punctuation,,, …. ????
I do see the point here… interesting it certainly was,

By: Sailing Past Maturity Straight into Senility

Sailing Past Maturity Straight into Senility — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:53:00 +0000

I wonder what other people ‘hear’ in their thoughts. To me, it is a coherent, logical speech pattern that automatically conforms to the rules of the English language (notable exception is my run-on sentences). So writing, to me at least, is simply writing out my thoughts… and then correcting the outrageous spelling mistakes.