{"id":1208,"date":"2010-02-22T10:15:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/blog\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:49","slug":"book-writing-insights-on-voice-humor-and-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2010\/02\/book-writing-insights-on-voice-humor-and-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Writing: Insights on Voice, Humor and Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the path to writing your book? Here’s the view out the window from book writing class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Truth is, half the reason I started this post is to share the beautiful photo Carrie Beers took from book writing class last week. Can you imagine a more inspiring setting for book writing?<\/p>\n

The other, more important half, is to share some of the insights that come up in class–and the great ideas that people share.<\/p>\n

During a discussion on finding your voice as a writer and striking the right tone, Rudy Wilson Galdonik<\/a> shared her secret for writing with humor. She goes to bed reading a book by a humorous writer whose tone somewhat matches what she’s going for.\u00a0 In the morning, Rudy gets up at [gulp] four or five in the morning and just writes.<\/p>\n

\"Rudy
Rudy Wilson Galdonik shares her secrets as a humorist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It’s always funnier when I write immediately upon waking, after having read something funny the night before.”<\/p>\n

You might worry about taking on someone else’s tone, but–in my own experience–it more tends to spice up your writing–it will still sound like you, only funnier (or sassier, more playful, wiser…whatever tone it is you’re going for). Try it and let me know how it works for you…<\/p>\n

Several people in class decided to try this trick and Marjorie Foer reported that she immediately went to the library to get some before bed books<\/em> to inspire her tone. The librarian\u00a0 recommended Studs Turkel, but, “His books are still sitting on the floor waiting to be opened.”<\/p>\n

\"Marjorie
Marjorie Foer Turned to Her Intuition for Guidance on What to Read to Inspire her Writing for the Next Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Instead, Marjorie, whose book is about speaking naturally and ending stuttering by using intuitive techniques, found herself returning home to trust her intuition. Bye bye Studs.<\/p>\n

“I felt drawn to Judith\u00a0 Orloff’s Positive Energy<\/em>. The first chapter is on intuition\u00a0 which is a huge part of my work. The interesting turn in this little story\u00a0 is that I decided to listen to my intuition for inspirational
\nsleeping. I got quiet and centered, asked for clarity regarding how to write my next piece and then wrote in my journal just before closing my eyes to go to sleep.”<\/p>\n

“BOOM! My reception\u00a0 was clear and the next day the information came\u00a0 through. Today I wrote the piece that came through first, and I have other
\nideas to work on after being stuck for weeks.<\/p>\n

“Even though I knew\u00a0 which story I wanted to share, my writing flowed like molasses. I\u00a0 stuck with it and finished that story but tonight I’m\u00a0 adding a clear request for the writing to flow, for me to get out of\u00a0 the way and just let the writing download through me.<\/p>\n

“I could see\u00a0 myself making the request tonight before bed and as I saw this, I got\u00a0 feedback about my need to walk, do yoga and eat healthier to clear my
\nchannel.\u00a0 Pretty cool.<\/p>\n

“Remember how I lost weight in the early part of\u00a0 your last course because writing and health were intertwined? Now\u00a0 I’ve entered that part of my learning spiral again, but with a\u00a0 different level of consciousness.\u00a0 Writing in my journal is the key, I can’t lie to\u00a0 myself there and I feel it’s becoming a sacred place for me to meet\u00a0 with my Higher Self.”<\/p>\n

So, what do you do just before closing your eyes at night? What will you do? Please share your intentions and results with this community of writers by adding your comments below. This is an exciting experiment for us all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Truth is, half the reason I started this post is to share the beautiful photo Carrie Beers took from book writing class last week. Can you imagine a more inspiring setting for book writing? The other, more important half, is to share some of the insights that come up in class–and the great ideas that…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,55,41,1,24,27,36,73],"tags":[121,90,148,263,264,89,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-1208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-book-writing-questions","7":"category-creativity","8":"category-inspiration","9":"category-more","10":"category-writing","11":"category-writing-challenges","12":"category-writing-courses","13":"category-writing-questions","14":"tag-book-writing","15":"tag-book-writing-class-2","16":"tag-creativity-2","17":"tag-marjorie-foer","18":"tag-rudy-wilson-galdonik","19":"tag-writers-voice","20":"tag-writing-tone","21":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279407,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions\/279407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}