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v v v v v o i c e. the dynamo in the process donald graves. the magical heard quality of writing donald murray. the personality behind the writer’s words georgia heard. the heart and soul of the writing. the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and the breath ruth culham.

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v v v v v o i c e

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  1. vv v vv o i c e

  2. the dynamo in the process donald graves the magical heard quality of writing donald murray the personality behind the writer’s words georgia heard

  3. the heart and soul of the writing. the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and the breath ruth culham

  4. it’s what makes our writing stand out. it’s what makes it distinctive.

  5. harriet, harriet, born a slave, work for your master from your cradle to your grave. harriet, clean; harriet, sweep. harriet, rock the child to sleep. harriet, hear tell about “the promised land”; how moses led the slaves over egypt’s sand. how pharaoh’s heart was hard as stone, how the lord told moses he was not alone.

  6. he was a hip cat a hep cat a cool cat living all alone in a riverside shack oobie-do john the sax man scat man, the cool cat man. one day he said to himself, “all i want to do is make jazzzzy music.” so he picked up his sax-- what his friends called his “ax”-- and tipped his beret and said, “scat, cat. Go, cat, go! hip cat daddy-o’s got a horn to blow!” and that cat scat.

  7. flo-o-ossie! the sound of big mama’s voice floated past the cabins in sophie’s quarters, round the smokehouse, beyond the chicken coop, all the way down to Flossie finley. flossie tucked away her straw doll in a hollow log, then hurried to answer her grandmother’s call. “here i am, big mama,” flossie said after catching her breath. It was hot, hotter than a usual tennessee august day.

  8. achieving a unique voice is not easy especially since we live in an environment saturated with sound

  9. did noah want to be a carpenter? No! did noah want to be a shipbuilder? No! did noah want to be a sea captain? No! No! No! noah didn’t want to be any of these things because noah wanted to be...a writer! it just happened that one day while noah was sitting at his typewriter a loud voice boomed,“noah!” noah stopped typing and looked up. “noah!” the voice sounded again.

  10. “who’s there?” noah mumbled, glancing around the room. “it’s me, noah,” the voice thundered, “the lord!” “the lord?” noah gasped. “yes, noah, and i need your help. i want you to build a boat.” “a boat?” noah exclaimed, “but i’ve never built a boat before.” “build it 300 cubits, by 60 cubits, by 30 cubits,” the voice continued. “but, i...i...” “and noah,” the voice boomed, “i need it soon!”

  11. there’s a fellow by the name of noah. built an ark. everyone knows he built an ark. you say, what did noah do--well, he built an ark. but very few people know about the conversation that went on between the lord and noah. you see, noah was in his rec room sawing away. he was making a few things for the home there, he was a good carpenter.

  12. schubba-schubba-schubba-schubba--DING! “noah!” “somebody call?” schubba-schubba-schubba--DING! “noah!” “who is that?” “it’s the lord, noah?” “right! where are ya? what do you want? i’ve been good.” “i want you to build an ark.” “right? what’s an ark?” “get some wood. build it 300 cubits, by 80 cubits, by 40 cubits? “right! what’s a cubit?”

  13. a clear case of what mark twain would call... “unconscious plagiarism”

  14. night is coming. crawling in on little cat feet. edging over hill. creeping through the forest. stealing its way in.

  15. the fog comes on little cat feet. it sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. carl sandburg

  16. how do young writers find their voice, their distinctive, original voice?

  17. revise. revise. revise.

  18. p r e s e n t a t i o n

  19. static dynamic

  20. presentation changes initiated by me

  21. the wind is whipping through the trees. the rain is bouncing off the ground. the world is dark and wet outside. suddenly the storm is all around. the storm is all around, and all you can hear is the rat-tat-tat rat-tat-tat of raindrops beating down.

  22. light skin... dark skin long legs... short legs thick arms... thin arms brown eyes... blue eyes big nose... little nose straight hair... curly hair different, mm-mmm but the same, ah-ha

  23. presentation changes initiated by the illustrator

  24. original sequence 2 verses and a chorus 2 verses and a chorus 2 verses and a chorus 2 verses and a chorus 2 verses and a chorus

  25. illustrator’s sequence: 2 verses and a chorus 3 verses and a chorus 2 verses and a chorus 3 verses and a chorus

  26. for more information about my background and published books please visit my website at: www.nikolabooks.com

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