Comments on: An Experiment in Voice, Part I

By: Yvonne Osborne

Yvonne Osborne — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:04:57 +0000

Hi,
I’m here from Simon’s. I loved your piece and wanted to tell you so. Both were stark and beautiful. I was really impressed.

Yvonne

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:41:09 +0000

That was such a neat experiment/study! I am reading this a day late, but I did find the voices distinct, and the first one was clearly yours. I am so drawn to your writing. It’s amazing and powerful and it always leaves me wanting more. I’m glad you are young and healthy, and hopefully have years and years of writing left, because I need a whole J. Koyanagi library!

By: J. Koyanagi

J. Koyanagi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:23:04 +0000

Trish: It was a fun experiment; I’m glad Simon asked me to do it. I’d love to see other writers do similar voice studies.

Katherine: Actually, I’m glad to hear our voices are distinctive, even if our views of the world might overlap. Thank you for reading the pieces!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:08 +0000

I have to admit I didn’t find the voices as similar as I thought I would — even if my guess was incorrect, there is a difference in “tone” to me that comes across in a strong way.

By: Trish McCallan

Trish McCallan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:56:34 +0000

Very, very interesting excerpts.

Can’t wait to see if my guess was right. lol

You know I’d love to see more of these kind of excerpts. Voice is one of the most interesting aspects of writing to me.

It would be even more interesting to have the two of you post a similar experiment in say three years.. and see if the voice is still as similar, or if they’ve taken different paths.

By: J. Koyanagi

J. Koyanagi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:05:21 +0000

Thank you, Carol! I have that RSS feed button up at the top, but you’re right– I should look into a follower button. I’ll make that a project for today.

I miss you too!

By: Carolina Valdez Miller

Carolina Valdez Miller — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:02:11 +0000

Well done! I was very impressed with both of your stories. I wish you had a follower button on your blog! I miss way too many beautiful posts of yours.

And I miss you! I haven’t spent much time on Twitter lately….