Personal Narrative: A Writer's Voice

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I think a writer's voice is their own style of writing, a perspective, and a tone. Our style is the mechanics of our storytelling. I think over time our natural style will develop and as we read various works, we begin to be influenced by the styles of those we choose to read. We begin to pick up bits and pieces along the way and eventually define our own unique style of writing.

Experiences is what will shape our voice. We draw from experience to describe characters and events. For example we could look at the story of Mulan the Disney movie, only because it's one of my daughters favorite movies. Depending on our life experience(s) in addition to the attitude we have for the character(s), we may not see the story as a Disney movie. We could

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