Craft a Strong Voice in Nonfiction to Hook Readers (And Editors Too!)

To write and publish compelling nonfiction, you’ll need to discover your narrative voice. But, in the same way a parent talks to their friends differently than their kids—even when talking about peewee leagues and household chores—how your writer’s voice reads on the page will adapt and change depending on the topic and audience.

How can you discover your voice and use it in a way that is authentic to you and compelling to the readers and editors? Start here. In this session, we’ll talk about tone, attitude, and cultivating your voice on the page, but also adapting that voice depending on the markets and audiences you are writing for. Capturing your voice, however, is only one part of the challenge; you must then learn to use it, shape it, and style it to give the words you write power on the page.

Join this veteran magazine writer and author of four, nonfiction books Polly Campbell as she talks about methods for discovering, trusting, and shaping your writer’s voice to make your writing stronger, more compelling (and more publishable) to editors and readers.

During this session, you’ll learn:

Why voice matters in nonfiction

What it means to have an authentic voice on the page

How to discover and practice your voice in your writing

The mistakes nonfiction writers make when crafting voice and how to avoid them

How to keep your voice even when adapting to different forms and markets

Difficulty level: all_levels

Speaker(s)

• Polly Campbell

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