Your Voice

Your voice is what makes you uniquely you. In marketing they call it your brand. In network terms its your reputation. It's what makes Shakespeare different from Cormac McCarthy different from Ernest Hemingway different from Albert Camus different from Virginia Woolf.

Your voice is not all yours. You have a major stake in it because it's you your voice flows from. Those who hear it or read it have a say in your voice.

Your voice sounds different to different people and at different times. Herman Hesse spoke clearly to me in the '70s, but not today. Mark Twain sounded different to his readers than the do today.

Though your voice is shared with others, you have a major say in it. It has to flow from you first. You have your voice first, then others share it.

Voice is important--it's one reason people read your stuff. But it's only a starting point.

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