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Guest Post: Padma Venkatraman on Voice: Writing Lean, Spare or Lush, Rich

Guest Post: Padma Venkatraman on Voice: Writing Lean, Spare or Lush, Rich

Posted on May 25, 2017January 4, 2019

Padma writing on the dock

By Padma Venkatraman

One of the most vital aspects of timeless writing is voice. Every serious reader, every writer has (or must develop), a strong sense of what voice is. Yet, like time, voice eludes definition.

Of course, I’m going to try and define it. To me,

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