Arts
Hey, How're you?This chapter we talk about writing in a colloquial voice; it's importance in reflecting diverse characters, but not misrepresenting or diminishing them. How do we do it? And do it well? I share a short extract of the first draft of The Sound Mirror, where I'm working on voice.Also I chat about the following books:Trainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Panopticon by Jenni FaganThe Colour Purple by Alice WalkerThe Wake by Paul KingsnorthA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessandLucia by Alex PhebyMurmur by Will EavesLet me know what you're working on, who you'd like hear on the podcast and what you think about writing in a character's idiom.Next chapter I have a special guest! twitter - @heidipearljamesFacebook - First Graft