First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life

by Joe Moran

Voice is the invisible force field, the holding energy that glues writing together. If it has no voice, no sense that the sentences all emerged from the same mind, then no amount of signposting or meta-comment will make it gel.

Voice is the invisible force field, the holding energy that glues writing together. If it has no voice, no sense that the sentences all emerged from the same mind, then no amount of signposting or meta-comment will make it gel.